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Originally Posted by abcat1993
Is it weird that my garter sticks his tail straight up and tries wrapping himself around the container (one of those small cricket containers). Also, if he's eating a worm, before he finishes, he rubs the worm in his mouth on the side of the tank.
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Don't know if this helps, but in the wild, and I love snake-watching, when a snake gets a worm, the worm is generally partly in a hole, so wrapping around something like a rock or branch, or even blade of grass, gives them leverage to pull the worm out of the hole. Also, the worm will have dirt/debris on it (again in the wild) and rubbing the worm on rocks/branches as they eat it helps remove some of the dirt, so they ingest less of it. Your snake is probably just emulating behavior of a wild snake. (Instinct)? Just my view, I could be totally off.
