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i was at the manchester reptile expo the other day and bought 2 baby northern waters. they are about a month old or less. im pretty sure they are males because their tails are long and slow to taper. i got them in a small 6 quart sterilite container with some paper towels, a cardboard hide box, and a water dish. i hear they need a somewhat varied diet. so far they have both eaten 2 feeder fish. they ate them very fast and seem to have quite an apatite. anywhom, what else can i feed them and how often should i do it? i was thinking large mealworms would be a very well sized meal for them to eat. would water snakes eat a mealworm, and is it good for them. and since they are small now, what about large crickets? would that have any nutritional value?

thanks

insects in general have no nutrition for snakes. feeder minows, earth worms and a vitamin supplement is probably the best way to go.

can i buy like powedered vitamins or something at a store? and like sprinkle it on the fish.

also, i put some earth worms in there and they didnt seem interested. should i have kept the worms in there for like a day or so? or rub fish on it?

thanks

yea, they sell special reptile vitamin powders at pet stores/ and reptile shows.

with the earth worms, leave them inthere as long as you can with out the worms dying. maybe cutting the worms in half would get them interested because of more smell.