Jon's Garter Snake Thread ( Suzi )

[Foxrun402]

Suzi and Xena update....

Suzi's most recent shed is still at 28" in length.

Xena's last shed was found this morning, measuring 21"

She is catching up fast but today, while feeding them. I got down to the last nightcrawler piece and fed it to Xena... Suzi for the first time (I've never seen her do this yet.) flicked her tongue at Xena pulling the scent of worms from her face. Suzi then decided Xena was a worm.... and struck at her right in the face! Food fights are normal for ALL SPECIES OF SNAKE. So this being the first time, scared the **** outta me and I tapped Suzi on her side lightly to "spook" her off and she did.... Thankfully she didnt grab ahold of Xena by the head and try to eat her.... I'll be more careful next time.... FOR SURE!

[chris-uk]

She is catching up fast but today, while feeding them. I got down to the last nightcrawler piece and fed it to Xena... Suzi for the first time (I've never seen her do this yet.) flicked her tongue at Xena pulling the scent of worms from her face. Suzi then decided Xena was a worm.... and struck at her right in the face! Food fights are normal for ALL SPECIES OF SNAKE. So this being the first time, scared the **** outta me and I tapped Suzi on her side lightly to "spook" her off and she did.... Thankfully she didnt grab ahold of Xena by the head and try to eat her.... I'll be more careful next time.... FOR SURE!

I've had a couple of scares. I don't have more than three in any one viv, so try to keep them in different "zones" when feeding. I've had a scare where one got a good grip on another's head, the infernalis most definitely feed in separate containers now...