Ringneck Snake Bioactive Enclosure & Setup
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ก.ค. 2019
- Keeping ring-neck snakes is relatively simple. A ten gallon tank will be suffice for 1 to 3 of them. They can eat worms, small frogs, and more. However it is best to give them a naturalistic enclosure with healthy soil and plants, and get a 30 pack of red wigglers. Put all of the 30 worms in the tanks dirt and let them hunt for themselves for a month/months. You wont have to do anything besides misting the enclosure and filling the water bowl until the worms start running out (which will take a while), but make sure to monitor how many worms are in the tank by sifting through the soil on occasion. Make sure to have plenty of hides and burrowing room. They don't need UVB. It helps to have isopods or earwig bugs to help with cleanup.
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2:47 I believe it was eating a Worm Snake right there.
Besides that, you have the best Ringneck setup I've seen. Proper lighting and heat, humidity, lots of natural plants and foliage, dirt, places for them to hide. Most kids will just throw some dirt and dry leaves in a old fish tank and call it an enclosure, but you've done this one right for sure! Plus a correct varied diet! Awesome to see, and beautiful little snakes!
@8492nd squadron leader I know man, that's why I said Worm Snake. It's a different species of small snake that looks almost identical to worms
thanks a lot! when I was a kid that was what I would do lol. yes it is a brahminy blind snake. good eye.
This has got to be the best bioactive terrarium I've seen! 👏🏽👏🏽
Thank Thank!!
Thanks so much for this vid! Just rescued a baby from my construction site last week & didn't have any clue about them. He's doing great now because of your vid & other info. Very active, eating, basking, burrowing, staring at me. Not too shy either. Lol Much appreciated.
So no heat pad needed or anything? I'm in Fla, & my place stays about 76-77 inside. His tank reads about 80 in the shade no lamp, no pad yet. Wanted a night viewing light tho.
Your welcome, thanks for watching bro. Anyways mine do fine with no heat besides the lamp. If it made you feel better you could use a heat pad but it wasn't needed for them. I feel like they get alot of escape from the room temp by burrowing
Ryan D. My dad just rescued one from his construction site as well, it almost got caught in one of the machines the bright color made them think it was some kind of cable
How's the snake doing ?
I see em at my construction sites all the time I’m gonna set up a tank and rescue the ones that are gonna end up getting squished
Beautiful setup and lovely variety of food. They look very happy.
thanks!
Just caught one while cleaning up the leaves. We have a 30 gal aquarium and I’m wondering if this would be a good 1st snake to handle for my boy. Thanks for sharing.
I know this was posted a while ago but thank you so much for this video like oh my god!!! I just rescued a baby snake from my friend's AC and attempted to feed her in an enclosure with minimal hiding but she was too anxious to eat. This video is way more simplified yet informational than anything I have found online. I feel more confident in what to supply her with so thank you so so much, I really want to keep her since this is the first snake I would be raising besides my childhood cornsnake.
great! glad I could help. sorry for the late response Idk why TH-cam hasn't been notifying me about comments.
You have the coolest enclosure
ty :)
Love these critters. So beautiful and gentle
Such a beautiful creature
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Have you seen their babies?
I used this video to help guide me in setting up my habitat. Thanks!
very sweet. love natural enclosures so much
I just caught one of these; Miss.Flame walker AKA Salazar. I made a little home for it like the one in this excellent video, thanks a lot dude your awesome 🤙🏼
welcome xD
Wow!👏🏽👏🏽! I had ring necks! Never have they displayed their natural behavior like this ! I kept them in the wrong habitat, I guess!!!! 👍🏽
My baby southern ringnecks loved halved red wigglers!
Very entertaining watching it eat. They are great at hiding in the grass too.
My daughter and I found one under our trash can and have kept it in a ten gallon tank with soil, moss and a bark piece for hiding. We’ve had Buttercup for a couple months now. ☺️ We just found another the yesterday under the same trash can and decided to name it Noodle and put it in the same tank. They’re basically the same size so I’m hoping they’ll be nice! They’re so cute and fun to watch. Noodle is still in hide mode of course but Buttercup is comfortable enough to slither all around the tank during the day.
cool!
