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[Connectimyrmex]

I finally found a Ringneck Snake!
She was chilling under a rock in my front yard (I was searching for Lasius queens). When I picked her up, she "musked" me with a smell reminiscent of human feces (thus the temporary name "Stinker"). I'm planning on buying her a terrarium, but for now she's going to have to stay in a tupperware setup. Due to a lack of tupperware, she's actually living with my pet cricket. I hope that they'll get along for the time being. If they do, I might move the cricket into the snake's terrarium as well.

 

My Spring Peeper, Peeps, was caught several weeks ago. He's doing surprisingly well for a wild caught frog (he's been feasting on crickets and extra Lasius queens). I briefly considered letting Stinker live with him, but then I realized that Ringneck Snakes eat frogs as a main food source. I really dodged a bullet there xD

I'll update when I get the terrarium!

[Chicken_eater100]

Wait you have a pet cricket? I used to love crickets but now I hate them because they kill themselves a lot.
And how are you gonna feed the snake?

[gcsnelling]

Your frog would probably have been safe, however better safe than sorry. They have a fairly varied diet, including crickets.

Edited by gcsnelling, October 7 2017 - 9:52 AM.

[Connectimyrmex]

I'm going to feed the Ringneck earthworms and small amphibians. I'm probably going to try to stick to the amphibian diet if possible.

 

My cricket is a female unidentified species similar to a house cricket. She was obviously attacked by a bird/salamander/frog/ant, because she was found without hind legs and with a twisted and broken ovipositor. She's been eating little bits of apple. My other cricket, which is a female field cricket, is in the terrarium with my Spring Peeper

Your frog would probably have been safe, however better safe than sorry. They have a fairly varied diet, including crickets.

Wait, he would have been safe? That makes things a bit different. I'm still going to keep them separate, because of terrarium size, lighting, and other things.

[gcsnelling]

Would depend on the size of the frog.

[Connectimyrmex]

Bad news... My parents made me get rid of the snake. At least I still have Peeps.

[FeedTheAnts]

Bad news... My parents made me get rid of the snake. At least I still have Peeps.

Ya, I wouldn't think that snakes usually role well with parents.

[TennesseeAnts]

Bad news... My parents made me get rid of the snake. At least I still have Peeps.

Peeps.... Hmmm... I like that!

[Connectimyrmex]

Peeps lived with me for a good few weeks before I released him. I thought that he might do better outside (hibernation wise). I might bump into him again next year when he heads to the lake at the bottom of the hill

[Hunter]

what is a redneck snake, in all my 7 years off keeping snakes i have no clue what that is

[Connectimyrmex]

If you are posting, you have access to the internet. Google "ringneck snake". It is a small colubrid with an interesting defensive mechanism.

[Hunter]

If you are posting, you have access to the internet. Google "ringneck snake". It is a small colubrid with an interesting defensive mechanism.

lol i did and all that came up was snake memes , soulds cool tho

[Salmon]

 

If you are posting, you have access to the internet. Google "ringneck snake". It is a small colubrid with an interesting defensive mechanism.

lol i did and all that came up was snake memes , soulds cool tho

 

 

That's a ringneck snake.

[Connectimyrmex]

 

If you are posting, you have access to the internet. Google "ringneck snake". It is a small colubrid with an interesting defensive mechanism.

lol i did and all that came up was snake memes , soulds cool tho

 

Dude, its not a REDneck snake. It's a RINGneck snake.

[gcsnelling]

Red neck snakes slither around flying little confederate flags and killing other animals for the fun of i.

[Connectimyrmex]

Red neck snakes slither around flying little confederate flags and killing other animals for the fun of i.

Lol!
I assumed that he searched that up because of his question post (what is a redneck snake). It seems like a good meme.

Edited by Connectimyrmex, December 2 2017 - 3:01 PM.

[TennesseeAnts]

I think I read we have these is Washington state.

[Connectimyrmex]

Cool!

Edited by Connectimyrmex, December 2 2017 - 6:47 PM.

[ponerinecat]

There's actually a snake called the rednecked keelback.