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Eastern milk snake

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Ok well my friend's neighbor found a eastern milksnake hatchling in their backyard. They are in the middle of town surrounded by busy roads and there is no mice or that known in my town. Anywho hes giveing it to me and its about six inches and about smaller than a dime. I know that i can feed him day old pinkies but i probly can't find any live ones. Any ideas? I'm getting him today and well i need some help. :shrug01: Thanks
 
Hi Tim, this is probably not the advice you want to hear, but I would recommend releasing him where he was found. Think about it, if there are babies there, there are also adults that have lived and bred just fine.

Baby WC E milks are usually very hard to get eating, and there's a good chance he won't make it if you DO keep him. His chances are better in the wild.

If you do release him, make sure it is a safe spot in the area in which he was found.

Good Luck.
 
Have had descent luck feeding baby Eastern Milks it's usually the sub adult-adults that have given me problems. Try FT or live pinks, make sure to provide ample hide spots milks are shy snakes. If the snake does not eat after several weeks then releasing it would be the best thing to do otherwise it will starve itself and just wither away and die. Best of luck :)
 
Ok guys i was thinking of releaseing but i have no real way for a while to get it back to were my friend lives. BUT just a couple minutes ago it took a F/T small pinky mouse for me. Just had to put him in a delicup with paper towels and the mouse close the top and turn off the light and away he went. So i'm haveing second thoughts on releaseing him. His body dosn't have any marks or ticks/mites and he has a healthy mouth and he is active. I will get him vet checked. :thumbsup: Anywho the first pinky he couldn't eat because he is way to tiny. But this one he just gobbled right up after i put the lid on. :?party:
 
If he took a ft pinky already, that's a real good sign. Hope he continues to do well.
 
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