New garter after 20 years

[gershco]

Thanks for the replies.

The heatpad definitely doesn't cover more than a third of the enclosure. The caresheet recommends a daytime temperature of 22-30C. Obviously there will be a temperature gradient as you move away from the heater, but how high above the heat source should the 30C be? Should I set the thermostat to 30C?

I had already looked at the Caresheet, but the section on feeding doesn't appear to mention frequency of feeding or amounts of the different food types to offer. The pet shop had advised a small fuzzy mouse once or twice a week, but now we'll see how we get on with the earthworms for a short while.

Having eaten yesterday, Stripes was far more active today and was having a real good look around his tank this afternoon. He seemed far more focused and determined, not just like he was investigating his surroundings, so we offered him another earthworm and he ended up eating 2 worms within about 10 minutes.

We'll stick with a worm a day for a few days and then perhaps try scenting some mouse. Does the fuzzy size recommended by the pet shop sound a bit big? If I drop down to pinky size, would you agree that offering it along with fish and chopped worms would be best?

I'll try to get some better photos. Maybe I'll link to an external site as that way I won't be so limited with size as I was when attaching photos to my post.

[gregmonsta]

A mixed diet will always be best . Once you've moved to pinkies and fish (say 1 pinky and 2-3 pinky sized pieces of Salmon/Trout) feed every four days. Have a browse on my website (link in sig) you'll find I've rambled on quite a bit about feeding and other things in the husbandry section and my blogs
Forgot to say - 30C should be the the temperature on the substrate at the hotspot. Adjust with a thermometer and your thermostat until the right temp is reached.
P,S - Our picture gallery is also accessible on the top tabs of the site you have an alloted amount of space to host your pics

[ConcinusMan]

Thanks for the replies.
I'll try to get some better photos. Maybe I'll link to an external site as that way I won't be so limited with size as I was when attaching photos to my post.

With the huge megapixel ratings cameras have these days, they usually have a frame size setting. If you have it on max, the file is going to be too big. Even if you hotlink it from a hosting site, the frame size will be so big that people won't be able to fit the picture on their screen so you will still have issues.

Either set the camera to lower frame size setting, or simply resize the large picture using software. Smaller frame size will end up being smaller file size. Problem solved. Once that's done, it will be faster to upload and you can choose to use and external host or this sites photo gallery.

I find that a frame size of 600 X 800 minimum or 1024 × " max works perfect.

http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/gart...our-posts.html

Here's the result of re-sized,(downsized from 4224 X 2376 to 1024 X) hotlinked method:

[mustang]

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oh WELCOME!!!

[Mommy2many]

Welcome to the forum!