Frozen Rodents?

[Gregavi]

Thanks to all for the replies. I would rather use live food because part of reason to have a snake is to watch what happens in nature. Isn't that why we watch "Animal Planet"?

Could you explain in detail ReptileGeek the scenting with 'fish filet juice'. Like where you get it and how much you use.

Thanks

[infernalis]

Thanks to all for the replies. I would rather use live food because part of reason to have a snake is to watch what happens in nature. Isn't that why we watch "Animal Planet"?

If that's the case, you better dump in some parasites, add a few predators that eat snakes and give yourself that well rounded "natural" experience.

There is nothing "natural" about keeping a wild animal in a cage.

[brain]

If that's the case, you better dump in some parasites, add a few predators that eat snakes and give yourself that well rounded "natural" experience.

There is nothing "natural" about keeping a wild animal in a cage.

Grinning, Well pointed Wayne. Love it

[Gregavi]

My local "pet store guy" recommended live feeder goldfish for my garter. I put a few in a shallow dish as he recommended and the snake has not eaten any (or anything) in days. I guess I'll try frozen/thawed pinkies.

[Invisible Snake]

Hey Gregavi, basically what i do is cut off a small piece of any type of frozen fish filet, place it in a small ziplock bag, let it thaw and once it has thawed completely I just squeeze the fish filet while still in the ziplock bag until it becomes mushy and then I take a thawed pinky and rub its head on the mushy fish filet. Hope this post helped, if you have anymore questions feel free to ask.

Check out the sites caresheet for which fishes are safe to feed garter snakes and I know what you mean by wanting to feed your snakes live food and watching them hunt, I like that too so a few times a month I feed my garters guppies in a water bowl.

[Jeff B]

Thanks to all for the replies. I would rather use live food because part of reason to have a snake is to watch what happens in nature. Isn't that why we watch "Animal Planet"?

No we watch animal planet to laugh at people who think every twig snap or howl is a bigfoot.

[d_virginiana]

Best explanation I ever heard for this was when we were talking to our vet about why he thought it was a bad idea to give dogs bones, since wild canines ate them all the time. He just deadpanned us and said "No one has ever brought me a wild coyote that choked on a bone. Not that it doesn't happen, it's just that people don't usually spend a lot of time watching wild coyotes".

Well-balanced is a lot better than 'natural' for anything living in a tank. I've got one really old garter that eats chopped pinkies from a dish (garter geriatric diet?). Not natural, but definitely what's best for him.

No we watch animal planet to laugh at people who think every twig snap or howl is a bigfoot.

"I do believe there's a squatch in these woods!"
Best. Show. Ever.