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06-16-2008, 04:24 PM
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Thamnophis inspectus
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Dearborn, Michigan
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Re: What do you feed and how often
I've kept nightcrawlers in potting soil for around 3 months with no problems.
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06-16-2008, 05:34 PM
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Thamnophis Addict
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: South Carolina
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Re: What do you feed and how often
I feed mainly pinkies or sub adult mice ( depending on the size of the Garter) , some minnows, and some night crawlers. Adults are fed weekly and babies are fed twice per week.
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06-18-2008, 05:15 PM
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"Preparing For First shed"
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Ohio
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Re: What do you feed and how often
Uh-Oh... After reading all your responses I don't think we are feeding my son's garter snake enough. We feed him one pinky once a week. Have had him about a year now and he has shed three times. When my son caught him, he was very small. He is about 16 inches long now so I guess we should be feeding him more often and more of a variety?
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06-19-2008, 05:35 PM
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"Preparing For First shed"
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Ohio
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Re: What do you feed and how often
When you say greater quantity do you mean feeding him two pinkies instead of one at the same feeding? My son used to cut the pinky into pieces before feeding him but the snake is now able to eat it whole.
My husband goes fishing a lot during the summer so I'll have him get an extra box of nightcrawlers or minnows the next time he goes to the bait store. I guess I was just afraid that the snake wouldn't eat the pinkies if we started giving him nightcrawlers and minnows again. I saw this video of a garter snake catching his own minnows from a bowl in his tank on YouTube. Of course the minnows were live and swimming around in the bowl. It was pretty interesting to watch the snake hunting his own prey so to speak. Does anyone else's snake do that? |
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06-19-2008, 05:44 PM
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Old and wise snake
Join Date: Nov 2006
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Re: What do you feed and how often
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YouTube - Thiamin deficiency Regarding the cruelty of filming this snake instead of euthanizing it immediately... 1. The snake had been treated with vitamin B complex and we were waiting to see if it would help her. 2. Providing education about this nutritional disease will help many other gartersnakes avoid the same suffering. Guide to feeding garter snakes: VARIETY, VARIETY, VARIETY. Un-safe foods for garter snakes: Minnows (live or frozen), Goldfish (live or frozen), frogs or tadpoles (live contains parasites, frozen MAY be safe), crickets (garter snakes cannot digest insects). Safe foods for garter snakes: Raw frozen and thawed trout and salmon cut into strips, nightcrawlers, slugs, scented beef organ meat strips, scented venison strips.
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06-19-2008, 05:46 PM
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Juvenile snake
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Chesterfield, derbyshire
Posts: 156
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Re: What do you feed and how often
wow interesting to see all the different views will bear it in mind when i eventually get some garters of my own
so basically variety is key to them being healthy |
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