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Chow hounds: Just put in near the hole and they come and get it. This frog actually is defrosted. Freezing their food helps reduce chances of parasite problems.

Dan

Sweet. If only I had frogs then I could get mine eating lol.

Mike
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Could you feed them pinkies if scented ot not really? I ask because neat little snakes but from what I have read it seems unless you have treefrogs,smaller snakes,lizards not many will eat pinkies.
Thanks

I do not know if you saw the post below, but here is another pic of my southern ringneck eating a worm scented pink. I am sure once the Northwests are conditioned to grab food from forcepts in my presence, they will take to frog scented pinks. They already take defrosted frogs from forcepts, so it a matter of me giving it a try and I will post a pic when I try it and if it works.

Dan

Thanks. I asked because interested in the small N.American snakes but it seems some can be rather difficult to feed.
I keep an albino Nelson and a snow cornsnake but getting interested also in ringnecks and ground snakes and know as a whole not as easy as my snakes which you just put the thawed mouse in the cage and they attack it with gusto.

and they attack it with gusto.

I have witnessed countless occasions, with ringneck snakes, where you drop a prey item in(either a salamander, worm, snake, whatever) into the enclosure and the snake will "attack it with gusto". Ringneck snakes are very easy to keep, you just need to give them what they want.

Mike

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Lol oh I should have made myself clear. I have unlimited supplies of crickets,wax worms,earthworms,pinkies,feeder fish but tiny lizards,treefrogs,salamanders, thats limited .
So for me a snake that wont eat what I have available is ofcourse out of the question. I had a friend that used to breed pueblans for yrs. He would offer me the still born babies or babies that just died for my king.
I never used them should have frozen them.

Do you ever worry your ringneck snake might accidentally ingest the small piece of wood chips from the substrates while feeding and the result could be quite devastating.

Not too concerned but watchful Drying off the prey so that substrates do not adhere to them helps and if it does you have to watch closely to pull off any larger items as they swallow. In the case of ringnecks, they are experts are wiping this mouths off of dirt and sticky worm goo. They also swallow tightly and if substrate items stick to the food they just move it down further and off as they finish. I have seen some snakes ingest small pieces but never have had any problems as a result.