snake's age! ....

[adamanteus]

It seems to me its hard to find someone who utilizes the picture feature on here.... but then again Im still just learning my way around.

I looked at your album.... very nice. You will find most people are using the 'Gallery' function (fourth tab on the portal page). Click on there if you want to see members photos... there are A LOT!

This is worth looking at too...
http://www.thamnophis.com/caresheets...raphic_Library

[adamanteus]

She should slough just fine on her own, Sayra. Just watch for the old skin tearing around the wounds and leaving little pieces stuck to her. If this happens you might just have to help her by gently peeling these away.
Personally, I think you'll start to see a rapid improvement in her general health once she comes out of that old skin.

[snakems]

yay
Im pretty sure she is an eastern garter... do you have any of those?

[adamanteus]

I don't have Easterns. Well, that's not strictly true.... I have a pair of melanistic (all black) Easterns, but no regular ones. Lots of our other members do though, especially US members.

[snakems]

while I have your attention in this post I was wondering about switching her food over to some kind of small fish.
the first few weeks I had her I noticed she did this thing in the water where she put her head under and swam around all crazy like... flailing her head around almost like how Ive seen snakes do in the water when given fish to eat. But there were no fish in there for her to eat lol
Maybe she was just soaking up, but it was amusing. I'd like to feed her fish if there's no problem with it, but do you think it would create a problem with her being fine eating worms? I dont want to try the fish and then have her not want to go back to the worms because Im not sure I can commit completely to feeding her fish yet, depending on the availability of them here and how often I will need to buy them and method of storing.

[Stefan-A]

No, just a reminder.

[snakems]

No, just a reminder.

ohhh.... ok.
thats interesting. Do you know if this is something that can determined while the snake is alive? or this just a theory?

[Stefan-A]

ohhh.... ok.
thats interesting. Do you know if this is something that can determined while the snake is alive? or this just a theory?

If by theory you mean a testable and tested concept, then yes, it is "just" a theory.

[snakems]

If by theory you mean a testable and tested concept, then yes, it is "just" a theory.

ooo.... sarcastic with the not so knowledgable snake challenged members I see

[Stefan-A]

ooo.... sarcastic with the not so knowledgable snake challenged members I see

No, I just dislike the phrase "just a theory". A lot.