frozen fish

[PINJOHN]

enjoyed this Chris ...you always know where you are with garters.....they always let you down

couldn't let this one pass veggie snakes great concept


MY GARTER IS A VEGGIE

my snakes are vegetarian
or so i had assumed
I bought them lots of leafy stuff
hoping it would be consumed
I placed a bright tomato
on the floor just by their head
they wouldn't touch the bloody thing
it was me that turned bright red
I made a mash with carrots
added pumpkin and a sprout
I tried to force feed all of them
but they spat the lot back out
their faces all stared back at me
as they tried to get a take
on the kind of fool who gives this stuff
to a creature loving snake
their contempt for me was palpable
and i thought i heard them say
did you climb out of the gene pool
when the lifeguard looked away
so i threw the veg over our back fence
now there's non left in the house
and the snakes are sleeping peacefully
with their belly's full of mouse.

[EasternGirl]

Love it John!

[acovert]

Alright. He took a worm a couple days ago. Now I am trying bits of worm and fish mixed together to see if they catch his interest. He really enjoyed the worm. It was a baby nightcrawler; the first whole worm he has ever eaten.

I decided to put the worms and fish in tonight because he was at his water dish looking for fish. Sometimes he goes to the water dish just to hang out around the water, but other times he's hunting for the fish that used to be in there. Since he seemed interested today I decided to go ahead and put some food in. Hopefully he'll show interest in the fish and the worms before I go to bed, because I don't really feel comfortable leaving the fish in there overnight.

[EasternGirl]

I know how you feel..I don't like leaving food overnight either. I'm glad he enjoyed the worm and he ate something at least. Did we discuss supplementing worms with calcium and vitamin D powder if he will only eat worms for a while? Don't get discouraged if he does not eat the worms and fish tonight...at least he ate a worm. Do you have more worms? If he doesn't eat the fish and worms and you have more worms, maybe you could offer him another worm tomorrow. You may have to try a few times with the worm and fish mixture before he will eat it...it took me a few times before my snakes would eat it. How are things with your family in terms with them dealing with Cuddles?

[acovert]

If he keeps refusing everything but worms then I will find some supplements to add to that. I have plenty of worms, though they may not last much longer since I've had them for a while. A few have died.

My family is okay. One of my brothers likes to hold Cuddles (with supervision) and the other one tries to grab, but I keep the snake away from him. Both of them love the snake though. I can't take him out when my Grandma is here. My mom and her husband ignore it now, but I think he dislikes it a lot.

[EasternGirl]

We can tell you specific supplements that you need and that are safe to use. Just let us know if you want to try that. Can you get worms around there? It's nice that your brothers love Cuddles. And although your mom and her husband dislike him, I guess it's good that they are at least tolerating him and letting you keep him. They may not ever love Cuddles the way that you do...and that is okay as long as they allow you to have him and don't give you a hard time about him, then just take what you can get...that's the way I look at it...some people just don't get us snake people .

[acovert]

I have easy access to worms, except that my school hasn't sent my last paycheck yet so I'm currently out of money and a job. That's been the big road block since I've been home. Hopefully I'll get my job and my paycheck soon. I could probably borrow money from my mom for worms, though. Supplements, however, would be another story entirely.

I don't think my mom and her husband will make me get rid of him unless he causes a real problem. The boys come in every day to see him, and I don't think they would take that away from them. They'd be very confused little boys. As long as I'm responsible for him, they don't care. I got my mom to touch him once, and they've even admitted that he doesn't look so bad.

[EasternGirl]

See? That's progress! It might seem small..but it is...like I said, just give it time. Two years ago if I had asked my mother if I could have a snake in the house she would have said "no" without a doubt...now she not only allows me to have three, but she asks about them all the time and knows I'm getting another one in the spring. I'm not saying that your mom will ever love Cuddles...but you never know what will happen...just give them time. The supplement you need costs about $12 with shipping if you order it online...here is a link...or you can look for it and see if you can find it somewhere cheaper: http://www.amazon.com/Rep-Cal-Calciu.../dp/B00076HTQA

[tress29]

Two years ago if I had asked my mother if I could have a snake in the house she would have said "no" without a doubt...now she not only allows me to have three, but she asks about them all the time

My mom has held the hognose and the leopard gecko, but neither are very fast. I doubt she'd try to hold a squiggly garter! She was very glad when we sold the ball python (to use the money to buy garters!) She was always nervous of it. She doesn't understand the tarantula either...

[EasternGirl]

My mom has said absolutely no to any snake bigger than a garter. Which is why I couldn't buy any corn snakes. Now my parents are getting old and they are getting ready to sign their house over to me...I'm thinking once the house is in my name, I might just have to get that corn snake...heh heh. If I brought a python in here or a tarantula...I think everyone would probably move out. They are my parents...so I do try to respect that they live here too.