Watching Brian B, I know you can feed large Retics and Burms rabbits and small pigs. You could probably feed those species whole chickens too, although I don't know if they normally eat birds in the wild or if birds are even good for them. But, based purely on size (bot the snake and chicken) they're physically capable of eating a chicken.
If we're gonna be technical, green anacondas also eat capybaras. So... the largest living species of snake does indeed eat the largest living species of rodent. Go figure.
At petsmart we are told to just throw the finch eggs away, so we have a few customers that come in on the days we do bedding changes and ask for the eggs. We happily give them away.
Thank you for clearing up the myth about egg eating snakes drinking whisked up eggs from a bowl. I found a baby egg eater at an expo, and the seller said it would drink whisked up eggs. However, I didn't want to bet the snakes life on that and passed on purchasing it. It's good know that was the right decision.
Many people have gotten eggies, thinking they are easy - then watch them starve. They SOUND easy to care for (and an established adult female is pretty simple), but males, or juveniles, or heaven forbind hatchlings, are a real challenge. There are 3 reliable sellers of finch eggs in the US that will ship eggs - and this summer all 3 had a waiting list at the same time. I do have some eggies (2 females, 1 male, and 9 eggs in the incubator) and the facecbook group for their owners is full of people who got them assuming they could find small eggs, or who got them on a whim from a seller who claimed they could be fed scrambled egg from a dish. Tube feeding is hit or miss - sometimes it works well, but it is very easy to overfeed this way, and can cause more harm than good, and under the best of circumstances, it is still stressful for the snake.
@@vincenttrigg4521 Of course - if you know how to do it. Sadly, if you do it incorrectly, or feed too much, you can kill the snake, and if you do it too often, they may not start to eat on their own. Anyone serious about keeping egg-eaters should prepare for the possibility of also keeping birds at some point in order to keep them fed.
Fairchild, as explained in the video, you would really only want an adult female unless you have access to finch eggs or bird eggs of similar size. Problem they also address is that if you get adults then you don't know how old they are. Basically better to get the finch birds and have them laying eggs before getting the snakes. Edit: originally said the males can eat quail eggs because I swear they said it in the video but many are saying they are still too big of eggs
@@vincenttrigg4521 Nope - need SMALLER than quail eggs for young or male snakes. But you are correct - having finches laying before getting these snakes would be a good idea. (And if yours can take quail eggs, there is a marlet to sell the finch eggs you no longer need.)
Yes! A lot of my viewers say they really want a snake but they/their parents don’t want one that eats rodents and that they think egg-eating snakes are the only snake that doesn’t eat rodents. I’ll redirect them to this video next time it comes up!
I keep aquatic snail as pets and there are several kinds that would work well as feeders for dekay's brown snake that are SUPPER easy to care for and breed such as malaysian trumpet snails and rams horn snail. So long as they have relatively clean water and some kind of food they will breed (I would recommend adding some cuddle bone to help with there shells if possible). That way you could rase your snakes food and know that it is pericite free and has been feed a good diet.
I was terrified of snakes. Watching yours and some other peoples snake videos helped me get rid of most of my fear. I now have a corn snake. She's.. nice.. almost most of the time :P
Lol I'm the same. I'm actualy considering getting my 9 yr old either a ball (slower more girth but don't eat aswel) or corn (slimmer and moves more but eats nearly anything offered) as a support snake for her I'm just unsure which to go for. And which would be best. I'll be honest I've run out of a pet shop cas a snake struck the tank as I walked past my hubby laughed his head off x
@@emmalou9067 I'd talk to a ball python breeder. ask if what they are feeding their hatchlings. make sure they are feeding fresh killed or frozen thawed rats (find one that is). this means they are already used to rats (it can be hard switching from mice) and it's already on killed (not live) and those are the biggest starting obstacles for a picky ball python. they also sometimes just go off food when your house gets a bit cooler in winter even tho they are not a brumating species
Oh I'm positive they'll be breeding them once they're old enough. Emily knows how hard they are to get captive bred, I'm sure she'll produce them if she can.
Since she commented that if people know you're breeding them then the lists are already full... methinks they are going to be, and possibly don't want to make people angry or jealous
Dekay’s are hard to keep in captivity most of the time, my friend owns two brown dekay’s she caught in the while, and live till this day. But their babies haven’t been able to stay in captivity sadly, nothing wrong with them but they just can’t live in captivity as great as others
I originally read the title as “the best rodents don’t eat snakes” Edit: thank you so much for all the likes and replies it’s the most I’ve ever gotten 😁
This is incredibly informative! As a rodent lover, I've never looked too much into owning a snake because I'm afraid I'd find feeding too upsetting. And I never knew garter snakes were an option as captive snakes, but now it's something to look into!!!
SAME!! I have had 6 pet rats and 3 pet mice in the past few years, I love them soooo much. I actually worked at a pet shop in 20 some years ago and we got a shipment of frozen feeder mice, it was the first time we ever got frozen ones and the owner showed me the package of tiny babies he opened so I could see what they looked like. One of the babies was white with black polka dots, I almost cried it was the cutest little mouse ever. I have been and will always be a rodent lover. I would consider a few garter snakes but the husband doesn’t like snakes sooooo. 😫🐍
I really want a snake, but my dad doesn't like that they eat rodents. Thanks, Snake Discovery for this video! U helped me get one step closer to getting a snake! Edit: OMG!! I never thought I would get this many likes! 112!! THAT'S CRAZY! Thank you all so much!
@@joaosoares-rr5mj Although garter snakes don't NEED to eat rodents, they still WANT to. It's highly recommended that you give garter snakes rodents sometimes as a treat. That's why I've decided snakes just aren't right for me, even though I love how cute they are.
@@CottonRage I’m really glad that you chose what’s best for the animal! A lot of people won’t do that, they’ll get the animal even if they know they can’t provide the best life for them. These guys deserve the absolute best.
Garters are the only snake that it's convenient not to feed rodents. That it. The rodents don't even look that bad and you can get it ground up into pellets.
