Forum: Husbandry

With the large amount of snake enclosures on the Ranch I have to change many water dishes often. A pattern has taken shape with my young garters....

Hi everyone I got a huge bag of peat moss today and was wondering if i can use it for my garter snakes. Its finely shredded like coco fiber, but...

I was feeding my garter yesterday when I saw this little, light-brown-with-dark-horizontal-stripes- bug crawling (surprisingly fast) across his...

So now that PeteyAnn has shed she is back to eating her nightcrawlers... Tonight I got another pinky for her but she is so not interested. I put a...

Hello all, new to this forum. I am planning to purchase 1, maybe 2 Garter Snakes. I have had a Ball Python for 3 years and would really like to...

I was cleaning out my bee hives last week and as usual, found several field mouse nests, complete with pinkies and fuzzies. I saved them,...

Do you have to make your Garter snake hybernate

As most of you know I have a few babies around the Ranch. Most are aggressive eaters and growing fast. Then I have those slow eaters. For them...

I wonder if someone could confirm for me: Called a local reptile store to see if they stocked Reptisafe / Aquatize, and he said that they didn't,...

Hi, i recently got 2 garter snakes from local pet shop, both recently (6 weeks) shed. After eating every day for a few weeks they've changed to every...

I hope to be able to switch Rune onto mice soon, and was wondering what is the best place to order from? She is only about fifteen inches, should...

Hiya! I've loved snakes ever since I was litte... I finally got one. But I dont know what to feed it... Its a Checkard Garter, about 9in long I...

As I was sitting here mulling over Silv's eating problems, I had a thought. The one thing I have not tried with him is fish fillet, since I don't...

It looks like I've located another thread that was lost a few months ago. I've seen this phenomena occurring over the last year and thought I...

I didn't really know where to put this but I haven't seen this sort of behaviour and I figured it would be nice to ask about it. Ever since I took...

After last years breeding season i have decided to take awhile off.I sold all of my reptiles except for the nicest looking 2010 garter babies and...

I thought I already asked this but I can't find my post. I have kept garden worms for three years. I use the Magic Worm Ranch. I wrote to the...

How do you recommend keeping/storing earthworms? I ordered some, which have now arrived, in a little pot of earth. The website I ordered from says to...

Ever since putting the girls in tubs for separation purposes I've found myself adjusting the temps almost every two days although everything was...

Hi, This is my first post on this forum and hope to become an active member. I am considering getting an adult 4 year old Checkered Garter...