Quote Originally Posted by Tommytradix View Post
on the fish comment. i have always fed a variety of nightcrawlers, pinks, smelt, salmon and tilapia. but a couple weeks ago i fed salmon and every snake that ate it died i lost 10 babies and one adult had a siezure. so i no longer feed salmon or smelt. tilapia has given me no problems and they love it so thats the only fish i offer now
Where was the salmon from? I'm not 100% sure, but I believe that's one of the fish that is more likely to be wild-harvested than farmed whereas I think tilapia is almost exclusively farmed now (could be wrong on that; I'm not an aquaculturist). There's also apparently a preservative that is sometimes present in 'fresh' fish at the supermarket that can be fatal to garters. I try to stay away from fish altogether now, the only exception being the occasional f/t silverside to get my old blind guy eating. I'll also use guppies for non-eating babies, but that hasn't been an issue for me in awhile.