This species is gorgeous
This is awesome!
thanks!
ive been wanting to have one as a alternative to the regular mouse eaters, especially since im pretty good at farming insects (i get too heart broken around feeding mammals and lizards, frozen or not- and i dont have a good means of storing them) and i wasnt expecting to see one that seems so active? looks like a pretty doable setup and a good neighbor for my houseplants in my room, haha
absolutely! these are the only plants I've been able to keep alive at my house, and these snakes do move around a bunch. this is an old enclosure, the snakes all released. Now I have a new 40 gallon bioactive tank I'm working on with new ringnecks.
These snakes are considered a delicious delicacy in my culture
Well dang it now I’ve got to go and do some more research cause really want one lol they are so awesome and my son would love it to awesomeness
they are neat! curious snakes. They can be hand fed as well but I like keeping them wild'd up lol
@@jaked-snaked awesome and thank you for the info
Have your ringnecks ever flattened themselves? I have one that's starting to look like it's loosing weight. Couple weeks ago it regurgitated a salamander. I'm beginning to worry, any thoughts?
What is your heating solution? I'm looking at buying a pair soon and I'm not sure if I should get a heat lamp or a heat mat.
sorry just seeing this. you don't need either, light is just for show + lil extra heat. just make sure there is enough soil for them to burrow in
Looks like a nice place to live.
:)
pretty cool
Hey bro, awesome video. I have a couple different snakes including 1 baby ringneck (about 5") and an older ringneck that's about 10". Do you think the little ringneck would be safe with the bigger ringneck? I've never had more than 1 in an enclosure.
sorry late response. I would not keep them together, I eventually released these snakes then caught 2 more to keep, and they tried to eat one another. so it seems to vary on their behavior to one another but to be on the safe side keep just one or 2 of same size
It s a magnific home for Tony snakes
How'd you know one of their names was tony? lol
Hey man what’s the name of the plant life you have in there it really looks smooths in they’re I wouldnt mind moving in with them 😁
Haha. I'm not entirely sure they were weeds in my yard lol. I'm sure you could screenshot the video and post it on a botonist/ plant Facebook group and ask them :)
Where did you get these beautiful snakes ?
Thx
My boyfriend saved one of these from the pool yesterday and I’m actually really interested in this particular breed now, looking to try keeping one when we get our own place, are there any tips you can give on keeping them and also where do you typically get food for them? I know some people prefer to feed their pets with things they’ve raised themselves if they feed live, but I could reasonably see catching food for these instead.
thanks for watching. I fed them redwigglers from the store, and tiny frogs & blind snakes & more from outside that I caught
So cool
Hello i was wondering what kind of plants are best for this snake? Such as the kind of plant you are using as covrage? I dont want to get the wrong kind!
I actually couldn’t tell you what plants I used 😂 they were just weeds. If anything take plants / weeds from the areas ringnecks live around. They’re burrowers so I don’t think it would matter much.
Hey man thanks for your content. I just found one in my basement and am looking to keep him. How long do these snakes live? I'll be getting an enclosure just like yours. Thanks!
hi!! i know im not the person that made this vid but ringneck snakes can live up to 6 years in captivity!
How do you get serpent if you're not living in a situation where you can
Would you recommend these little guys as an easy beginner type snake?
Just from me I would say yes, easy to care for. However if you want a snake with more info on them avaliable , I'd say a corn snake or something lol
What should I feed mine? And what Temperature and humidify should his enclosure be at?
feeding worms is best
Very nice little habitat .. Wonder if they're full grown?
They are
I am interested in one of these guys. Can they be cohabed? So I could just toss in a couple dozen earthworms and some isopods? I am so freaked out by earwigs.
yes the earth worms & isopods would be perfect. cohabitating is honestly hit or miss, it worked fine for me but I have heard others talking about cannibalism but I have not experienced it. Perhaps because how well fed they were. i also mist the enclosure every day.
