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04-14-2008, 10:38 PM
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Advice for Feeding a Ribbon
Hi all,
I've had my garter snake for about 5 months, he was either a baby or a "teen" when I bought him, about 12 inches. For the past 2 months, I've been feeding him about 5-7 minnows/goldfish per week. My questions are... 1) do I need to worry about over-feeding him? 2) at what point in age (or length, easier to measure) do I change his eating habits? Thank you! |
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04-15-2008, 02:15 AM
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Re: Advice for Feeding a Ribbon
Hi Carolyn, and welcome to the forum.
 I think it might be a good idea if you change his diet straight away. Goldfish are toxic and can make your snake ill, or even kill it over a period of time. Have a read through this- http://www.thamnophis.com/caresheets...C_.26_GOLDFISH Your snake needs a more varied diet, ideally you should use 'safe' fish (trout or salmon, cut into bite sized portions is very good), nightcrawlers and pinky mice, again cut into managable sizes.
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04-15-2008, 08:01 AM
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Re: Advice for Feeding a Ribbon
Welcome to the forum and have fun here
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04-15-2008, 10:34 PM
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Re: Advice for Feeding a Ribbon
for me its cheaper i buy a pound and 1/6 of salmon for $8 then cut it up into 250 minnows sized pieces, each being 3 cents rather than the 10 cents minnows are each
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04-16-2008, 07:49 AM
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Re: Advice for Feeding a Ribbon
Someone replied to me today on this same forum, that minnows should not be fed to snakes because they contain some thiaminase. Are minnows ok or not?
It was in this thread: garter snake foods question
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