Forum: Husbandry

Giving vitamins is a great way to supplement your snake's diet. If you can't get a certain food for your snake, vitamins could replace it. However,...

I know I can probably find this stuff out at any reputable pet store that sells snakes, but it's so much easier to ask from the comfort of my own...

So on a fishing trip to lake erie two months ago. i found an all black eastern garter snake. i had trouble identifying it as a garter snake. as i had...

Here she is...one of my female wandering garters giving birth. I happened to catch her having her last of 6 babies.

If you don't want to buy food for your garter snake (although that's probably the best way), simply harvesting worms is a great way to get good for...

Okay, I am blatantly ignorant about the care and feeding of snakes of any kind, and it's good that I don't have one yet, because it would suffer...

She is avoiding food and now I think she just had a seisure....Does anybody know what this could be about. The snake went crazy and I have never seen...

Are common garter snakes mainly active during the day or at night in the wild? because my baby hides all day and only comes out in the evening, is it...

Hi everybody!:) This might sound really stupid, but is it OK to feed my garter pieces of chicken or any other types of meat to form a better...

Hello all, Lots of questions answered already by this excellent forum! Thank you! We are waiting for a checkered garter snake to come in from...

I have just gotten 2 types of fishes to feed my snakes and Im not sure if there ok for the snakes. The people at the pet store said they were ok for...

I have an Eastern garter that will not switch to pinkies for any reason. I have tried scenting with fish but he will not go for it. Right now he...

How often and how many worms should I feed a 12-14 inch garter? It just ate one. and if I switched it to pinkies how many would that eat?

Just a Simple question for all you Experienced Garter Owners out there. How long will it take to my lil friend tyo grow from her current 45 cm...

I am currently feeding my snakes rosy red feeder fish. In september I plan to start them on pinkies. We have a reptile show coming to this area and I...

I've been reading that Wandering Garters are best not housed together. Does anyone have any thoughts on this? I'm getting two approximatley the...

My garter is wildcaught and I might let it go. If I get one or two more could I keep them all in the same cage? Petco has about ten in the cage...

I have been reading a lot about garter care and housing. Just wanted to make sure that I'm doing the right things since this is my first experience...

I just wanted to know when I should be concerned that my snake hasn't eaten? It's been a couple weeks since 'it' (verdict is still out) at. I...

Hello all, I received a Thamnophis elegans vagrans 2 weeks ago and have a question on feeding. The snake seems to eat everything I put in front...