Trouble with one of my Milks!!

[ssssnakeluvr]

have you tried small lizards??? they can eat small reptiles

[crzy_kevo]

lol what about an anole

[dashnu]

ha! Yea my **pet** anole is in the milks house now!

[crzy_kevo]

i wonder why that darn milk won't eat that anole hmmm you think it might not like the viv?

[Loren]

Hi Brett.
If live lizards(I would try fence lizards or similar- something from your area) and live pinkys dont work, I would be tempted to find a good place to release him soon, before he runs out of reserves. As long as he doesnt look emaciated, he should survive. Pick a good habitat with lots of small wildlife(food).


The only thing is, I would try not to expose reptiles to non native(to your general area/state) animals(other than feeder mice) if he might be released later. In theory, this is how new diseases can be introduced into wild populations. I suppose feeder mice could carry something too, but you gotta have something to feed the snake...
Just my opinion.

Sometimes wild collected animals just dont work out in captivity. Its one of the things that you will face time to time if collecting wild. Between my buddies and I, over the years, we have definitely lost a few, and even had a couple die within days of capture.
That is another reason why I prefer captive bred whenever possible, although as I have stated on other threads, the snakes I am interested in are not legally captive bred in my state, so as backwards as this may sound, my legal way of obtaining them is to remove them from the wild.
All you can do is research the species, give it the best set-up possible, and try.