Herpetology advice

I keep my King Snake under a little brick house I made for him on the corner of the property. That baw is huge now, but I haven't seen a poisonous snake around in a couple of years.

In before fire...

I am just glad I read that wrong and you were not asking advice for herpes

Did you get to make your Elk hunt this Fall?

Havent set up a cage for a snake in many years so I dont know whats out there now. How big is it?

In general a glass tank with a secure screen lid. Some form of heat more on one side of the tank so there is a hot and cool side. Water bowl. Some sort of bedding...maybe stuff from outside. Might have some un wanted bugs in that tho.

The smell is probably just his defense...they put out some smelly shite to prevent something from eating them.

Everything is bigger, better, and stinkier in Texas.

Jones is correct 20L aquarium with screen fitting top

get a reptile heating pad $13 that goes under the tank

reptile bowl for water (looks like a rock) $5

Aspen snake bedding $6 .. change bedding 1x every few months

piece of driftwood or cavern half-log positioned near heating pad to give snake cover $9

feed the snake live pinkies $3 each in a separate container , we use a large kritter keeper $9
- as the snake gets bigger you can feed him fuzzys or larger mice

all items can be purchased at Petco

feed snake once every 1-2 weeks... the more often you feed it, the bigger it will get

my son has a corn snake as I'm the one who takes care of it


not sure how a wild snake will adapt to captivity , as you can buy baby corn snakes for $40 at pet stores

Jones

where do you live?

we need to get together and eat some groceries as you seem to be a cool cat brother

If you're ever in Laffy let me know as I do Bread & Circus and Bon Temp Grill monthly


BP - sorry for going off the tracks , holler if you have any snake Q's

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Let the snake go back into the wild.

I've had tough times in the past getting wild snakes to eat, although I once had a rat snake that would eat 6 mice a day if you gave them to him.

He'd also try to eat your face, hand, and anything else you put in the aquarium.

How big is it? Baby or something bigger?

It needs a water bowl and something to hide in--we use cardboard boxes with a hole cut into the side. Throw it away when you change the bedding. The Aspen bedding recommended above is fine.

Our wild-caught snakes eat (defrosted) frozen mice. We (ok, HE--my husband) feeds them in the same cage as they live in; he just puts the head of the mouse in the hole of the hide box when the snake is hiding and if it's hungry, it will come get the mouse. We currently have 2 wild-caught Prairie Kings from LA, but ours are pretty big. They have to feel secure to be comfortable enough to eat.

And I'm supposed to ask for pics.