Ah, I wasn't sure if that was the same Scott. I just had heard with crested geckos that you shouldn't ship that young, so I was wondering about garter snakes. Thanks.
LeAnn
"The early bird catches the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese."
"Jokes are for kids, but puns are for the grown."
A couple of weeks at least, I guess. You need to know that it's eaten, pooped and grown a little.... that's just my opinion though... not gospel.
Yea, I wouldnt sell anything less than a month old. Some offspring are weaker than others and might live a little while seemingly fine then just fade away. Shipping can be quite stressful on a snake and I would think very young ones would be much more suseptable to the stress.
I wasn't ready to let go of my babies for the entire first month, but that's a different matter
4 days is way too young imo
I believe Scott ships them at 4-6 weeks - not before he has them feeding on minnows
I do know that when I ask him about birth dates, they're usually more than a month before I got the snakes
rhea "you cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus" Mark Twain
Personally, I wouldn't ship snakes that are only 4 days old. I ussualy offer them their first meal at around 4 days...And it never happend that they all ate the first time I tried...
I ussually wait two months before selling anything. Just so that I can see how they are growing (overall), eating, shedding and coloring...
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