All the feeder insects are not recommended as a food sourse for the garter snakes ??

[EasternGirl]

Yes, what the other members have told you is good advice. Garter snakes cannot digest insects...they should not have any insects in their diet. As Chantel said, the best diet is a mix of frozen/thawed pinky mice, fresh fish fillet, and earthworms.

[TiercelR]

Garter snakes are not able to digest the exoskeleton of insects.

Serpientes de la liga no son capaces de digerir el exoesqueleto de los insectos.

Hi Kat, thanks for your reply.

They need to be fed an insect free diet. Earth worms, fish and pinkies would be a good, balanced diet.

Hi Chantel, thanks for your reply.

Yes, what the other members have told you is good advice. Garter snakes cannot digest insects...they should not have any insects in their diet. As Chantel said, the best diet is a mix of frozen/thawed pinky mice, fresh fish fillet, and earthworms.

Hi Marnie, thanks for your reply.

[TiercelR]

I understand the reasons you said about the garter-snakes are not able of to digest the exoskeleton of the insects, so i understand that is not a good idea giving them in a future.

But curiously each fresh WC garter-snake i had keeped go inmediatly after the crickets just in the first moment they see them fall into their terrariums (since their very first minutes of life in captivity) without any doubts about to prey on crickets just as if the crickets were a common part of their own diets in the wild previous of their captive life. I don´t pretend to say that is right to give insects anyway to the garter-snakes, but ever i had observed this.

And is good to give them as food the captive breeded small arboreal green frogs (which have a dark mask on their eyes) that are sold in bulk in the reptile stores ?? thanks, regards.