Awesome job. So beautiful. They seem very active and happy. Do you happen to know a good place to find captive bred? Also, do you know of any reputable resources about keeping wild caught as far as parasites and ailments go? I'm trying to explore my options for getting one
Thank you. I actually don't know anything about buying them or how much people have bred them .
@@jaked-snaked I am wanting to start a captive breeding project to try and produce some captive pet quality ringnecks :) How have they been doing in your enclosure? Have they laid eggs? Many of the bloggers I've found have had horrible luck with adjusting their wild caught ones to captivity
@@corald3638 oh wow that's cool! I actually don't have them any more because I like to eventually release wild-caughts. But I had 3 in this tank at once, and I've kept them before. They all have adapted to captivity pretty well. If you catch any for your project, I'd suggest going to multiple areas where they are plentiful and take one from each so there isn't a chance to affect the population. I definitely believe they could have bred in this tank eventually, but I didn't know the genders. Good luck
@@jaked-snaked Thank you for all your wonderful information :) you've been a great help. I'm surprised at how little information there is out there about them. Especially with how common they are. I hope to hit you up in the future with a success story to share :)
@@jaked-snaked How long did they thrive for you before you released them? Forgot to ask xP
Do they do well together?
They seem to be fine with each other in the vid but I don’t know if or not I should attempt to keep them together if I decide on getting some
Also do they need a heat lamp I’ve read that they prefer colder temperatures
I've read that they can be cannabalistic if there is a difference in sizes (larger one may try to eat a smaller snake)
no you do not need a heat lamp and as to them doing well together I have had good luck but I will not speak from ignorance and say nothing bad could happen. At the very least, make sure the snakes are similar size.
Are those southern ringneck snakes. I have southern ringneck snakes here in florida I wish I could have them as pets and I have caught and found some.
Hey so im getting one of these guys but im worried about the dirt in the tank. Ive had a tank before with plants in it and after a while the tanks dirt got moldy (like white spiderweb looking mold) ? Does this usually happen or was there something wrong with the dirt?
it happens sometimes. occasionally you have to change the soil
You can try getting some springtails for the mold. They eat it.
I would love to keep one as a pet but I’m not sure how to get one. I looked online but no where has them for sale (in stock at least). They can be found where I live but I’m not sure where to look. Any tips?
just lift up rocks and cover and you are bound to find one, even near housing.
Malia Jane search at night under rocks and logs and things such as that
Backwater reptiles sell these
I found mine inside our house roaming around. And I kept them inside a container because my mom hates snakes. Btw do they grow bigger?
Omg lol. An no, not usually over a foot long
I've heard that these don't thrive in captivity? They are my absolute favorite snake in the entire world. I hope to have one but I'd never keep one if I felt they might be harmed. How are yours doing?
they did great but eventually released them. not for any other reason besides i thought I had them captive for long enough.
what are the parameters in this enclosure like? this is the best ringneck setup i’ve ever seen and the snakes look incredibly healthy, was wondering what temperatures/humidity have led to such success
I didn't heavily monitor the humidity or temperature, however I kept a big book on the top of the enclosure (just enough space for the light to shine through and I believe that kept the humidity good enough. I also misted often. No heat besides the light was used either, if I did it again I would consider a heating pad.
They don't really need the heat.
Awesome video! How long have you had them? They're doing well on catching the worms from the dirt themselves?
Thank you. And Absolutely. I've had one over a year and the others been in there a long time too.
@@jaked-snaked thanks for answering! So you still have them? I'm dying to have a snake but I hate feeding rodents haha, so I'm looking into these or rough green snakes
@@user-yr5qy9uc6h yes I do. Try ringnecks since they are more common
@@jaked-snaked what do they eat when they are baby's?
@@raccoon6451 haven't kept babies before but I assume small insects
Do I need to monitor the humidity with these little guys? Or are they pretty hearty snakes?
