Baby snakes

[bigpig]

Thanks for those useful replies.
I will keep feeding every couple of days as I want to get some weight on this wee fella.
The shop had been feeding him bits of cooked fish from fish burgers etc, and also had not fed him for 10 days at one point, because they were ill.
I hope he grows up healthy after this less than ideal start in life.

[gartermorphs]

yeah now there being fed tropical guppies worms and pinky parts every other day and theyve already grown! i had never realized before how fast garter snakes grow!

[guidofatherof5]

yeah now there being fed tropical guppies worms and pinky parts every other day and theyve already grown! i had never realized before how fast garter snakes grow!

They are little growing machines.

[Mix]

Just a quick question - some people have recommended leaving off the handling of the snake for a day after it has eaten to avoid regurgitation; if this is so, and the snake is being fed every other day, would you never be handling the snake?

I feed my 6 month old a 1" strip of fish (trout etc) every 3 days, with calcium+vit powder on about 2 times in the month. Is this ok? She doesn't seem to mind

[mustang]

They are little growing machines.

mines stubbornhe aint grow'nbut all the chicks at school think hes cute

[gartermorphs]

Just a quick question - some people have recommended leaving off the handling of the snake for a day after it has eaten to avoid regurgitation; if this is so, and the snake is being fed every other day, would you never be handling the snake?

I feed my 6 month old a 1" strip of fish (trout etc) every 3 days, with calcium+vit powder on about 2 times in the month. Is this ok? She doesn't seem to mind

ive never had a problem with regurgitation
but i do know that your little snakey would do well with some variety give him/her some worms and live fish too every once in a while maybe even some pinky parts! expecially since they have such a varied diet in the wild