I swear, one day someone came to me and said “Can you rub baby carrots on mice and feed them to snakes? Im vegan and love snakes but dont want to feed them other animals” I hope they never got a snake...
I've never met a fellow vegan/vegetarian person refusing to feed pets meat and I refuse to believe someone is that dumb I mean I believe you Just jesus christ
I just don't get pets who eat only meat, since I'm vegetarian myself. I see nothing wrong with it, I just can't imagine feeding a snake live/dead mice since I love mice too. That being said don't force your animals who are carnivores or omnivores to only eat a vegan diet. That's horrible for them....it should be obvious but for some reason, people still try to do it anyway.
Something to note about snakes that eat worms/slugs and other inverts (including crawfish, though unsure about scorpions lol) is that they're relatively easy to create colonies of as feeders yourself. Obviously some people don't want to keep pets *for* their pets-- but especially earthworms and nightcrawlers are very easy to get a breeding colony going! They're essentially composters for all your food waste :) While it can be difficult to source food for snakes that are picky/unique eaters, just getting a couple to start and raising them as breeders yourself can be much simpler. It's a project for sure, but possible with less challenging feeders!
Snakes are the perfect solution to that 'what do I do with my hands?!' feeling when making videos or giving presentations, imo. Also dat pickle rick, lel
Two of the most hardest working folks I’ve ever watched! Working on the new place....still making awesome videos for me and others to enjoy. Thank just what I need to make my evening fun!
I live around where garter snakes live. Sometimes in the summer we go out to my dad's garage and look under some wood and light metal sheets that are out by the garage and look for them, sometimes they are by the apple tree or the yard! we normally move the ones in the yard though so they don't get stepped on or hunted by our cats, I once found this TINY baby garter it was so cuteeeeee!!
They also eat Dubia roaches. Those roaches are easy to breed and can't climb the sides of tanks. I kept them for my T. When my colony started getting to big, I would give some away to a friend.
I have a bearded dragon and I refuse to buy crickets unless I have to! My baby gets dubia's, and superworms horn worms and wax worms and at times large mealworms and of course ca supplements.
I can’t get over how stinkin’ cute your DeKay’s brown snakes are! I can’t stop watching them slowly opening their tiny mouths to politely taking the food from the tongs on repeat.
@@o0Theresa0o good to know!!! I haven't dug in on research yet, so I thought a pair was the standard. Since they tend to die so suddenly I wanted an extra to ensure that nobody gets left too alone. You won't hear a single complaint from me on more sweet noodles. :3
@@nixand_brennt Maybe a pair is considered standard by some people. However, what might be 'standard' and what is ideal for the snakes are not necessarily the same thing.
A good feeder fish ive found/seen work is Convic Cichlids, specifically for elephant trunk snakes. Though they are seen as more of a pet and not feeder they can be a subsitute, they reproduce at a fast rate so availability is no problem or can produce your own. 👍🏾
I have had rodents before as pets so I bond with other them really easily. I’ve also always wanted snakes but didn’t want to have a pet that I wouldn’t be able to feed properly.
I was in the same boat as you. I had pet rats, mice, and hamsters all through middle school and high school. I finally got a snake 7 months ago, because I realized I could feed frozen thawed. Feeding rodents is a lot easier if you know they had a humane death. I buy from online rodent distributors with good reputations for treating their rodents humanely. Feeding dogs involves dead animals as well, it just doesn't look as bad since the dead animals are ground up into kibble. So really, as long as the rodent was culled humanely, it is no different from feeding a dog or a cat
@@Katie-xl8fd Yeah. My mother would never be able to have a snake, because you'd have to feed it mice or rats, but she's had a dog, and we have dogs now, and somehow she doesn't have a problem with feeding them meat, or eating meat herself. If she had to cut the pig up herself, it would probably be a different deal. Now I feed my dogs raw chicken wings, and I chop them up for them to be easier to eat. I think I could manage feeding a snake mice, or even having a colony of mice. You want pets, you have to deal with what they eat. If you want a herbivore, get a bunny, or a cow, or something.
I was in the same boat as you, but I fed F/T and they didn’t look like the pets I kept so I in theory got over it but rats still are close to my hearts
if you're really committed to getting a snake, you do become desensitized to the rodents pretty quickly. I've had two snakes for years and I love my little dudes. The dead mice and rats were pretty gross at first, and tbh I still will only hold them with tongs and get super grossed out if I accidently touch them, but I hardly think about it anymore.
something really cool is that when I was fishing with my grandpa (we always trawl fish) in BC Canada, a very large garter snake was swimming along side the boat, either for protection from large fish, or tho snag the entrails when we cleaned the fish.
They seem to rely very heavily on the egg smelling like a fresh egg so I dont think that would work sadly unless you managed to somehow scent it enough
Me: *doesn’t plan on getting a snake because my mom dosent like them.* Also me: *yes, must know how 2 care for snek even if it no eat rodent.* (Btw the grammar is bad on purpose)
Hi Emily! In fact, there is another snake species perfect for those who do not want to feed on rodents. This is Dice snake - Natrix Tessellata. I don't know if they are on sale in the United States, but I can say with confidence that this is a very common snake in Europe and Russia. It only eats fish and has interesting coloration and behavior.
This is a relief because I own pet rats, and after having these little gremlins...Man owning a snake just got way more heart wrenching, lmao. So thank you
@@salaltschul3604 The issue is that I LIKE rats, and seeing any rat dead or eaten is kinda hard for me to watch because I've now gotten attached. Even dead ones.
@@salaltschul3604 my guy, I love rodent's and can't stand seeing them dead that's the issue here. Every time I look at feeder mice live or dead I think of my own pet mice and I get sick.
@@Doodle456 That's valid. I do that at my job/where I shadow just out of sheer necessity. Or videos online don't bother me for some reason? Conceptually tho, freaks me out lmao. Though it's pretty unlikely I'll ever get a noodle, they are adorable animals so I like to dream of having noodles some day.
