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suzoo · 01-22-2007, 02:58 PM

First of all, what if the type of fish you feed your Garter isn't on the list? And what if you have fed a snake a type of fish that has thiaminase in the past, such as goldfish, because you didn't know any better, even if you don't feed them it now. Will your snake still get sick? And if a species of fish isn't on the list, how can you find out if it has thiaminase?
I know what blood worms are, and nightcrawlers. But what is a red worm? Is it the type of Earthworm you dig up in the backyard? Or the other kind they sell at Walmart, "Trout Panfish worms"? And... what do the red worms do? How do they harm our snakes?
That ought to keep some of you busy a while

Thanks all!!!

01-22-2007, 02:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
suzoo Juvenile snake Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Missouri, USA Posts: 169 Country:	Thiaminase & red worms First of all, what if the type of fish you feed your Garter isn't on the list? And what if you have fed a snake a type of fish that has thiaminase in the past, such as goldfish, because you didn't know any better, even if you don't feed them it now. Will your snake still get sick? And if a species of fish isn't on the list, how can you find out if it has thiaminase? I know what blood worms are, and nightcrawlers. But what is a red worm? Is it the type of Earthworm you dig up in the backyard? Or the other kind they sell at Walmart, "Trout Panfish worms"? And... what do the red worms do? How do they harm our snakes? That ought to keep some of you busy a while Thanks all!!!