Quote Originally Posted by Snakers View Post
Hey i love snakes but also love fishing and have heard trout is a good food for Garters but is Yellow Perch a safe food for my baby easterns? i know its great tasting for humans but do the garter snakes like it?thanks
I've used European perch since last summer and there are a few things that need to be said about it. The first thing is that the spines (the ones on the back and in the fins) need to be removed. They're there to make swallowing the fish as difficult and painful as possible.

The second thing is that my snakes rejected complete perch (minus the spines of course) after trying to swallow them, most likely because of the rough skin. Cutting the perch into suitable sized slices has worked well for both juvenile garters and my viperine snakes.