My baby grass snake and eating?

Hi I caught a baby female grass snake almost 2 weeks ago. Yesterday she finished her 2 day task of shedding her skin, a first since captivity. She handles pretty well, almost never going in defensive curl.



My question is, when should I expect her to eat? I have some tiny crickets, both black and yellow, just bigger than her head. I can give her baby feeder cockroaches (guyana orange spotted) if you think that's somehow better. How should I go about feeding her? Usually with my animals that don't eat out of my hand I just put the crickets in there and they'll eat them as they pass or so happen to see them. Any suggestions?



Btw, I have her in a 'primitive tank', a smaller tank with a climing spindly log (that she uses) a shelter a water dish (big enough to fully be submerged in if desired) and regular garden soil for substrate (unfertilized). I am getting a proper terrarium with heating and ect later this week, so don't worry.

She moves around just fine.



So any insight?

My baby grass snake and eating?
Well, considering there is no such thing as a grass snake in North America, it's going to be hard to tell you what to feed it. Grass snake is a name given to any small snake by people who don't know anything about snakes. So what you have could be a garter snake, a ribbon snake, a rough green snake, an ewarth snake, a brown snake, or any other small snake. Garters and ribbons eat primarily fish and frogs. Green snakes are just about the only snake around that will eat crickets. So unless your snake is solid green with no markings, get rid of the crickets. Earth snakes and brown snakes eat worms and slugs. Definitely don't put the cockroaches in there. They'll end up eating the snake. If you have a picture, I can help you more.



Oops, I saw you just added that you live in Europe, where there are actual grass snakes. My answer applies to North America. Sorry for the confusion.
Reply:For feedings, I would put 2-3 crickets and see if she eats them in 45 mins. Remove the rest. I would look up and find out the best time to feed her, if she is more of a day snake or night time feeder. Work around that.
Reply:Yeah i think you should try feeding her pinkies because most snakes like live food. You buy a couple 2-3 and put them on one side of the cage then you put the lid back on and let her eat. Don't make any fast movements or sounds. Snakes won't eat if they feel the slightest bit of danger.
Reply:baby snakes that hatch out of eggs are called hatchlings, ones that are born are called neonates.

hope it helps.
Reply:The only thing I was able to ever get my grass snake to feed on was small feeder fish. Give it a good sized water dish and drop about 6 small feeder fish in it. They should be gone fairly quickly.
Reply:That really is a beautiful snake. While I have no knowledge whatsoever of European snakes, I'm in North America, I'd expect you could get it to eat by the same methods over here.

Just get a little sample of small grubs, worms, insects, crickets, and see what it responds to. This may take some time and patience. Sometimes when very young, and having just shed it takes them a while to start eating. Eventually they will get hungry and the instinct of striking and eating will take over. good luck with it.