Re: changing to frozen pinkies

Posted by Paul Hollander on November 04, 1999 at 16:27:42:

In Reply to: Re: changing to frozen pinkies posted by Iwan Hendrikx on November 03, 1999 at 09:42:09:

: Make sure that the pinkies are well thawed. Move it around a bit in front of him, like a live one. If this does not work you can try to split open the head of the pinkie.....some snakes seem to find this quite tasty.

I have worked with wild caught adult fox snakes, wild caught hatchling fox snakes, and captive hatched fox snakes (all western fox snakes, _Elaphe v. vulpina). Splitting the head of a dead mouse open releases blood and lymph. These are powerful appetite stimuli for fox snakes, as for most colubrids.

Paul Hollander

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: : Make sure that the pinkies are well thawed. Move it around a bit in front of him, like a live one. If this does not work you can try to split open the head of the pinkie.....some snakes seem to find this quite tasty. : I have worked with wild caught adult fox snakes, wild caught hatchling fox snakes, and captive hatched fox snakes (all western fox snakes, _Elaphe v. vulpina). Splitting the head of a dead mouse open releases blood and lymph. These are powerful appetite stimuli for fox snakes, as for most colubrids. : Paul Hollander :

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