Things You'll Need
- Prey animals
- Water bowl
- Plastic bowl
Instructions
Purchase or capture crickets, grasshoppers, slugs, small earthworms, salamanders, small frogs, lizards, skinks, smaller snakes and assorted insects. Keep a separate terrarium stocked with assorted live food.
Kill any creatures prior to feeding if there is any chance of it fighting back and biting or scratching your Southern ring-neck. If purchasing newborn mice, guppies, minnows or other perishable foods, feed them while still fresh or store in freezer. Try to feed prey to the snake that is slightly larger around than your Southern ring-neck; avoid feeding it large prey.
Place your snake's food in a plastic bowl with holes in the lid. Remove your snake from its terrarium and place it in the bowl. This helps prevent ingestion of soil and other terrarium substrate.
Provide constant access to fresh water. Adult Southern ring-neck snakes generally eat the equivalent of six small worms each week. Offer food about once weekly for grown snakes or twice weekly for young snakes; adult ring-neck snakes are about 10 inches long.