pinkies

[Thamnophis]

I handle my snakes, if neccessary, immediately after feeding. But it depends on which specimen it is. Some nervous types you can better keep your hands of for one or two days.

[Cazador]

Is that because they might try to dash away, and you might end up squeezing their stomach and hurting them as you catch them?

[Thamnophis]

Nervous snakes tend to vomate their prey when they are handled.

But when you want to play it safe, leave your snakes in peace for two days after feeding them.

[Cazador]

Yikes. I've had nervous snakes that trembled when I open the cage but never vomit. I guess I've been lucky.

[abcat1993]

would it be okay to feed one pinky every tuesday and one worm every thursday instead of one to two pinkies every week?

[Thamnophis]

Originally Posted by abcat1993

would it be okay to feed one pinky every tuesday and one worm every thursday instead of one to two pinkies every week?

I see nothing wrong in that. And when the snake gets bigger you give 2 pinkies and 2 worms for example.

[sidguppy]

I tried to feed pinkies without any success as well.
rubbed some smelt-juice on em (the snakes eat smelt with no problems) but it didn't work. not even after a 1 week fast.
in the end I had to give the still twitching pinkies to my spiders as it was a bit pityful to watch, those undercooled mouse embryos still trying to find a mum mouse.
luckily 2 out of 3 spiders ate them in minutes (my 3rd is a rosea, another slow eater) ending the ordeal for the little mice. the 3rd pinky was fed to the biggest axoltl, another empty stomach with legs attached.

maybe I try it again when the snakes are bigger -biggest is now about 55-60cm or so/22-24" and about 1cm/0,5" thick when it's not recently fed.

I'll stick to earthworms and fish.

I tried snails (slugs) as well, but they won't touch these either, not even the most voracious snake.

I've read about marcianus eating mice, according to the books this one should eat pinkies readily. true or false?

mine are radix.