I totally understand, my cat catches mice and my dog rips them apart. Every time I see one my heart breaks. There’s only been 2 that were still alive. I have garters snakes and I occasionally feed them f/t pinkies and I just tell myself that they died from natural causes.
If they are talking about droppings well they don’t usually smell. If they are talking about when the snakes musk well that isn’t to bad and you can wash that off.
I wanted an egg eater when I first started looking into snakes because it just seemed so easy to feed them just eggs and then I looked into them further and was like "Yeah no that seems pretty complicated actually" haha I'm now looking forward to getting a corn snake sometime in the future :)
Thank You, Emily! I've been trying to convince my mom and dad to buy me a snake for 3 years now, my mom thinks that I am too short (her exact words, ima 4'6 I think, only ten years old) and my dad has thrown around the word corn snake, but he's terrified of rats and mice, this just makes me one step closer, my dad is eliminated, now just to grow a couple feet.
height doesn't matter, but age does. Im 14, my first snake was at 12 and I was very ignorant with my 2 corn snakes, they escaped. Havent seen them again. Because I didn't look up how to hold down the top of the enclosure. They are escape artists and get a good 5 feet.
You know, I always find it funny to see how tarantula breeders react to my experience with tarantulas. I point to species that are for experienced keepers only and say "Oh hey, this is one of the first species I started with". It always shocks them and I have to explain I interned at an insectary, that being said I still had little training and it was a lot hands on experience right then and there, hit the ground running type deal. However I do have to say this, the only reason I could comfortably, confidently, and correctly care for the more advanced species right off the bat is because of my love for animals and years of studying different species (not necessarily care, but just generally), co-workers and other people ask me about good starter pets for kids and in all honesty, I always tell them that there is no good starter pet for kids. It should be more oriented as a family pet that the kid helps to take care of. AND ALWAYS DO YOUR RESEARCH! I hate when people want to get a pet and then know nothing about that animal.
Motivation for me to keep finches, canaries, and quail. I can be popular with the egg eating snake owners and then EVERYONE WILL WANT TO BE MY FRIEND AHAHAHAHA
Honestly, I live my reptile-keeping life in part vicariously through you 🤗 I live in a small apartment in Tokyo and so only finally brought home my first corn snake 🐍💕, a phantom I have named Delia, this past weekend, but once upon a time ago I was prepping to study zoology / veterinary medicine at uni. Even though I did not take that route professionally, I wish I had reptile rooms like you, and maybe one day I will move to a home where I can have my own mini zoo 🤞😋
Me not reading the title correctly “hmmm I thought Emily liked bullsnakes, but this title says “the best snakes don’t eat rodents” When I finally realize “wow I’m a dummy”
me: wants a snake but is squeamish and doesn’t want to watch it eat a whole mouse in front of me emily: feed it a heart instead! w o w w h a t a g r e a t a l t e r n a t i v e
I spent hours waiting for this video yesterday, looking at my phone every few minutes, getting more and more upset and nervous that something happened, till I finally realised that it was Monday... Well I hope you're alright...
OMG please try breeding dekays!!! They are some of my favorite snakes, and my favorites of your videos, and it would be so amazing to see an ultra ultra ultra tiny hatching video!! Plus I heard somewhere that they are not produced by many breeders ;)
I'm in class so I will just watch this during lunch which happens right after this class. Love the video, I'm a senior in high school so I'll come back
When I first started thinking about snakes as pets, my strongest objection was having to feed them *LIVE* prey. I just didn't think I could deal with helping a snake chase a live mouse around. And I also didn't like the idea of keeping frozen dead rodents in my freezer next to the green beans.
The way the teeny tiny cutiepie opens it's mouth going after the food @7:43 had my heart literally melting!!! until I saw the next level of cuteness @08:05. I now NEED one of these!!!
In theory, you could make a mini egg using a cracked egg and agar sphereifacation for the African egg eaters (possibly even dusting the outside with calcium to mimic a shell). I never had a pet African egg eater, and don't plan on it; however, it would be an interesting experiment to see.
Never heard of the Dekays Brown Snake before, but they remind me of blind snakes though more distinctive and defined in form. Thanks for the informative video, I'm always glad to learn something new.
Ring-neck snakes are sweet. I kept the one I found for 8 years, and it was one of the sweetest things I've ever kept. It was injured to boot, so I had to nurse it back to health. But he was my little buddy for a surprisingly long time!
I had a WC ribbon snake. I would get medium sized live minnows from the bait shop and put them in his water bowl. He would chow down! So easy to take care of. I would add these to the list . A little flighty but after handling for a while he calmed down. I would recommend for a 1st time keeper that doesn't want a big snake and doesn't want to feed rodents
As far as pet snakes that don't eat rodents I think one of the best is probably Northern, Brown, or Banded Water snakes. They get to a decent size, typically calm down after having/handling them for a while, and can eat only fish and worms. The largest problem with them is finding ones that are captive bread, but I know there are at least a few breeders out there, and honestly I might get into breeding them eventually.
Thank you this video was very helpful in finding a snake my dad would let me get, I am completely fine with the rodents but the rest of my family isn't.
My mom's childhood best friend had a pet garter snake. The snake was the only reason that my mom isn't terrified of snakes, haha. Just wanted to mention that.
But the little Dekays are so cute with their little tiny bodies and big round eyes!!!! The cuteness factor of them is overwhelming!!! I don't know if I could just watch them without wanting to hold them every 5 seconds of the day!!!
I’m so excited you made this video. I got a rough green snake from from my local pet store because garter snakes are actually illegal to sell in Washington. I’ve only had Salazar about 3 weeks but I was so excited to see the other day a poop which means he’s eating at least! I didn’t know it was such a hard snake to keep as I couldn’t find almost any information on the internet which meant I had to rely on the local pet store which luckily is very good. He’s currently in a 29 gallon but I want to upgrade him once I know he’s reliably eating. He still has a lot of hides and trees and even substrate but I want to be able to find him quickly if need be. Since I’ve already made the mistake and brought the snake into my care I will do whatever I need to to give it the best chance. Do you have any tips at all?
