maggots for food for baby garters

[Didymus20X6]

Sliced nightcrawlers are a good option, I'd think. Get some small nightcrawlers and a pair of scissors or a knife and chop them up into bite-sized chunks. Watch the little boogers gobble them up!

[Eight]

on top of that....maggots are insect larva....garters do not eat insects

As far as I've read garters do eat insects, but shouldn't as they can't digest the chitin exoskeleton
. I thought that as fly larvae don't have chitin that I'm aware of that it might possibly be ok. Obviously for the reasons stated above I won't be using them though lol.

Sliced nightcrawlers are a good option, I'd think. Get some small nightcrawlers and a pair of scissors or a knife and chop them up into bite-sized chunks. Watch the little boogers gobble them up!

what are nightcrawlers? I've seen the name pop up again and again. Are they available outside the usa?

[gregmonsta]

what are nightcrawlers?

Lobworms

[ssssnakeluvr]

As far as I've read garters do eat insects, but shouldn't as they can't digest the chitin exoskeleton
. I thought that as fly larvae don't have chitin that I'm aware of that it might possibly be ok. Obviously for the reasons stated above I won't be using them though lol.

where did you read they eat insects??? I haven't seen that in any books.... if they did print that, they are wrong...

[Eight]

where did you read they eat insects??? I haven't seen that in any books.... if they did print that, they are wrong...

Just on a few of the countless pages I've trawled through on the net in past weeks. I didn't pay it much attention, especially after being pointed in the direction of a couple of good care sheets. This forums care sheet is one of the most complete I've come across. I think I'm just worried about getting a garter that is much smaller than I ever could of imagined, then started thinking about food sources. I'll see if I can get lob worms.

[gregmonsta]

The website I posted is very efficient. The worms are good quality and the mail service is very quick. You can keep them in the fridge for a couple of months. I usually freeze most of them in freezer bags and defrost them in lukewarm water for scenting later on.