Dekays snakes tend to be hiders/burrowers, in gardens and leaf litter, dining as already noted on worms and insects. Because of that your snake will need appropriate habitat, into which he will disappear most of the time, so it will look like you are keeping an enclosure full of dirt. Hence he won't be visible unless you excavate for him, even if he feeds -- which you won't be able to tell anyway, since feeding for these snakes goes on out of sight. Part ofthe fun of keeping any snake is to watch it move about and eat, which you really can't get with these guys. I would second the advice to release it and if you want s snake pursue one of the old reliables like corns, kings or rats.

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