More and more I just want to get a couple garter snakes. Except for earthworms, all the food items she listed are things I'm buying anyway to feed to myself, too! Chicken hearts fried and seasoned are delicious!
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"There's also blind snakes, which are termite-eaters..."
That's quite a dangerous game you're playing there if you own one.
Escaped feeder crickets: Annoying
Escaped feeder termites: OH GOD THE HOUSE
I'm dying, tysm for this comment XD
Not gonna lie,it took me a minute with the comment🤣🤣🤣
Yeah, I'm not sure whether my apartment management would appreciate me having those around as a feeder source!
😂
The Best Snakes that Don't Eat Rodents!
*Number 1: Full grown green anacondas can eat a whole pig*
That would make some people squeamish
seeing a fully grown green anaconda swallowing a dispatched pig
@@megaball-ps8tq r/woooosh
Watching Brian B, I know you can feed large Retics and Burms rabbits and small pigs. You could probably feed those species whole chickens too, although I don't know if they normally eat birds in the wild or if birds are even good for them. But, based purely on size (bot the snake and chicken) they're physically capable of eating a chicken.
haha!
If we're gonna be technical, green anacondas also eat capybaras. So... the largest living species of snake does indeed eat the largest living species of rodent. Go figure.
At petsmart we are told to just throw the finch eggs away, so we have a few customers that come in on the days we do bedding changes and ask for the eggs. We happily give them away.
I wonder what regulations keep them from packaging them and selling them.
@@MortimerLR they are usually unfertile so they are just tossed
Or apparently given to egg eater owners
can confirm. i wish my loc had customers to utilize the eggs
"canary eggs work too"
Me, who has been raising canaries since childhood: I found my calling!
Maybe you could try selling them online if that's legal for people like this lol.
Sounds like you could definitely get a niche market for selling the eggs!
How often do they lay eggs? I don't know anyone with pet birds, it never occurred to me they'd lay eggs regularly, but it makes sense!
by friend has a canary
You still have those birds?
Thank you for clearing up the myth about egg eating snakes drinking whisked up eggs from a bowl. I found a baby egg eater at an expo, and the seller said it would drink whisked up eggs. However, I didn't want to bet the snakes life on that and passed on purchasing it. It's good know that was the right decision.
Why am I here, I don't even have any snakes. You know what? it's probably because Emily is very cool, that's why
I came here just to learn some stuff about snakes. Besides, I don't even own snakes at all.
She’s actually the reason I got my snakes
And now I have 5....
I’m the same way
Yea same, I even live in a country where snakes are banned, cuz they don't live in the wild here
the end just turned into "why not to get an egg eating snake"
Many people have gotten eggies, thinking they are easy - then watch them starve.
They SOUND easy to care for (and an established adult female is pretty simple), but males, or juveniles, or heaven forbind hatchlings, are a real challenge. There are 3 reliable sellers of finch eggs in the US that will ship eggs - and this summer all 3 had a waiting list at the same time.
I do have some eggies (2 females, 1 male, and 9 eggs in the incubator) and the facecbook group for their owners is full of people who got them assuming they could find small eggs, or who got them on a whim from a seller who claimed they could be fed scrambled egg from a dish.
Tube feeding is hit or miss - sometimes it works well, but it is very easy to overfeed this way, and can cause more harm than good, and under the best of circumstances, it is still stressful for the snake.
@@karencostanzo2906 while tube feeding would be stressful for the snake it's better that then letting them starve to death right?
@@vincenttrigg4521 Of course - if you know how to do it. Sadly, if you do it incorrectly, or feed too much, you can kill the snake, and if you do it too often, they may not start to eat on their own. Anyone serious about keeping egg-eaters should prepare for the possibility of also keeping birds at some point in order to keep them fed.
Fairchild, as explained in the video, you would really only want an adult female unless you have access to finch eggs or bird eggs of similar size.
Problem they also address is that if you get adults then you don't know how old they are.
Basically better to get the finch birds and have them laying eggs before getting the snakes.
Edit: originally said the males can eat quail eggs because I swear they said it in the video but many are saying they are still too big of eggs
@@vincenttrigg4521 Nope - need SMALLER than quail eggs for young or male snakes. But you are correct - having finches laying before getting these snakes would be a good idea. (And if yours can take quail eggs, there is a marlet to sell the finch eggs you no longer need.)
Yes! A lot of my viewers say they really want a snake but they/their parents don’t want one that eats rodents and that they think egg-eating snakes are the only snake that doesn’t eat rodents. I’ll redirect them to this video next time it comes up!
My mind before watching the video: when I grow up I’m gonna get a egg eater
My mind after watching the video: ok may I’ll just get a legless lizard
Legless lizards are cute
you have to be careful what kind of those you get.
Legless lizards aren't exactly easy to keep either. Garter snakes are arguably the best reptiles and most widely avialible snake.
I keep aquatic snail as pets and there are several kinds that would work well as feeders for dekay's brown snake that are SUPPER easy to care for and breed such as malaysian trumpet snails and rams horn snail. So long as they have relatively clean water and some kind of food they will breed (I would recommend adding some cuddle bone to help with there shells if possible). That way you could rase your snakes food and know that it is pericite free and has been feed a good diet.
*cuttle bone
Emily: "He never croaks anymore!"
Tree frog: "I'm about to ruin this woman's entire career"
Wut?
Lol
@@paigechristopher4212 lol
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Also: Garter snakes are stinkin' rad. Just for the record.
Totally agree! Water snakes are great too.
