Care Sheet for Milk SnakesAverage Rating Given To This Care Sheet Is 3.40 (1=lowest, 5=highest) Last Updated: 04/23/2004 |
Main Category: | Snakes |
Sub Category: | Milk Snakes |
Care Sheet Submitted By: | Panther_Baseball |
Years Experience: | 5 to 10 Years |
Species: | Mexican Milk Snake |
Other Species or Phases this Care Sheet May Cover: | Mexiacan Milk Snakes |
Sexing and Characteristics: | Females are usually bigger than males. Sexing should always be administered by a professional. |
Mostly Active During: | Night |
Substrate and Water Needs: | Wood chips (Never use cedar or aspen wood chips as these are deadly to all snakes), newspaper, indoor-outdoor carpet, Calci-Sand. Make sure it’s deep enough for your snake to bury himself because that’s what they will do 23 out of 24 hours. |
Lighting and UVB: | No special lighting required, but I use a heat lamp for appropriate heating requirements. |
Temperatures and Humidity: | Anywhere from 75-85 degrees. You will notice a big difference in behavior is not enough heat is administered. |
Heating and Equipment: | Heat lamps, under-tank heaters. Never use a heat rock, as these can have "hot spots" and burn your snake. |
Caging Provided: | I provide roughly a 40 gallon wooden cage with a locking top lid, that I built myself. |
Diet: | Carnivorous |
Description of Diet: | I feed noenates once a week and adults once every 2-3 weeks. |
Supplements, Nutrition and Usage: | None |
Maintenance: | Clean and fresh water at all times, best to change it daily, clean cage every month or so. |
Some Words on this Species: | I have had snakes as pets for a long time and my Mexican Milk Snake has never threatened to bite me or bitten me. He might wiggle his tail in the wood chips to sound like a rattler but it’s just a little thing to ward off predators. |
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