Is it OK to have a milk snake in Your House?

Is it OK to have a milk snake in Your House?

Believe it or not, Milk snakes can be great to have around the house or office building. After all, they love to eat rodents! But when they move inside our homes, often something must be done. Here’s what you need to know when dealing with a possible milksnake on your property.

When do milk snakes stop eating their eggs?

Many milk snakes may avoid eating if they’re preparing to shed. You’ll notice that your snake is about to shed if its eyes turn opaque or milky. Some milk snakes may not eat while carrying eggs. It is common for milk snakes to brumate for three months around fall to winter time.

Why does my new snake won’t eat?

We hear this cry for help a lot, and yes – sometimes even about snakes we’ve sold! There’s a variety of reasons a newly acquired snake won’t feed, but they really boil down to one of five different issues: the snake is sick, the snakes is insecure, improper environmental conditions, improper feeding technique, or wrong choice of food item.

What should I Feed my Pet Milk Snake?

If you have a pet milk snake, you do not need to go out of your way to find birds or lizards for your snake to eat. There are other foods that a milk snake will happily consume. According to Litteratura Serpentium, milk snakes feed well in captivity on a diet of adult mice and young rats.

Believe it or not, Milk snakes can be great to have around the house or office building. After all, they love to eat rodents! But when they move inside our homes, often something must be done. Here’s what you need to know when dealing with a possible milksnake on your property.

Many milk snakes may avoid eating if they’re preparing to shed. You’ll notice that your snake is about to shed if its eyes turn opaque or milky. Some milk snakes may not eat while carrying eggs. It is common for milk snakes to brumate for three months around fall to winter time.

We hear this cry for help a lot, and yes – sometimes even about snakes we’ve sold! There’s a variety of reasons a newly acquired snake won’t feed, but they really boil down to one of five different issues: the snake is sick, the snakes is insecure, improper environmental conditions, improper feeding technique, or wrong choice of food item.

If you have a pet milk snake, you do not need to go out of your way to find birds or lizards for your snake to eat. There are other foods that a milk snake will happily consume. According to Litteratura Serpentium, milk snakes feed well in captivity on a diet of adult mice and young rats.