I read this in Clint’s voice 🤣
@@isabel4036 I’m glad it wasn’t just me 😂
I work with garter snakes in the wild they are feisty and super different between each individual
@@spjr99 of course, many wild snakes are that way. They are great in captivity Ive had ribbon snakes and they are so handleable and cool to watch
I was terrified of snakes. Watching yours and some other peoples snake videos helped me get rid of most of my fear. I now have a corn snake. She's.. nice.. almost most of the time :P
Lol I'm the same. I'm actualy considering getting my 9 yr old either a ball (slower more girth but don't eat aswel) or corn (slimmer and moves more but eats nearly anything offered) as a support snake for her I'm just unsure which to go for. And which would be best. I'll be honest I've run out of a pet shop cas a snake struck the tank as I walked past my hubby laughed his head off x
@@emmalou9067 I'd talk to a ball python breeder. ask if what they are feeding their hatchlings. make sure they are feeding fresh killed or frozen thawed rats (find one that is). this means they are already used to rats (it can be hard switching from mice) and it's already on killed (not live) and those are the biggest starting obstacles for a picky ball python. they also sometimes just go off food when your house gets a bit cooler in winter even tho they are not a brumating species
small n bitey. best thing to remember is that, while it might hurt, a snake bite aint gonna do anything to you unless it's a venomous one.
you and I have been on this journey about the same amount of time! which is really cool!
Ah, Tilapia. The natural prey of Garter snakes and gym rats.
we unintentionally keep snails in our mail box and they happily munch on our mail if we don't collect it fast enough XD
Lol
Step 1: become a vet
Step 2: get finches
Step 3: get egg eating snake
I’m still working on step one... just applied, so fingers crossed
Good luck with that! Sending you the best wishes
Good luck!
@SAMUEL_LEE WILKIN I’ve wanted to be a vet my whole life, this would just be one happy side effect and thank you!!
@@crowsanidiotXD thanks!
@@sincerelybellatrix.2880 thank you!!
PLEASE breed Dekay's, just so we can watch their little baby faces every year.
Oh I'm positive they'll be breeding them once they're old enough. Emily knows how hard they are to get captive bred, I'm sure she'll produce them if she can.
Since she commented that if people know you're breeding them then the lists are already full... methinks they are going to be, and possibly don't want to make people angry or jealous
Dekay’s are hard to keep in captivity most of the time, my friend owns two brown dekay’s she caught in the while, and live till this day. But their babies haven’t been able to stay in captivity sadly, nothing wrong with them but they just can’t live in captivity as great as others
YEAAASS
I originally read the title as “the best rodents don’t eat snakes”
Edit: thank you so much for all the likes and replies it’s the most I’ve ever gotten 😁
I mean, it's still true😂
so did i until i saw this comment lol
if only those existed
Haha
Same
This is incredibly informative! As a rodent lover, I've never looked too much into owning a snake because I'm afraid I'd find feeding too upsetting. And I never knew garter snakes were an option as captive snakes, but now it's something to look into!!!
Cool
Garter snakes also have live birth, so you won't need to incubate any eggs!
SAME!! I have had 6 pet rats and 3 pet mice in the past few years, I love them soooo much. I actually worked at a pet shop in 20 some years ago and we got a shipment of frozen feeder mice, it was the first time we ever got frozen ones and the owner showed me the package of tiny babies he opened so I could see what they looked like. One of the babies was white with black polka dots, I almost cried it was the cutest little mouse ever. I have been and will always be a rodent lover.
I would consider a few garter snakes but the husband doesn’t like snakes sooooo. 😫🐍
Emily: "there also mildy venomous but thats beside the point"
Me: ok then...
It's not important.
Not medically significant to humans, fortunately
Me sitting here as a finch, canary and button quail owner but living in New Zealand where I can’t keep snakes
I really want a snake, but my dad doesn't like that they eat rodents. Thanks, Snake Discovery for this video! U helped me get one step closer to getting a snake!
Edit: OMG!! I never thought I would get this many likes! 112!! THAT'S CRAZY! Thank you all so much!
get a pair of garters :3
@@joaosoares-rr5mj Although garter snakes don't NEED to eat rodents, they still WANT to. It's highly recommended that you give garter snakes rodents sometimes as a treat. That's why I've decided snakes just aren't right for me, even though I love how cute they are.
@@CottonRage I’m really glad that you chose what’s best for the animal! A lot of people won’t do that, they’ll get the animal even if they know they can’t provide the best life for them. These guys deserve the absolute best.
@@CottonRage this is an awesome comment!!! 🙌🙏👍👌💯 extremely mature!!!!
@@CottonRage I understand that. I am glad that even though you want a snake, you want what's best for them, and chose to do something else instead.
Title: The Best Snakes that Don't Eat Rodents
Video: Just come to terms with freezer mice. It'll be easier in the long run.
Also NEVER heat up mice in the microwave
Yep. Accept that most pet species of snakes eat rodents and get over it
Or don’t own a snake
Main reason why I'll never own a snake despite wanting one, rodents are hard to find where I am
Garters are the only snake that it's convenient not to feed rodents. That it. The rodents don't even look that bad and you can get it ground up into pellets.
I swear, one day someone came to me and said “Can you rub baby carrots on mice and feed them to snakes? Im vegan and love snakes but dont want to feed them other animals”
I hope they never got a snake...
Oh my uhh hope they never get a snake ether
I've never met a fellow vegan/vegetarian person refusing to feed pets meat and I refuse to believe someone is that dumb
I mean I believe you
Just jesus christ
@@Angela1111122222 idk any vegan feeding snakes veggies but ik a woman on tiktok who feeds her dog a vegan diet
@@helenakove2 That vegan teacher? yeah she's crazy
I just don't get pets who eat only meat, since I'm vegetarian myself. I see nothing wrong with it, I just can't imagine feeding a snake live/dead mice since I love mice too. That being said don't force your animals who are carnivores or omnivores to only eat a vegan diet. That's horrible for them....it should be obvious but for some reason, people still try to do it anyway.
Not me crying over garter snakes dying after their mate dies because my grandfather just passed two months after his wife of 70 years passed 😭😭😭😭
I'm so sorry. ❤
Iam soo sorry r.i.p
Im so sorry for your loss
Something to note about snakes that eat worms/slugs and other inverts (including crawfish, though unsure about scorpions lol) is that they're relatively easy to create colonies of as feeders yourself. Obviously some people don't want to keep pets *for* their pets-- but especially earthworms and nightcrawlers are very easy to get a breeding colony going! They're essentially composters for all your food waste :)
While it can be difficult to source food for snakes that are picky/unique eaters, just getting a couple to start and raising them as breeders yourself can be much simpler. It's a project for sure, but possible with less challenging feeders!
