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11-08-2005, 04:42 AM
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Rough Green Snake
Im new in this but i like reptiles and i need help
i just got a rough green snake and i would like to know what exacly does it eat. it is about 16 inches long and my best guess ...its a female. i got it sunday afternoon and its monday night and i have not seen it eat. i put 2 crickets in the tank and one of them is a small one and the other is a "regular " size one but the thing is that i have not seen it eat both of them are still there. so is this normal?
i would really appreciate the help
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11-08-2005, 06:05 AM
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i wouldnt feed it for at least a week after getting it, and let it settle into its new home.
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11-08-2005, 06:07 AM
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If you leave the crickets in there, they will eat part of your snake. Greensnakes don't need much heat. Room temps is fine. Make sure there are plenty of vines and branches to climb on and once every 4-5 days, offer a cricket or 2 and tiny feeder fish in a shallow bowl of water till it grows to over a foot and then once a week is plenty. Do not feed gold fish. Goldfish are toxic. What you need is small guppies or shiner minnows small enough that your snake can swallow them. You also have one of the only snake species that requires UVB lighting. The UVB is not optional. He/she will die without it.
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11-08-2005, 07:06 AM
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Originally Posted by JuliusSqueezer
If you leave the crickets in there, they will eat part of your snake. Greensnakes don't need much heat. Room temps is fine. Make sure there are plenty of vines and branches to climb on and once every 4-5 days, offer a cricket or 2 and tiny feeder fish in a shallow bowl of water till it grows to over a foot and then once a week is plenty. Do not feed gold fish. Goldfish are toxic. What you need is small guppies or shiner minnows small enough that your snake can swallow them. You also have one of the only snake species that requires UVB lighting. The UVB is not optional. He/she will die without it. |
Goldfish are toxic? how bad is it, and what are the effects? Had a garter snake I caught in the summer when I was like 5 and we kept it for the winter and released it the following spring. But we fed it goldies the whole time every week and lived a long full life with us.
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11-08-2005, 07:25 AM
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thank you very much i really appreicate the help JuliusSqueezer and Creepingdeath i thank you both very much.
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11-08-2005, 12:54 PM
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I belive you can feed them earthworms aswell
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11-09-2005, 01:28 AM
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ok thank you guys for the help now here is another question i have: my snake is around 11 to 16 inches long and i have it on a 6X11 and 7 inches tall and my question is is this ok for it?
the other question i have is " is any bowl of water ok? so far i got a small ceramic one.
today i went to a pet shop and the guy told me that they eat fruit ..... i was like wat!!!! and i dont know if to believe him or not and now i ask you guys ...does a rough green snake eat fruit ? if so wat kind? *and then he mentioned lettuce and i think he is wrong so is he wrong or is he right?
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11-09-2005, 03:13 AM
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If you got it from petco, then no. If it is a snake which it is. NO!!! Snakes are entirely carniverus(However you spelll that) I would say crickets, guppies, and maybe nightcrawlers.
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11-11-2005, 03:12 AM
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Hey Guys I Got Home Today And I Checked It If Had Eaten The Cricket I Left There In The Morning And I Saw It Was Still There Alive And Moving Then Five Minutes Later I Checked It Again And I Saw The Snake Move And Then The Cricket Wasnt There And I Look At My Snake And It Had It In Its Mouth .... It Finaly Eat Since I Got It Which Was On Last Sunday. Im Happy ....thank For All Your Help... I Appreciate It.....
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11-11-2005, 05:54 PM
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I also used to feed my garter feeder fish (not sure if they were technically goldfish), but he seemed fine. Of course he needed a balanced diet so I also offered several types of worm to give him all of the vitamins he needed. He did great in my care and we eventually released him (as he was wild anyway) to make room for the new boa. He fed off that for about a year and a half and never had health problems.
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11-11-2005, 10:14 PM
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Goldfish arent toxic...Poor choice of words, they are generally full of parasites and disease..A wildcaught garter more then likely already had parasites so whats a few more from goldfish....On the other side of the coin I recently read a forum that was arguing that most fish parasites are host specific and cant be transfered over to other species....So who really knows...
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11-13-2005, 08:22 AM
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does a rough green snake like to have hidding places? i mean does it require it?
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11-13-2005, 09:59 PM
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i thank you guys in advance
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