[Charlet_2007]

Originally Posted by aSnakeLovinBabe
The blueish green color was probably because he appears to have been going into shed at the time of death.

Actually Shannon this kind of colour change in death is quite normal in snakes, they can appear brighter than they were in life.

This snake looks as if he were mauled. Do you have a cat?

I think there might be many more than one neat injury had the snake been mauled by a cat.

Any amount of humidity in a garter's cage can be disastrous for him.

To be more accurate, some degree of humidity is essential. Without this the snake will not slough correctly. Scale-rot can be caused by damp and/or dirty substrate.

If you used fish, what kind of fish? If you can tell me these things I may be able to further help you.

I'm pretty sure that poor choice of feeder fish isn't a factor in this snakes' death.


We have an outside cat. he stays strictly outside..

I fed him toads no fish.. he wouldn't eat anything else whether it be fish or pinky's even scented he wouldn't eat them..

I used reg potting soil.. nothing in there to harm him and i sifted it before it went in his tank to make sure.. I use it for my T's all the time..