Snake gave birth! EMERGENCY!!

[J.huff23]

So for the past few weeks, I have had three different types of snakes living together. These are all snakes found in my backyard. They live together in the wild, so I had them housed together until I could get enough 10 gallons to house with the same species. Well, one of them just have about a dozen babies....

I have no clue which one had the babies...It couldve been a northern brown snake, or a red bellied snake.

What do I do? I have no clue what to feed them, how to give them a water bowl that they wont drown in, or who the mother is...

I also would like o know how to house them...seperatly? All together?

Thanks guys. Im panicking right now because I dont want them all to die.

 

[samatwwe]

So for the past few weeks, I have had three different types of snakes living together. These are all snakes found in my backyard. They live together in the wild, so I had them housed together until I could get enough 10 gallons to house with the same species. Well, one of them just have about a dozen babies....

I have no clue which one had the babies...It couldve been a northern brown snake, or a red bellied snake.

What do I do? I have no clue what to feed them, how to give them a water bowl that they wont drown in, or who the mother is...

I also would like o know how to house them...seperatly? All together?

Thanks guys. Im panicking right now because I dont want them all to die.

Not being rude but this is why you dont keep snakes you find outside. They are from the wild so leave them be.

 

[samatwwe]

About the care, I would serate them into little rubbermaid tubs that you can get from walmart for $1 a piece. Just use small shallow water dishes and use damp paper towels as substrate. You can just feed them very small pinkie mice.
Sam

 

[J.huff23]

They are way too small for pinkie mice. These things are really tiny.



Im not going to get into a discussion/argument about wild caught animals.

 

[J.huff23]

Could I just let the mother and her babies go outside? Will she still take care of them?

 

[ThomasH]

Not being rude but this is why you dont keep snakes you find outside. They are from the wild so leave them be.

About the care, I would serate them into little rubbermaid tubs that you can get from walmart for $1 a piece. Just use small shallow water dishes and use damp paper towels as substrate. You can just feed them very small pinkie mice.
Sam

Please don't go AR on us.
TBH

 

[ThomasH]

Could I just let the mother and her babies go outside? Will she still take care of them?

Honestly, I would just throw them into some safe woods away from the road or places that people frequent. Snakes don't care for their offspring. :wall:
TBH

 

[J.huff23]

See, Im so used to Ts caring for young that I automatically assume that snakes do it too! Good to know that this is not the case.

I will probably let them go in the thicket of wood behind my house tonight.

 

[ThomasH]

About the care, I would serate them into little rubbermaid tubs that you can get from walmart for $1 a piece. Just use small shallow water dishes and use damp paper towels as substrate. You can just feed them very small pinkie mice.
Sam

Both species in question have offspring far too small for pinkies and don't naturally eat rodents. They would more likely eat small worms or worm pieces, at least that is what they do in their natural habitat.
TBH

 

[ThomasH]

See, Im so used to Ts caring for young that I automatically assume that snakes do it too! Good to know that this is not the case.

I will probably let them go in the thicket of wood behind my house tonight.

The vast majority of tarantulas don't really care for slings outside of the egg sack either. I would definitely let the snakes go as well if I were you, they really aren't worth the trouble.
TBH

 

[J.huff23]

Ok, I will let them go in an hour or so, after I get some pictures.

 

[KyuZo]

don't let them go yet, i'll tell you how to take care of them. and maybe you can send me some babies??

anyway, these are small snakes that feed on earthworms, slugs, salamanders, and soft insects.

so cut up some earthworms and feed that to them, and if that doesn't work, then try to find some baby slugs for them.

let me know how things turn out. and seriously, i would love to get some babies from ya.

 

[KyuZo]

Not being rude but this is why you dont keep snakes you find outside. They are from the wild so leave them be.

not to be rude, but if you think about it, the cb animals that you're keeping right now were originally wild caught in someone else's backyard.

 

[xhexdx]

not to be rude, but if you think about it, the cb animals that you're keeping right now were originally wild caught in someone else's backyard.

I'm pretty sure the point was this:

With no idea how to properly care for them, they were caught and housed together because he didn't have enough enclosures to house them all independently.

Now he has babies and has no clue what to do with them, because he doesn't even know how to take care of the adults.

I'm sure some quick researching would tell you how they live and what they eat in the wild.

I'm not trying to nag the OP here, but I'm trying to clarify sam's post as I viewed it.

I agree that this shouldn't turn into a discussion about WC animals, but I'm pretty sure sam's response was not about catching stuff in the wild; it was about catching it when you have no idea how to care for it. Complete difference.

--Joe

 

[Matt K]

If you caught them in your backyard, chances are the mother would have birthed them in a secluded spot in your back yard, so the OBVIOUS thing to do given that you have no idea what you are doing is to put them back in your back yard and leave them alone.... the young will find the food items they naturally would eat anyway.

Chances are you will see some later this year and next year again, so you can always DO YOUR HOMEWORK first, and then catch one next year to keep.

Nobody uses thier grey matter these days....

 

[KyuZo]

I'm pretty sure the point was this:

With no idea how to properly care for them, they were caught and housed together because he didn't have enough enclosures to house them all independently.

Now he has babies and has no clue what to do with them, because he doesn't even know how to take care of the adults.

I'm sure some quick researching would tell you how they live and what they eat in the wild.

I'm not trying to nag the OP here, but I'm trying to clarify sam's post as I viewed it.

I agree that this shouldn't turn into a discussion about WC animals, but I'm pretty sure sam's response was not about catching stuff in the wild; it was about catching it when you have no idea how to care for it. Complete difference.

--Joe

sorry, but with his one liner, it's hard to understand what he said and what he is trying to say. I am not a mind reader.

 

[J.huff23]

I'm pretty sure the point was this:

With no idea how to properly care for them, they were caught and housed together because he didn't have enough enclosures to house them all independently.

Now he has babies and has no clue what to do with them, because he doesn't even know how to take care of the adults.

I'm sure some quick researching would tell you how they live and what they eat in the wild.

I'm not trying to nag the OP here, but I'm trying to clarify sam's post as I viewed it.

I agree that this shouldn't turn into a discussion about WC animals, but I'm pretty sure sam's response was not about catching stuff in the wild; it was about catching it when you have no idea how to care for it. Complete difference.

--Joe

1. I DO know how to care for these...just not their babies. I just dont know what to feed the babies.

2. I kept them together at first because they were all found under the same hiding structure in the wild.

I want to make one thing absolutley clear, I am NOT one of those people who goes out and catches stuff in the wild, keeps them in crappy conditions, and is completley ignorant on how to care for them.

This thread is over, I have my answers. There is no need for anyone to post again. Thanks very much.

 

[BrianWI]

If you didn't care, you would not have asked. We all have had learning experiences in the "trial by fire" mode from time to time. The first keeper of any species is experimenting.

My guess, they will be fine in your care. Post some of those pics for us to enjoy. Way cool.

 

[KyuZo]

yes, some pictures would be nice

 

[AzJohn]

Before you release them back into the wild please read the article attached. Understand that the respiratory tract disease started in captivity and now threatens the entire wild population.

John
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_tortoise