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Hey everyone,

Ive got a corral-belly ringneck snake that just refuses to eat anything! Ive tried everything, and so that means I will have to resort to feeding it what they eat in the wild... salamanders. I like salamanders, but I also like this snake. I was thinking that I could get a group a salamanders of some sort, breed them(I know how much work this can be) and then end up having a nice supply of feeders for my snake.

So, here comes the question. Which specie of salamander is easiest to breed in captivity? I am located in central California.

I realize that there really is no salamander that is "easy" to breed, but I think that if I kept them in the garage during the winter(~30's Farenheight) and then moved them into a kiddy pool outside to breed, it might work. What do you guys think?

I appreciate any and all help that you can give.

Thanks,
Andrew

They also eat small worms and slugs. Collect the worms and do not use red worms (as most of these are Eisenia and are bitter resulting in many herps refusing them).

If you caught it, I would suggest releasing where you caught it as you will have a hard time feeding it when it either gets too dry or cold.

Ed

Here's what ive tried so far:

Scented Pinkies
Slugs
Worms
Mealworms
Tree Frogs
Guppies

Ill try digging up some worms and see if he will eat those, although I dont have my hopes up.

Thanks,
Andrew

Some other pertinent questions first

1) how long have you had the snake ?
2) how often are you handling it ?
3) how is the cage set-up ?
4) what is the temperature in the cage ?

Ed

The cage is setup correctly, temps are correct. I do not want to get into that. The snake is hardly ever handled. Im no noob when it comes to keeping snakes.

Thanks,
Andrew

Hi Andrew,

Just for your information Diadophis species do not do well at the temperatures at which someone would normally attempt to keep a colubrid but it sounds like you already knew that.

Good luck

Ed

The kiddy pool wouldn't work unless you can find a way to cover it. Sals are good climbers (even the ones you would never think could). Given that you'd have to raise the sals until they morph (at least), this would be rather a lot of work for raising feeders.

>>Hey everyone,
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>>Ive got a corral-belly ringneck snake that just refuses to eat anything! Ive tried everything, and so that means I will have to resort to feeding it what they eat in the wild... salamanders. I like salamanders, but I also like this snake. I was thinking that I could get a group a salamanders of some sort, breed them(I know how much work this can be) and then end up having a nice supply of feeders for my snake.
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>>So, here comes the question. Which specie of salamander is easiest to breed in captivity? I am located in central California.
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>>I realize that there really is no salamander that is "easy" to breed, but I think that if I kept them in the garage during the winter(~30's Farenheight) and then moved them into a kiddy pool outside to breed, it might work. What do you guys think?
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>>I appreciate any and all help that you can give.
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>> Thanks,
>>Andrew

ringnecks also eat other snakes, and you may have to resort to that. I trust you have tried the ringneck forums? Regalringneck definately knows this species if you havn't already talked to him.