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Originally Posted by gwynhwyfar
That is an awesome picture. Baby snakes are so adorable -- though now I understand why all my attempts as a child to catch baby garters failed. I wasn't looking for something that tiny!!
Snakey just had her fourth shed since I acquired her in November. She's put on about 8" or so and seems to be doing well. I've had to help her with the last inch or so of her tail to get all the shed skin off and she doesn't exactly like the help, but I can live with being musked to save her tail.
She's being stubborn about the fish -- I'm going to try a frozen mouse (well, thawed, when I give it to her!) along with a couple out-of-water rosy reds to see what happens.
I don't think I'll be releasing her. I kinda got attached. Whoops. *giggles*
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What I did for my garters before they started taking unscented pinkies was cut a rosy in half and smear it all over the head of the mouse. They ALWAYS took the pinky. If you coat the whole thing, they won't get used to the mouse taste.
Good luck with her. Maybe you'll turn out like one of us fanatics. :P
03-25-2008, 12:33 PM
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