ElizaDaisy
12-15-2005, 03:01 PM
Hi everyone,
I'm wondering what people here feed their ribbon snakes? We have a ribbon snake named Pete and he'll only eat feeder goldfish. We've had him a couple of years now and a few months ago we read that it's not healthy to feed them only goldfish. So we tried feeding feeder guppies instead and he won't touch them. We've tried it a few times, mixing them in with the goldfish to try and "trick" him and no go. He just won't eat them. Pete is normally fed once a week, so we tried waiting two weeks and then gave him feeder guppies, hoping he would be hungry enough to eat them. Nope.
Will they eat earth worms? Because I've read some articles that say no and some articles that say yes. I'm also willing to try feeding him a thawed pinky mouse that's been scented with goldfish. If that were to work, could he be fed only pinky mice? And would we have to continually scent them with goldfish?
Thanks in advance for your help. :)
I'm wondering what people here feed their ribbon snakes? We have a ribbon snake named Pete and he'll only eat feeder goldfish. We've had him a couple of years now and a few months ago we read that it's not healthy to feed them only goldfish. So we tried feeding feeder guppies instead and he won't touch them. We've tried it a few times, mixing them in with the goldfish to try and "trick" him and no go. He just won't eat them. Pete is normally fed once a week, so we tried waiting two weeks and then gave him feeder guppies, hoping he would be hungry enough to eat them. Nope.
Will they eat earth worms? Because I've read some articles that say no and some articles that say yes. I'm also willing to try feeding him a thawed pinky mouse that's been scented with goldfish. If that were to work, could he be fed only pinky mice? And would we have to continually scent them with goldfish?
Thanks in advance for your help. :)