Same would be said for snakes from Jackson County, Oregon. In Washington South facing rocky hills in pine- oak forest are preferred where the snakes are most commonly found in small talus slides. In the wild these snakes just like all of the sub-species for zonata are lizard eaters. Western skinks and Western Fench lizards being the main diet. In captivity adults will readily feed on lab mice.
Offspring can be difficult to eat pinky mice.
Simply scent a pinky with a lizard. If this does not work, try hibernation for a couple of months and then repeat. They should come around by then. A secretive snake restricted to granite rock outcroppings and riparian canyon bottoms. Emerges from hibernation sometime in March, spending most of their time under rocks and surface objects for the first few weeks.