I was literally just having a conversation with my friend about snakes that don't eat rodents, what a coincidence you just posted this!!
For some reason I was thinking “Why haven’t I seen this video before” then I found out it was uploaded today
Wild caught snakes when put into captivity: "I am straight up Not having a good time."
Sometimes. Not always.
Snakes are the perfect solution to that 'what do I do with my hands?!' feeling when making videos or giving presentations, imo.
Also dat pickle rick, lel
Snake : slithers towards mouse.
mouse: oh, sh-
snake: so how many kids you got?
mouse; o.o
lol is the snake going to eat the baby mice?
@@goldenscar3933 no the snake is just being casual XD
90th like :D 😁
98th like
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*Covers my fish tank* "She doesn't mean it, guys!"
Same, at least she talked about Thiamine... I'm a goldfish keeper … Its so sad people insist they are feeders despite them causing issues.
Emily’s wise words of wisdom:
“You don’t need teeth to catch an egg”
Emily, 2020
I like it
Imma put this on a poster
Imma put it on a T-shirt
Sounds inspirational but don’t know what it would mean
❤ my name is trinity
Two of the most hardest working folks I’ve ever watched! Working on the new place....still making awesome videos for me and others to enjoy. Thank just what I need to make my evening fun!
I live around where garter snakes live. Sometimes in the summer we go out to my dad's garage and look under some wood and light metal sheets that are out by the garage and look for them, sometimes they are by the apple tree or the yard! we normally move the ones in the yard though so they don't get stepped on or hunted by our cats, I once found this TINY baby garter it was so cuteeeeee!!
Me: is ok with rodents
Also me: nervous about getting a beardie cuz it eats crickets...
They also eat Dubia roaches. Those roaches are easy to breed and can't climb the sides of tanks. I kept them for my T. When my colony started getting to big, I would give some away to a friend.
I also would be way cooler with rodents than crickets & no roaches would be 1000 times worse.
What i do is buy bulk crickets on ebay and then freeze them and thaw as needed
I have a bearded dragon and I refuse to buy crickets unless I have to! My baby gets dubia's, and superworms horn worms and wax worms and at times large mealworms and of course ca supplements.
Crickets can be snack tho and not a permanent source if you choose
I can’t get over how stinkin’ cute your DeKay’s brown snakes are! I can’t stop watching them slowly opening their tiny mouths to politely taking the food from the tongs on repeat.
I'm digging on Garters SO HARD right now, they're such cuties. I want a lil colony of three or four. ❤
Research suggests that 4-5 is their happy sweet spot.
@@o0Theresa0o good to know!!! I haven't dug in on research yet, so I thought a pair was the standard. Since they tend to die so suddenly I wanted an extra to ensure that nobody gets left too alone. You won't hear a single complaint from me on more sweet noodles. :3
I had two
@@nixand_brennt Maybe a pair is considered standard by some people. However, what might be 'standard' and what is ideal for the snakes are not necessarily the same thing.
@@o0Theresa0o and that's exactly why i dig in on research before making an animal purchase.
A good feeder fish ive found/seen work is Convic Cichlids, specifically for elephant trunk snakes. Though they are seen as more of a pet and not feeder they can be a subsitute, they reproduce at a fast rate so availability is no problem or can produce your own. 👍🏾
7:08- "Pickle Rick" is in the sink to the right of the video (>.>)
i saw🤣😆LOLLL!!
I thought I was the only one
Me sitting here watching this video wearing my Rick and Morty sweatshirt...😆
I was looking for this comment lmao
me: sees title
also me: garter snek
Me: Water snek
@Cyborg leaf I would like a Garter snake and a Kingsnake/Milksnake, But my mom hates snakes with a burning passion.
I would love a small group of Garders!
*sees
@@obnoxiousArcade thank you!
I have had rodents before as pets so I bond with other them really easily. I’ve also always wanted snakes but didn’t want to have a pet that I wouldn’t be able to feed properly.
I was in the same boat as you. I had pet rats, mice, and hamsters all through middle school and high school. I finally got a snake 7 months ago, because I realized I could feed frozen thawed. Feeding rodents is a lot easier if you know they had a humane death. I buy from online rodent distributors with good reputations for treating their rodents humanely. Feeding dogs involves dead animals as well, it just doesn't look as bad since the dead animals are ground up into kibble. So really, as long as the rodent was culled humanely, it is no different from feeding a dog or a cat
@@Katie-xl8fd Yeah. My mother would never be able to have a snake, because you'd have to feed it mice or rats, but she's had a dog, and we have dogs now, and somehow she doesn't have a problem with feeding them meat, or eating meat herself. If she had to cut the pig up herself, it would probably be a different deal.
Now I feed my dogs raw chicken wings, and I chop them up for them to be easier to eat. I think I could manage feeding a snake mice, or even having a colony of mice. You want pets, you have to deal with what they eat. If you want a herbivore, get a bunny, or a cow, or something.
I was in the same boat as you, but I fed F/T and they didn’t look like the pets I kept so I in theory got over it but rats still are close to my hearts
if you're really committed to getting a snake, you do become desensitized to the rodents pretty quickly. I've had two snakes for years and I love my little dudes. The dead mice and rats were pretty gross at first, and tbh I still will only hold them with tongs and get super grossed out if I accidently touch them, but I hardly think about it anymore.
thats my issue and i just cant do frozen thawed either. maybe one day but for now I cant do it I have a hamster as well which makes it so much harder.
Egg eating snakes: “Snakes need to eat rodents? 👁👄👁”
"Hmm," *swallows chicken egg* "that's what we're supposed to eat?"
BeSquareorBeThere yep lmfao
Dekay’s brown snakes are just adorable!
something really cool is that when I was fishing with my grandpa (we always trawl fish) in BC Canada, a very large garter snake was swimming along side the boat, either for protection from large fish, or tho snag the entrails when we cleaned the fish.
