Housing Central American garters with other species

[-MARWOLAETH-]

They like their water! I can speak for Cuitzeos which I've seen spend over 8 hours in a water bowl without coming out. In the wild Cuitzeos spend a lot of time in Lake Cuitzeo hunting fish.

Have you seen them luring fish with their tail yet?That would be great to see.

[chris-uk]

Have you seen them luring fish with their tail yet?That would be great to see.

They haven't had the opportunity. The water bowl is too small for any hunting behaviour. If I want to try I'd have to get the old 60l aquarium running and drop in Lacrimosa (the female seems more canny and sharp than the male) and a couple of guppies. I think even a 60l aquarium is too small, the other option is the bath... Char would be likely to veto me feeding a snake in the bath. The issue is really that a Cuitzeo with fish in a small volume of water seems like shooting fish in a barrel (no evidence for this, they may struggle to catch guppies) and guppies may not naturally show any interest in the tail like the native fish in the wild.