Yeah they're pretty hardy. It's best to mist often if your gonna have worms and plant life in with them too
@@jaked-snaked oki, thanks!
i just rescued a ringneck snake and made an enclosure very similar to this one with natural plants and snake friendly soil.
Is it normal for them to spend all of their time hiding? i dont think ive ever seen him anywhere but under his hide curled up tightly
Day to day it depends. They mostly hide but I see them out every day. If he's just under one hide all day that mayy be ok but make sure it's eating. Put more hides in and see if it travels around.
It could be stressed and in "screw-this mode" lol. Just keep an eye on him and if he doesn't eat in the week let it go.
They are also nocturnal I believe?
What type of lighting is being used?
just a regular bulb, they don't require UVB
Had no idea they ate brown anoles, those are aggressive lizards for their size, I have one tiny ringneck in my enclosure with anoles and he never bothered them for years
Do you see them much? Or are they primarily underground and seeing them is rare?
i see them every day but they are underground a lot
I constantly have baby ringneck in the home (older) (heavily wooded rural)
Any way I usually release them outside. I am worried since it's late September and getting very cool at night. Where would be the best place and time to release him. I have tried to keep them when I had some come up in mid October. One died and the other was a bit larger so I released it. Help please. Worried about time of year. Thank you for your responses.
I live in Florida so hard for me to say lol. Perhaps release them at the sunniest part of the day. If you keep one to try to help it put it in an enclosure with a bunch of red wigglers
@@jaked-snaked Thanks. It is warming up a bit
The big concern is nights. Waiting for a window of opportunity have the little one in a small terrarium.
What light were you using?
a regular bulb they don't need UVB
Hello! I rescued a lil baby northern ringneck snake today, i was wondering if Zoo meds eco earth is good for them? I gave mine a good amount and he loves to burrow in it, just making sure! Also if you have more tips id love to hear them!
I think so!
if you rescued it outside, outside soil should be ok- preferably soil in the environment you found it near
I'm genuinely interested in getting a ring necked snake. Can you tell what's happening a 2:53 though?
before the lizard
The ring neck snake is eating a brahminy blind snake.
Where can i order one of these guys from? Only option i see is backwater reptiles but I wouldn’t really want to order from them.
Yeah I've never seen them sold. I catch them cause they are soo common. If they weren't I wouldn't do it lol
Jake Snake your lucky man well hopefully ill find one at the expo, thanks.
@@jacobcoley9114 I'm wanting to start to try and captive breed them :) I've been doing a bunch of research. Have you found any yet?
Coral Gene they sell them on underground reptiles but they are always sold out
is it safe to keep two ringnecks in the same enclosure?
there could be risk of cannibalism but I've never experienced it. make sure they are the same size to be extra safe.
Do you need a separate box for shedding
no. they did well in this enclosure shedding
How many gallons is this enclosure?
10 gallon
What kind of light do you have?
nothing special. They don't require UVB and temp isn't super important, they like to burrow
Would there be a way I could private message you? I have some Ringnecks and a pretty decent setup going but I still have some questions.
sorry for the late reply TH-cam hasn't notified me about comments. anyways if you still need info ask away here.
How do you find the lizards and earthworms??
lizards- outside. worms- baitshops/walmart
What type of soil did you use
Regular soil outside lol
Are they still doing good? I hear ringed neck snakes don't do well in captivity.
I eventually released them but I had them over a year. I have a new one now
@@jaked-snaked cool
How are they doing as of today?
I don't have them anymore they were released. What I used to do alot was catch native snakes, keep them & learn about them, then release them weeks/ later. Id say I had these snakes for about 5-6 months. Now I just have a kenyan sand boa from a reptile expo. I'm thinking of keeping ringnecks again though :)
Do u hold it? I wish to find a newborn 🐍
when they are in an enclosure like this and they hunt food inside it on their own no they will be stressed when handled, because the most part they feel wild. but one time I had a setup where I only had one (the one in the video I had the longest) where it was a more simple tank. I didn't handle him too often but I did hand feed. it would follow my fingers when i came by the tank and associated me with food.
