how much food?

[adamanteus]

I've not tried my Garters on Tilapia yet, Kyle...... Tried it myself but wasn't too keen, too many bones! I think you may be right that it's cheaper than trout by weight. But maybe once you get all those bones out, it's more expensive than caviar!

Seriously, on your recommendation, I'm going to try it out on my Garters next time I go fish shopping.

[Snake lover 3-25]

i already use dead feeder minnows to scent my mice so that's not realy a problem... but she wont eat anything that smells like mice so... i'm not sure... i just want to give them a varied diet and also mice are soooooo expensive... maybe i'll buy a little of each kind and see what she likes best....

[Snake lover 3-25]

um.... okay i'll make sure that i try and find the uncolored fish

[Zephyr]

Hmm... That's odd James. The only kind of tilapia I get is boneless, still for 3.99 a pound.

[Snake lover 3-25]

LOL! maybe you have to look a little harder

[adamanteus]

Really? We only seem to get it here as whole 'cleaned' fish. I'm going to try it on my Garters though.... maybe this week, while I'm off work.

[Snake lover 3-25]

can you feed fish boned to garters??? or do you have to pick them all out???

[adamanteus]

It's a good thing thing for your Garter to get some bones in it's diet.......
However, when using fish you have cut-up into pieces yourself, you must be very careful that hard bones are not sticking out at awkward angles, as these could easily lodge in the digestive tract and cause some very nasty problems.
When cutting up fish, I always ensure there are no hard bones at all left in there.
Of course with whole fish this problem is avoided.

[Snake lover 3-25]

okay... um.... what about skin???

[adamanteus]

You can give them some of the skin, it couldn't harm, and no doubt there are some important nutrients in it.