Reptile & Amphibian Forums

I have been brainstorming ideas for alternative vine snake prey. Has anyone here tried day old quail or chicks (live or thawed)? Also is freezing Anoles and offering them thawed out a possibility? Or has an anyone else had any luck feeding anything besides live lizards?

Cheers,
Nick

My pair will only eat live anoles. I've tried guppies, and geckos and they won't touch them. I've heard that people have a lot of problems getting them to take frozen/thawed. Also, day old chicks and quail are probably going to be to large for these snakes to handle. Make sure you have a lizard hook up. Good Luck!

- Rob

I've heard of people getting them to eat fish and crickets before.

I have been trying to get mine to switch to frozen for awhile now but she acts afraid of it if I put one in her enclosure. I usually perch it on a branch up high so she sees it and that is the only time I see her head for the floor. She does not come back up until I put a live lizard in with her. She will eat both house geckos and anoles but I will be looking for alternatives myself, as I plan on moving to Oregon eventually.
-----
2.1 dogs
0.1 cat
1.2.0 leopard geckos
0.0.3 Western Hogs
0.0.1 Vine snake (Ahaetulla nasuta)
0.0.2 African egg eaters (Dasypeltis scabra)
1.0.0 Viper boa (Candoia aspera)
0.0.1 Green tree frog
0.0.2 Copes Gray tree frogs

Not sure if any of you guys have bothered trying live rodents at all, but I have a female A.nasuta that eats live fuzzy mice weekly. I have noticed with the Ahaetulla that it is more about movement than scent. If the prey doesn't move "correctly" they either pay no attention to it or flee. I make sure the fuzzies I feed her are developed enough that they can run around and usually within 30 minutes she eats it. If you haven't tried your's with rodents yet, I would definitely give it a shot. Also, I always keep my vines covered up so that they can't see outside of the enclosure. I find this has also helped with their overall health and activity.

-Brian