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Old 08-16-2011, 03:31 PM   #1
suki'smom
Need Info For 13 Unidentified Hatchlings

Well I live in Wisconsin and I was out and about the yard and discovered a pile of snake eggs next to the fire pit and rather that letting them get destroyed I brought them inside and stuck them in the incubator. About 2 1/2-3 weeks later when I opened the box to candle the eggs, 13 little hatchlings tried to get out of the box.

First of all I have no idea what they are. Unfortunately when you google wisconsin snake species you really only get pictures of adults or older hatchlings. They hatched out a solid steel gray color with bronze undertones, white bellies and about 4 inches long. A few of them have opaque colored eyes so they will shed soon. Now they are about three days old and a faint speckled appearance is beginning to show on some of them. With some more heavily speckled than others.

Second I am not sure when they will want to eat and what to feed them. I raise mealworms and blatta but I'm not sure either of those will work. Pillbugs maybe? I heard most hatchlings eat after their first shed. Is this true?

Any information would be greatly appreciated
Mariah
 
Old 08-16-2011, 03:38 PM   #2
hhmoore
Pics would help a lot....
At 4 inches, and that color, I'm almost inclined to start the guessing with ringneck snakes; but I'm not sure about the white belly part (I don't remember them having a white belly, would have said yellowish)
There are some other possibilities, too.
 
Old 08-16-2011, 04:16 PM   #3
suki'smom
Idk how to post with my blackberry...
 
Old 08-16-2011, 04:45 PM   #4
hhmoore
Do they have a little ring around the neck? (in some species, the ring is yellow...sometimes fairly faint)
http://www.awre.org/corp_docs/press_...mussurana1.jpg
http://www.easttennesseewildflowers....neck_snake.jpg
 
Old 08-16-2011, 04:48 PM   #5
suki'smom
No ring, just faint speckles on their backs.
 
Old 08-16-2011, 04:52 PM   #6
hhmoore
Could be a Dekay's snake, then.
Small earthworms would be your best bet for feeding (I know the ringnecks eat red efts and other small salamanders, not sure if the Dekay's do, too)
http://www.lakeeureka.eureka.lib.il....es/dekays4.jpg
 
Old 08-16-2011, 05:01 PM   #7
suki'smom
Hmmm that's getting closer. I bet I'll be able to see better after they shed. Maybe they'll develope a pattern then. Will they take food now?
 
Old 08-16-2011, 05:10 PM   #8
TheFragginDragon
Have to rule those out though, Northern Brown snakes (aka Dekays) are live bearers.
 
Old 08-16-2011, 05:14 PM   #9
suki'smom
Yea I just googled them. Dekay babies also have rings around their necks and are smaller, 3 1/2 inches.
 
Old 08-16-2011, 05:20 PM   #10
hhmoore
Forgot about the egg part for a minute - I'm back to wanting pics
 

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