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Old 05-10-2008, 11:10 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Re: VERY odd observation!

Hmm... Perhaps if they eat insects, would they need UVB to digest and process them? Like with green snakes?
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Old 05-10-2008, 07:00 PM   #12 (permalink)
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UVB won't help them digest....as a young kid I force fed a garter some flies....came out the back end looking just like they did when they went in. I let them go after not knowing what to feed. Later I learned what to feed them. Then I got a few to keep.
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UVB won't help them digest....as a young kid I force fed a garter some flies....came out the back end looking just like they did when they went in. I let them go after not knowing what to feed. Later I learned what to feed them. Then I got a few to keep.
How do green snakes process insects then?
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they aren't garters..... they are a different species...different species eat different things....
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Re: VERY odd observation!

Obviously. XD
But it would seem odd that a snake adapted to so many environments, like the garter snake, wouldn't be able to digest such an easily found prey...
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well, thats nature....there's something to eat almost everything out there!!
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well, thats nature....there's something to eat almost everything out there!!
Hmm, well, we have no photos of them eating insects, but that doesn't mean they don't in the wild! *OR in my pen. :P*
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