Has anyone had any luck getting southern ringnecks to eat nightcrawlers? What size are southern ringnecks ready to breed?
How big are the babies?
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madusa
May 05, 2010 03:07 PM
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mikefedzen
May 05, 2010 10:45 PM
Has anyone had any luck getting southern ringnecks to eat nightcrawlers?
I've had luck getting southern ringnecks to eat worms, fish, frogs, snakes, anoles, skinks, and some even pinky mice.
What size are southern ringnecks ready to breed?
Some localities of southern ringecks are smaller than others.. anywhere from 7 to 9 inches.
How big are the babies?
3 to 4 inches, usually pretty small.
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Mike
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RickGordon
May 06, 2010 12:02 AM
I have found that a wiggling and flopping rosy red minnow can encourage even the most stuburn of small snakes to feed, and generally works well for snakes that usually eat small amphibians in the wild. It's a trick that I have seen work with night snakes, ringnecks, baby speckled racers, coachwhips, Oxybelis Aneus, etc. Also blood scenting works wonders with some snakes, get blood from a steak or hamburger meat and drench the food item in it. The strong scent of blood can be overwhelming for some snakes, this tends to work well for eastern hognose snakes and coachwhips but I have not tried it with smaller snakes.
