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RE: tips on feeding eastern coral snakes
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by Chris_Harper on October 9, 2008
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Go into the File Library and download the care sheet on Coral Snakes. Newly caught corals sometimes have to be force fed for a few months until they get used to captivity. Force feeding has to be as least stressful as you can make it.
Here's the link:
http://www.venomousreptiles.org/libraries/showfilepage/2434
Copy and Paste the URL into your browser.
~CH
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by agkistrodude on October 9, 2008
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I've had 2 for awhile, all I've gotten them to eat so far is 5-lined skinks.They can be quite finiky.I used allot of the info out of the article Chris mentioned. Take care, Marty
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by jared on October 9, 2008
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I love corals they are awesome snakes, i usually go with typical prey items, other small, smooth scale burrowing species. I have had them do very well on Dekay and red bellied snakes as well as earth snakes. Ground skinks and five lines are also known to work. Good luck with um, really pretty snakes,
Jared
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by GREGLONGHURST on October 10, 2008
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They will eat a wide variety of snakes and lizards. Some individuals prefer one particular genus or species as a prey item, & finding that one may prove difficult. Set them up in an enclosure two to four times larger than you think they need. Use sphagnum moss as a substrate. Place a large water bowl at one end of the enclosure. Have the moss wet at that end of the enclosure, grading down to dry at the other. They will eat cage mates. Once you have found the prey item they prefer, you can start offering that particular one dead.
Pre-killed, frozen thawed food items may well be accepted readily.
Although Diadophis is often readily accepted as a prey item, they probably should be avoided. There is some evidence that they are toxic to Micrurus.
By scenting, corals may be switched over to mice. I have never done this, as my thoughts are that if Father Nature wanted Micrurus to feed on mice, He would have designed it that way. There may well be something in the nutritional value of reptiles that is missing in rodents, that is required by M. fulvius.
The beginning process of maintaining corals can be frustrating, but once you have an individual that accepts food items, they can be extremely rewarding. They are among the most beautiful snakes in the world.
~~Greg~~
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by Cro on October 10, 2008
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Trevor, what Greg and others here have said about feeding and keeping Coral Snakes is great information.
They can be very picky. Some will only feed on brown snakes, but not on earth snakes. And some will feed on fense lizards, but not on anoles or skinks. I had one large female Coral Snake that would eat new-born Copperheads like they were candy. They will almost always eat Scarlet Snakes, even road killed ones, if they are offered from tongs. They often will not eat other snakes with keeled scales, like ribbon snakes.
Try to catch as many types of lizards and small snakes as you can, and try them all. Eventually, you will find something that they like to eat.
Best Regards John Z
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by vampire on October 10, 2008
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The info by Chris, Greg and John is very useful. It is what I based my Coral husbandry on, although, I have only been keeping them two years. Have had 4 Corals in that time, first was a juvenile that I got from a former SHHS member. It was in really bad shape when I got it, emaciated, dehydrated etc. It fed well on young 5-line skinks but died after 4 months. I then bought 2.1 adults at the Columbia 2006 show. The female died after 18 months, but she was always a more problematic feeder. Still have the 2 males, next month will be 2 years. They have really grown and will accept a variety of prey. So far they have accepted 5-line skinks, ground skinks, Worm snakes, Brown snakes, young Rat snakes, Ribbon snakes, baby Copperheads, Ringnecks and House Geckos. Will accept live or F/T just as well. I know Ringnecks are toxic to some, but I have fed them F/T with no problems. Actually, used the musk from my pet Ringneck to scent the House Geckos, worked well. As you can see, they have accepted 9 different prey items. I know this is the exception and not the rule, so I feel very lucky in that regard.
In closing, Corals have become my favorite species, and I hope to someday breed and successfully raise them as my friend John Zegel has done. They are challenging at times, but well worth it.
Best regards,
Mike aka Vampire
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by LarryDFishel on October 10, 2008
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I haven't had much luck with corals, but I thought I'd throw out that we've had a couple that fed readily on baby corn snakes.
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by GREGLONGHURST on October 11, 2008
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Yes, they certainly eat corns. I had a snake call once, retrieving a coral from a guy's pool deck. He told me it was eating another snake when he first saw it. It regurgitated a young corn in the bag on the way home.
~~Greg~~
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by Cro on October 11, 2008
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Trevor, can you tell us a bit more about your coral snakes ? Like how big they are, how you have them set up, how long have they gone since eating, what foods you have offered them, how the foods were presented, etc?
Best Regards John Z
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