Frogs

[jitami]

Spyro, how long ago did you catch the snake? I wouldn't say rosy reds or even goldfish are out of the question short term. One meal of either one shouldn't hurt an adult garter. Depending on how long this hunger strike has been going on I would try the rosy reds and see if that'll get him started then you can switch him to something else. My guy probably lived a year or so on mostly rosy reds with an occasional worm before I knew better. What kind of prey is found in the snakes natural habitat?

[infernalis]

Garters INHALE newts....

They will freebase anphibians if they are healthy Garter snakes.

[SpyrotheGartersnake]

1. i found him on my trip to maine during the first week of maine and thanks i'll get him to eat rosy minnows for lets say a month? and he hadn't eat for 3 weeks

2.where we found him there were frogs,toads field mice,minnows,worms,slugs,and small birds


thanks for the advice!


i'll try that scenting the pinky mice James,

[crzy_kevo]

well its just too bad i cant get those certain frogs that don't die when they are in a deep freeze but i also do not have the stuff needed the euthanize the frogs first besides they would have a slow torturouse death in the snakes if they were fed live anyway

[infernalis]

Touché' and very true - the pot calling the kettle black

[crzy_kevo]

besides if i don't freeze them first there is also a chance that they could pass on parasites to the snakes not to mention i don't feel like buying them crickets to eat so they would have starved so either way freezing was the best option

[drache]

I may have mentioned this before
all of the snakes I get from Scott Felzer feed on rosies
some of them I can switch sooner, but many end up eating minnows until they can handle an entire small pinky
I estimate that they eat minnows for close to half a year and I never had had a problem - never
I do try to switch them asap
but trust me - even several months of eating minnows is not likely to hurt your snake