For the egg eaters... would it be possible to use calcium carbonate, opn, and glucolactone with some small molds to create fillable shells?
That’s actually a pretty cool idea
It’d be awesome if it does work
They seem to rely very heavily on the egg smelling like a fresh egg so I dont think that would work sadly unless you managed to somehow scent it enough
I thought the exact same thing, but with agar sphereifacation. Definitely would like to see some experiments with a well established adult.
Me: *doesn’t plan on getting a snake because my mom dosent like them.*
Also me: *yes, must know how 2 care for snek even if it no eat rodent.*
(Btw the grammar is bad on purpose)
@isabel mills my mom dosent like any reptile/amphibian T-T
@@nanisprestlye4830
You can always prepare for the future
@isabel mills hognose
I can't get over how beautiful and calm Roger was in this video
Hi Emily! In fact, there is another snake species perfect for those who do not want to feed on rodents. This is Dice snake - Natrix Tessellata. I don't know if they are on sale in the United States, but I can say with confidence that this is a very common snake in Europe and Russia. It only eats fish and has interesting coloration and behavior.
0:58 Look at the holographic rainbow shine on those scales! What a beautiful snake! 😍
This is a relief because I own pet rats, and after having these little gremlins...Man owning a snake just got way more heart wrenching, lmao. So thank you
Feed them frozen/thawed rodents. Already dead, don't have to worry about it.
@@salaltschul3604 The issue is that I LIKE rats, and seeing any rat dead or eaten is kinda hard for me to watch because I've now gotten attached. Even dead ones.
@@salaltschul3604 my guy, I love rodent's and can't stand seeing them dead that's the issue here. Every time I look at feeder mice live or dead I think of my own pet mice and I get sick.
@@Doodle456 That's valid. I do that at my job/where I shadow just out of sheer necessity. Or videos online don't bother me for some reason? Conceptually tho, freaks me out lmao.
Though it's pretty unlikely I'll ever get a noodle, they are adorable animals so I like to dream of having noodles some day.
I totally understand, my cat catches mice and my dog rips them apart. Every time I see one my heart breaks. There’s only been 2 that were still alive. I have garters snakes and I occasionally feed them f/t pinkies and I just tell myself that they died from natural causes.
Whenever my parents don't want me to get a pet they're just like "no it's too stinky"
Tell your parents snakes are not stinky if you look after them correctly
Lol tru
If they are talking about droppings well they don’t usually smell. If they are talking about when the snakes musk well that isn’t to bad and you can wash that off.
True
@@KarkatHatesBuckets what is musk?
I wanted an egg eater when I first started looking into snakes because it just seemed so easy to feed them just eggs and then I looked into them further and was like "Yeah no that seems pretty complicated actually" haha
I'm now looking forward to getting a corn snake sometime in the future :)
Thank You, Emily! I've been trying to convince my mom and dad to buy me a snake for 3 years now, my mom thinks that I am too short (her exact words, ima 4'6 I think, only ten years old) and my dad has thrown around the word corn snake, but he's terrified of rats and mice, this just makes me one step closer, my dad is eliminated, now just to grow a couple feet.
height doesn't matter, but age does. Im 14, my first snake was at 12 and I was very ignorant with my 2 corn snakes, they escaped. Havent seen them again. Because I didn't look up how to hold down the top of the enclosure. They are escape artists and get a good 5 feet.
You know, I always find it funny to see how tarantula breeders react to my experience with tarantulas. I point to species that are for experienced keepers only and say "Oh hey, this is one of the first species I started with". It always shocks them and I have to explain I interned at an insectary, that being said I still had little training and it was a lot hands on experience right then and there, hit the ground running type deal.
However I do have to say this, the only reason I could comfortably, confidently, and correctly care for the more advanced species right off the bat is because of my love for animals and years of studying different species (not necessarily care, but just generally), co-workers and other people ask me about good starter pets for kids and in all honesty, I always tell them that there is no good starter pet for kids. It should be more oriented as a family pet that the kid helps to take care of. AND ALWAYS DO YOUR RESEARCH! I hate when people want to get a pet and then know nothing about that animal.
I CAN FINALLY GET A SNAKE BOI!
A LITTLE NOODLE!
cool
Yełłø animatës What type?
Nice!!! What kind? 😃
Same I'm looking at Garters
Ayyyy
Motivation for me to keep finches, canaries, and quail. I can be popular with the egg eating snake owners and then EVERYONE WILL WANT TO BE MY FRIEND AHAHAHAHA
Step 1 for World Domination unlocked! 🤣
This video will help me select my snake 🐍, as I don't want to feed them rodents :) thanks
7:08-7:10 cute little pickle jumping in the sink❤️
Yes, Pickle Rick XD
Curious... has anyone tried making silicon-casted small eggs to inject raw egg yolk/whites and vitamins into for the younger egg-eaters before?
Wouldn't silicon be toxic to snakes?
How would that work though? You would need the egg to have and outer shell so it doesn't spill everywhere. Also they need calcium from the shells.
@@scottsimpson5398 silicon is inert at normal temperatures.
@@scottsimpson5398 you could other substances such as agar instead, but i think the idea sounds interesting
@@themonsterbaby still probably not a good idea to have them ingest it though
I like how she doesn't mention ED
Ed in backround
I'm here toooo...
I'm laughing 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Forgot to change accounts?
why did you comment on your own comment
Ed's Expression when he didnt like being on camera!
I’m so glad u mentioned the myth about broken egg, I get that from people a lot on FB ugh
"Crawfish are hard to obtain."
*Laughs in Cajun*
Yes! Plenty of those back home! Even here in Texas,every body of water has crawfish in it!
Honestly, I live my reptile-keeping life in part vicariously through you 🤗 I live in a small apartment in Tokyo and so only finally brought home my first corn snake 🐍💕, a phantom I have named Delia, this past weekend, but once upon a time ago I was prepping to study zoology / veterinary medicine at uni. Even though I did not take that route professionally, I wish I had reptile rooms like you, and maybe one day I will move to a home where I can have my own mini zoo 🤞😋
7:07 pickle rick, far right, frolicking in the sink!
