They had not been fed recently, I could check my feeding records but I think it was at least 3-4 days since their last feeding. I also don’t feed them in their “home” enclosure or together.

The first time she tried this was right after feeding. That was more than a year ago; I think it was actually the first time I tried feeding them. Since then it had not happened again. The first time was also very mild. Just a bit and then a bit of thrashing from the male and he was free and left alone.

This last time he was almost a goner, I still can’t believe I was able to save him. Basically all I did was grab the female and give her a slight squeeze behind her jaws to get any teeth lose and pulled the male out. (About 20cm worth of male Garter)
He seemed pretty happy (Joking of course) and wiggled like crazy. So far both are doing fine.

I should add the female has an insane feeding response. She will sometimes get so excited in her feeding bin that she will bite her own body.

Jeremy