Slug disaster! *HELP*

Zephyr · 04-27-2008, 06:05 PM

So today I rounded up some non-pesticidal leopard slugs from the garden plots. I also had a good garter experience, which I'll post later.
Anyways, I dropped a few of the slugs in for my garters and Cinnamint attacked with gusto. She tried to take on a larger one but couldn't grip it, afterwards she began bleeding at the mouth. I believe she broke some teeth, so I cleaned her mouth up. Do snake teeth grow back?
In the midst of this chaos, Fatty grabbed Sedge about 1/2 inch above the vent, thinking she was a slug from some slime left on her. So I eventually got Fatty off by sporadic and firm pressure as well as using a pair of skinny tweezers to help get her teeth off. Fatty's jaw looks stretched and she keeps opening it, will she be okay? Her mouth is very slightly agape, but not as much as some of the other garters with problems I've seen. Sedge was bleeding lightly from where she was grabbed, so I cleaned her up and put some neosporin along the length of her injury. Will these guys be okay?
Also, I recommend only feeding very small slugs, because garters do not seem able to grip larger ones. Which reminds me, Cinnamint swallowed a mouthful of concentrated slug slime. Will she be okay?

Zephyr · 04-27-2008, 06:17 PM

Anyone? I'm kinda freaking out. D:

ssssnakeluvr · 04-27-2008, 06:18 PM

he should be fine....he would have eaten a bunch of slime with the slug anyway.

drache · 04-27-2008, 06:33 PM

gosh
that sounds stressful
sounds like your snakes will be fine though

anji1971 · 04-27-2008, 08:27 PM

Oh good Lord, Kyle..........what an adventure!

I think they will all be okay, although I have no idea about the dental issue with Cinnamint. But for the most part, jaws realign, bites heal, and slug slime digests.
I tried feeding a slug to Deejay way back, and she ended up with nothing to show for it but a mouthful of slime too, and a very disgusted-with-her-owner type of expression on her face!
I don't think garters really tend to go for slugs anyway. Save them for the Dekay's, they're actually made to eat them, and they enjoy them more as well!

ssssnakeluvr · 04-27-2008, 09:12 PM

well, they do like them.....my wanderings used to pig out on them. never had a problem with them taking them.

anji1971 · 04-28-2008, 06:43 AM

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Originally Posted by ssssnakeluvr

well, they do like them.....my wanderings used to pig out on them. never had a problem with them taking them.

I wonder if different species of garter are more apt to like slugs? I only have the two Eastern's I've had to go by, but it definitely was not a success!!

drache · 04-28-2008, 07:02 AM

neither my eastern nor my parietalis would go for them
my eastern who eats everything tried and spit it out
then she spent five minutes rubbing her face everywhere - it was sort of funny

enigma200316 · 04-28-2008, 07:12 AM

never tried it and don't think I will after these stories...hahaha
and sorry Kyle but it is a bit funny about the whole slime think.....

ssssnakeluvr · 04-28-2008, 09:13 AM

I've had several radix also take slugs ok.....

04-27-2008, 06:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
Zephyr "Preparing For Fourth shed" Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 747 Country:	Slug disaster! HELP So today I rounded up some non-pesticidal leopard slugs from the garden plots. I also had a good garter experience, which I'll post later. Anyways, I dropped a few of the slugs in for my garters and Cinnamint attacked with gusto. She tried to take on a larger one but couldn't grip it, afterwards she began bleeding at the mouth. I believe she broke some teeth, so I cleaned her mouth up. Do snake teeth grow back? In the midst of this chaos, Fatty grabbed Sedge about 1/2 inch above the vent, thinking she was a slug from some slime left on her. So I eventually got Fatty off by sporadic and firm pressure as well as using a pair of skinny tweezers to help get her teeth off. Fatty's jaw looks stretched and she keeps opening it, will she be okay? Her mouth is very slightly agape, but not as much as some of the other garters with problems I've seen. Sedge was bleeding lightly from where she was grabbed, so I cleaned her up and put some neosporin along the length of her injury. Will these guys be okay? Also, I recommend only feeding very small slugs, because garters do not seem able to grip larger ones. Which reminds me, Cinnamint swallowed a mouthful of concentrated slug slime. Will she be okay?

04-27-2008, 06:17 PM	#2 (permalink)
Zephyr "Preparing For Fourth shed" Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 747 Country:	Re: Slug disaster! HELP Anyone? I'm kinda freaking out. D:

04-27-2008, 06:18 PM	#3 (permalink)
ssssnakeluvr "PM Boots For Custom Title" Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Posts: 1,478 Country:	Re: Slug disaster! HELP he should be fine....he would have eaten a bunch of slime with the slug anyway. __________________ Don www.donsgartersnakes.net

04-27-2008, 06:33 PM	#4 (permalink)
drache Ophiuchus rhea Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Brooklyn, New York Posts: 3,426 Country:	Re: Slug disaster! HELP gosh that sounds stressful sounds like your snakes will be fine though __________________ rhea "Life is just one damn thing after another" - Mark Twain this place is one damn beautiful snake after another - me

04-27-2008, 08:27 PM	#5 (permalink)
anji1971 Finder of unique Garters Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Windsor, Ontario Posts: 1,703 Country:	Re: Slug disaster! HELP Oh good Lord, Kyle..........what an adventure! I think they will all be okay, although I have no idea about the dental issue with Cinnamint. But for the most part, jaws realign, bites heal, and slug slime digests. I tried feeding a slug to Deejay way back, and she ended up with nothing to show for it but a mouthful of slime too, and a very disgusted-with-her-owner type of expression on her face! I don't think garters really tend to go for slugs anyway. Save them for the Dekay's, they're actually made to eat them, and they enjoy them more as well! __________________ Anji

04-27-2008, 09:12 PM	#6 (permalink)
ssssnakeluvr "PM Boots For Custom Title" Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Posts: 1,478 Country:	Re: Slug disaster! HELP well, they do like them.....my wanderings used to pig out on them. never had a problem with them taking them. __________________ Don www.donsgartersnakes.net

04-28-2008, 07:02 AM	#8 (permalink)
drache Ophiuchus rhea Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Brooklyn, New York Posts: 3,426 Country:	Re: Slug disaster! HELP neither my eastern nor my parietalis would go for them my eastern who eats everything tried and spit it out then she spent five minutes rubbing her face everywhere - it was sort of funny __________________ rhea "Life is just one damn thing after another" - Mark Twain this place is one damn beautiful snake after another - me

04-28-2008, 07:12 AM	#9 (permalink)
enigma200316 Basilisk (The King of all Serpents) Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Eastern, US Posts: 1,740 Country:	Re: Slug disaster! HELP never tried it and don't think I will after these stories...hahaha and sorry Kyle but it is a bit funny about the whole slime think..... __________________ "Can't wait for World Meeting 2009" Justin... 0.0.1 parietalis 0.1.3 similis

04-28-2008, 09:13 AM	#10 (permalink)
ssssnakeluvr "PM Boots For Custom Title" Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Posts: 1,478 Country:	Re: Slug disaster! HELP I've had several radix also take slugs ok..... __________________ Don www.donsgartersnakes.net

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