Me not reading the title correctly “hmmm I thought Emily liked bullsnakes, but this title says “the best snakes don’t eat rodents”
When I finally realize “wow I’m a dummy”
Her favorite snakes are hognoses i think
@@mist3884 yeah I think so too but if I said hog nose that wouldn’t make sense cause in the wild they eat toads and frogs
me: wants a snake but is squeamish and doesn’t want to watch it eat a whole mouse in front of me
emily: feed it a heart instead!
w o w w h a t a g r e a t a l t e r n a t i v e
I love this, I have a child who is severely allergic to rodents, so having alternatives is great 💜
totally forgot about this channel. Best channel for snake knowledge.
7:08
This pickle makes an appearance in almost every video. Why?
Ps: I always look for it anyway and I kinda like it. Just curious!
They love pickle rick
its pickle rick lol in the sink
it's a inside joke for the channel. All in the good fun
Forget the non rodent eating snakes, the real question I have is how Emily gets the vitamins without dumping it everywhere.
She pokes a few holes in the seal and uses the can like a shaker
I spent hours waiting for this video yesterday, looking at my phone every few minutes, getting more and more upset and nervous that something happened, till I finally realised that it was Monday...
Well I hope you're alright...
OMG please try breeding dekays!!! They are some of my favorite snakes, and my favorites of your videos, and it would be so amazing to see an ultra ultra ultra tiny hatching video!! Plus I heard somewhere that they are not produced by many breeders ;)
I grew up catching and keeping garter snakes. Always loved them.
I'm in class so I will just watch this during lunch which happens right after this class. Love the video, I'm a senior in high school so I'll come back
I'm in online school while watching this video
I'm in class and lunch just finished bad timing for me plus my teacher caught me luckily he big fan
But I'm still DeAd
@@megaball-ps8tq same, I'm in precalc with online school, lunch doesn't start until 11:15 for me
Same
Snakes which don’t eat rodents
My parents : this is fake
When I first started thinking about snakes as pets, my strongest objection was having to feed them *LIVE* prey. I just didn't think I could deal with helping a snake chase a live mouse around. And I also didn't like the idea of keeping frozen dead rodents in my freezer next to the green beans.
The way the teeny tiny cutiepie opens it's mouth going after the food @7:43 had my heart literally melting!!! until I saw the next level of cuteness @08:05. I now NEED one of these!!!
In theory, you could make a mini egg using a cracked egg and agar sphereifacation for the African egg eaters (possibly even dusting the outside with calcium to mimic a shell). I never had a pet African egg eater, and don't plan on it; however, it would be an interesting experiment to see.
"See if they're the right pet for you"
What a stinkin' rad phrase.
Oh, Clint 😂
I give this reference a 5/5
@@bulldozer1163 😂😂😂
Hahaha
I thought the stuffed snake in the background was an actual snake and I was like EMILY A SNAKE GOT OUT!!!! loll
Never heard of the Dekays Brown Snake before, but they remind me of blind snakes though more distinctive and defined in form. Thanks for the informative video, I'm always glad to learn something new.
Ring-neck snakes are sweet. I kept the one I found for 8 years, and it was one of the sweetest things I've ever kept. It was injured to boot, so I had to nurse it back to health. But he was my little buddy for a surprisingly long time!
I had a WC ribbon snake. I would get medium sized live minnows from the bait shop and put them in his water bowl. He would chow down! So easy to take care of. I would add these to the list . A little flighty but after handling for a while he calmed down. I would recommend for a 1st time keeper that doesn't want a big snake and doesn't want to feed rodents
"you still have to give them organs" well... I eat those too 🤣
"this is Cheyenne she is our parrot snake" Emily 2021
*Cheyenne
@Ella Harman obviously they’re from the future, duh
Are you Canadian ?
The snakes saying 'oof' is the cutest thing ever
Caught the cutest Dekay Brownsnake recently. Cool little snail and worm eater. Max out about 9-12 inches. Just so cool.
As far as pet snakes that don't eat rodents I think one of the best is probably Northern, Brown, or Banded Water snakes. They get to a decent size, typically calm down after having/handling them for a while, and can eat only fish and worms. The largest problem with them is finding ones that are captive bread, but I know there are at least a few breeders out there, and honestly I might get into breeding them eventually.
Stripy is so big! Last I remember he was just a lil noodle now he’s Huge!
7:08 pickle jumping in sink. I could focus on nothing else after this. LOL.
Omfg sameeee lol
Thank you this video was very helpful in finding a snake my dad would let me get, I am completely fine with the rodents but the rest of my family isn't.
My mom's childhood best friend had a pet garter snake. The snake was the only reason that my mom isn't terrified of snakes, haha. Just wanted to mention that.
But the little Dekays are so cute with their little tiny bodies and big round eyes!!!! The cuteness factor of them is overwhelming!!! I don't know if I could just watch them without wanting to hold them every 5 seconds of the day!!!
I’m so excited you made this video. I got a rough green snake from from my local pet store because garter snakes are actually illegal to sell in Washington. I’ve only had Salazar about 3 weeks but I was so excited to see the other day a poop which means he’s eating at least! I didn’t know it was such a hard snake to keep as I couldn’t find almost any information on the internet which meant I had to rely on the local pet store which luckily is very good. He’s currently in a 29 gallon but I want to upgrade him once I know he’s reliably eating. He still has a lot of hides and trees and even substrate but I want to be able to find him quickly if need be. Since I’ve already made the mistake and brought the snake into my care I will do whatever I need to to give it the best chance. Do you have any tips at all?
Listening at work and the second I look up I get distracted by pickle rick jumping out of the sink
me too lol
Me just casually pausing the video and texting my mom about these snakes
More and more I just want to get a couple garter snakes. Except for earthworms, all the food items she listed are things I'm buying anyway to feed to myself, too! Chicken hearts fried and seasoned are delicious!
TH-cam is gettjng real comfy with these double unskipable ads😑 like im trying to watch my favorite youtuber