I have 2 water snakes that Im having trouble getting to eat- a brown and a baby diamondback... I managed to get ach to swallow one guppy once i got it in their mouth but besides that they spit them out and they wouldnt touch the ones in their bowls What coulod i do to get them to eat? Also i have a pair of salt marsh snakes that ive had for a wwhile and would like to breed them next year what should i do to cool them?
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trouble feeding water snakes
snakewrangler47
Dec 24, 2010 07:52 PM
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wolfpackh
Dec 29, 2010 12:48 PM
how did you acquire the snakes? buy them or catch yourself? if you bought them who knows where they came from and what kind of stress they may have endured thus far. best thing to do is keep them dry, warm, and offer food every few days. a good UV basking light is a must as well. there's not much else you can do beyond that.
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KevinM
Dec 31, 2010 06:22 PM
I agree with the above poster. Keep them dry with a good sized water bowl and warm. Its quite unusual for a water snake to refuse fish. Even the scent usually drives them nuts. They could be wild caughts (most likely) and just shutting down and responding to winter.
As far as your other pair, I would brumate them like any other colubrid. Do not feed them for two weeks to allow their systems to empty out, then cool then to 50-55 degrees for two to three months. You may want to see what their native temps are like during the winter. In fact, you may not need to brumate them at all and they will trigger on natural light cycle changes.
housesnakes
Jan 20, 2011 10:54 PM
>>I agree with the above poster. Keep them dry with a good sized water bowl and warm. Its quite unusual for a water snake to refuse fish. Even the scent usually drives them nuts. They could be wild caughts (most likely) and just shutting down and responding to winter.
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>>As far as your other pair, I would brumate them like any other colubrid. Do not feed them for two weeks to allow their systems to empty out, then cool then to 50-55 degrees for two to three months. You may want to see what their native temps are like during the winter. In fact, you may not need to brumate them at all and they will trigger on natural light cycle changes.
try covering there feed box so they feel more comfortable when feeding.
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