How big is the enclosure for African egg eaters
not sure
Wow I've heard it's very hard to keep them thriving in captivity
not for me, but i think it was the naturalistic setting that let them thrive.
IS IT EASY TO TAMED THEM ?
AND IS IT EASY TO HANDLE THEM ?
if you hand feed them it's easier to tame them but these one aren't
Is this a northern or southern ring neck ?
southern. florida
Can you make a card vid please?
There are notes in the description :)
What type of soil did you use?
Regular soil, however this is not recommended for captive bred
@@jaked-snaked Ok thank you! One more question... Do you think I could take this setup design and try to use it in a medium size critter keeper or is it too small?
@@Lyrizcen hmm. As long as the cage is at least a little over the length of the snake it should be ok.
@@jaked-snaked Fair enough and I don't need to probe the snake to eat the EarthWorms,Lizards the snake will just eat them by it self?
@@Lyrizcen I can't promise anything but in my experience they have all eaten on their own. And I think I've take care of about 8 ringnecks this way.
2:40 who's eggs are those?
Earwig eggs, the pincher bugs you see in the video. They clean up the tank.
Its been a yr how are they doing?
I don't still have them they were released. However I kept another one for a tiny bit afterwards, let it go- before it was released she had layed 4 eggs that later hatched
@@jaked-snaked that's awesome
Wickens Wicked Reptiles sent me here
What video did he mention this video or ringnecks? if that's what you mean
@@jaked-snaked animals that can live in a 10 gallon forever part 2
Have they ever laid any eggs?
Not these ones but another one did. It layed 4 eggs and they hatched and were released. So tiny.
Carnivorous Plants are more fun and less hassle than dealing with a poison snake.
Mine escaped and idk where it is
oops
I heard they don’t do well in captivity
I've had good experience personally, I've even had some that I could hand feed :)
What is it eating at 2:46?
A worm
Yes it’s a blind snake
brahminy blind snake to be exact
@@jaked-snaked wow never heard of them.. thanks for the info
@@hangles7279 they're a species originally from Asia but basically on almost every continent now
I don't like unwanted insects in side the enclosure.
they aren't unwanted, they are earwigs which work as the "clean up crew" for the tank, eating waste, the earthworms also do the same but also are the main food source.
It still doesn’t ever get to you know like, slither around. Do a little jog or sprint. Because you know, you have it like a really nice and luxurious yet tiny prison, that feeds it a good variety of food I guess. Still, that can’t be healthy mentally or physically for the animal to stay in one spot. I don’t like putting birds in cages, or fish in tanks, or have any animal caged up for that matter.
Thought they ate eachother
Not mine lol. And I've had them along time. If there was a huge size difference it would be different
From all the research I've been doing they are a communal species with colonies upwards of 150 in one area.
damn boi he THICK
you know it bruth
Edit: deleted the contents of this comment
this thread is ancient but it’s worth mentioning, in case you didn’t read the other questions, that he keeps for a while, releases, repeat.
i agree with the spirit of your comment but i’m not sure (literally, i haven’t made up my mind) if i agree. we find them in our house all the time and i just kept one. We have a property with creeks and forrest- the works.
we just created a smal enclosure for the night that has a decent replication of its exact environment. we caught some red salamanders and some tadpoles and little lizards, etc. we have different humidities, hiding spots, native plants. i know not everyone has these resources but because i do i am quite happy to keep the little guys until it doesn’t feel right or it isnt thriving. be it 2 weeks or 6 months if you learn about the animal and provide a truly adequate environment then why not?
he’s using earthworms because they are available and that’s the info provided on the internet. it’s easier for us to scoop up some tadpoles from our pond.
@@mymysweetdecline Yeah, I remember reading and forgetting to delete this.
Just talking from prior experiences with keeping wild herps and regretting it later. But I suppose that if it’s common and you can take care of it, it isn’t a big deal.
Dunno why I put so much emotion into writing my previous comment haha. Probably cause I was vigorously searching for my lifer ringneck at the time without success, since I live in an area where they’re common but hard to find.