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EdgyExoticReptiles · 01-30-2008, 07:27 PM

types of beef/meat can garters eat? im making a list for my mom of all the fish and beef they can eat so she can get the cheapest stuf

aSnakeLovinBabe · 01-30-2008, 07:32 PM

I wouldn't feed beef to my garters, I recommend pink mice and rosy reds. But, others here use frozen/thawed trout. I'm not sure beef is the greatest thing to give garters, correct me if I am wrong its just that naturally a garter snake would never be eating a cow! haha

Josh · 01-30-2008, 08:28 PM

yea reed i would suggest staying away from beef. stick with fish and all.

Elliot · 01-30-2008, 08:56 PM

Some people feed beef heart or liver, but I don't know much about this so I won't recommend it. You could get whole trout if they're cheap enough and maybe you could save a few dollars.

drache · 01-31-2008, 06:47 AM

the trout my garters have been working on
has been in my freezer for over six months
I just cut off pieces, including bone and all, making sure the bones are aligned and not sticking out anywhere
the entire fish cost me less than five bucks
now I think it's kind of old and I should get a fresh one

Snaky · 01-31-2008, 07:35 AM

You can give beef hart, but I haven't done that either. So can not provide you with much info. But I know other who've done that.

But I can recommend to give them chicken ( with additional calcium ). Works fine, I give it from time to time

Lori P · 01-31-2008, 11:09 AM

I've been feeding my minnows heavily on Omega One fish food, beef heart, shrimp, bloodworms... and I feed them extra heavy right before feeding them to the snakes. So in my little blonde thinking head, the snakes are therefore getting the vitamins/minerals in the fish food plus the beef heart by means of the fishies stomach contents. :-)

adamanteus · 01-31-2008, 12:48 PM

Beef heart is actually a very good basic food, but dietary supplements must be used with it. Also it would be ill advised to use it exclusively of other foods such as pinkies and fish. Basically, it's a good, cheap 'bulk' food, if you have a lot of snakes to feed. I have used it frequently in the past, when I had very large numbers of mouths to feed. I never had a problem. At the moment I'm not using it, but I'm thinking of introducing it quite soon.

It's a shame Rick isn't around to tell us how his snakes are fairing on their diet of caribou strips.

01-30-2008, 07:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
EdgyExoticReptiles Edgy Exotic Reptiles Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,256 Country:	What types of beef/meat can garters eat? im making a list for my mom of all the fish and beef they can eat so she can get the cheapest stuf __________________ Email: edgyexoticreptiles@yahoo.com AIM: reed_kamsla http://www.edgyexoticreptiles.com

01-30-2008, 07:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
aSnakeLovinBabe "Fourth shed, A Success" Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 819 Country:	Re: What I wouldn't feed beef to my garters, I recommend pink mice and rosy reds. But, others here use frozen/thawed trout. I'm not sure beef is the greatest thing to give garters, correct me if I am wrong its just that naturally a garter snake would never be eating a cow! haha

01-30-2008, 08:28 PM	#3 (permalink)
Josh Thamnophis Collectus Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: wilkes barre Posts: 1,138 Country:	Re: What yea reed i would suggest staying away from beef. stick with fish and all. __________________ Josh *0.1 T. radix*

01-30-2008, 08:56 PM	#4 (permalink)
Elliot "PM Boots For Custom Title" Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Missouri City, TX Posts: 1,122 Country:	Re: What Some people feed beef heart or liver, but I don't know much about this so I won't recommend it. You could get whole trout if they're cheap enough and maybe you could save a few dollars. __________________ 1.1.1! T.p.orarius Gulf Coast Ribbon 1.0 T.e.vagrans Wandering Garter 0.0.1 T.s.pallidulus Maritime Garter Shine on you crazy diamond

01-31-2008, 06:47 AM	#5 (permalink)
drache Ophiuchus rhea Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Brooklyn, New York Posts: 3,952 Country:	Re: What the trout my garters have been working on has been in my freezer for over six months I just cut off pieces, including bone and all, making sure the bones are aligned and not sticking out anywhere the entire fish cost me less than five bucks now I think it's kind of old and I should get a fresh one __________________ rhea

01-31-2008, 07:35 AM	#6 (permalink)
Snaky "PM Boots For Custom Title" Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,624 Country:	Re: What You can give beef hart, but I haven't done that either. So can not provide you with much info. But I know other who've done that. But I can recommend to give them chicken ( with additional calcium ). Works fine, I give it from time to time __________________ Greetz, Hans Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free. -The Shawshank Redemption- www.kousebandslangen.nl

01-31-2008, 11:09 AM	#7 (permalink)
Lori P The Purple Snake Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: VA Posts: 2,419 Country:	Re: What I've been feeding my minnows heavily on Omega One fish food, beef heart, shrimp, bloodworms... and I feed them extra heavy right before feeding them to the snakes. So in my little blonde thinking head, the snakes are therefore getting the vitamins/minerals in the fish food plus the beef heart by means of the fishies stomach contents. :-) __________________ Lori, New Hope Rescue-- rescuing equines and others www.newhoperescueva.com

01-31-2008, 12:48 PM	#8 (permalink)
adamanteus Moderator Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cheshire. (Near Manchester). Posts: 7,958 Country:	Re: What Beef heart is actually a very good basic food, but dietary supplements must be used with it. Also it would be ill advised to use it exclusively of other foods such as pinkies and fish. Basically, it's a good, cheap 'bulk' food, if you have a lot of snakes to feed. I have used it frequently in the past, when I had very large numbers of mouths to feed. I never had a problem. At the moment I'm not using it, but I'm thinking of introducing it quite soon. It's a shame Rick isn't around to tell us how his snakes are fairing on their diet of caribou strips. __________________ James.

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