VERY odd observation!

[Zephyr]

Hmm... Perhaps if they eat insects, would they need UVB to digest and process them? Like with green snakes?

[ssssnakeluvr]

UVB won't help them digest....as a young kid I force fed a garter some flies....came out the back end looking just like they did when they went in. I let them go after not knowing what to feed. Later I learned what to feed them. Then I got a few to keep.

[Zephyr]

UVB won't help them digest....as a young kid I force fed a garter some flies....came out the back end looking just like they did when they went in. I let them go after not knowing what to feed. Later I learned what to feed them. Then I got a few to keep.

How do green snakes process insects then?

[ssssnakeluvr]

they aren't garters..... they are a different species...different species eat different things....

[Zephyr]

Obviously. XD
But it would seem odd that a snake adapted to so many environments, like the garter snake, wouldn't be able to digest such an easily found prey...

[ssssnakeluvr]

well, thats nature....there's something to eat almost everything out there!!

[Zephyr]

well, thats nature....there's something to eat almost everything out there!!

Hmm, well, we have no photos of them eating insects, but that doesn't mean they don't in the wild! *OR in my pen. :P*