• Hello!

    Either you have not registered on this site yet, or you are registered but have not logged in. In either case, you will not be able to use the full functionality of this site until you have registered, and then logged in after your registration has been approved.

    Registration is FREE, so please register so you can participate instead of remaining a lurker....

    Please be certain that the location field is correctly filled out when you register. All registrations that appear to be bogus will be rejected. Which means that if your location field does NOT match the actual location of your registration IP address, then your registration will be rejected.

    Sorry about the strictness of this requirement, but it is necessary to block spammers and scammers at the door as much as possible.

Garter snakes- should I do it?

nancyg said:
She's lovely!

If you are not already aware of it it http://www.thamnophis.com/ is a great site for Garters, very similar to this forum - very good folks there (like here) .. I found the site when someone offered me one when they learned I had snakes.. Mine is a total spazz, Though I have to admit that I have not worked hard at taming him down.

I don't know how fussy the different species(?) are, but mine is a garbage disposal, he eats pinkies, chunks of fish, earthworms, etc.. They really are a neat snake, much more visually oriented than scent and active in daytime.

A word of warning though, read up on http://www.gartersnake.info/articles/2012/all-about-thiaminase.php Certain fish, noteably the rosey red minnows (underappreciated fish) feeder fish contain thiamninase, and feeding only them will result in a vitamin deficiency that will kill the snake in a horrible way. The good news is that Tilapia is just fine and as long as your snake doesn't need a live fish for a feeding reflex - you can buy frozen tilapia fillets for humans at any grocery store - Just hack off chunks to feed (a fillet will last a loooong time with a small snake) Since you mentioned feeding pinkies to her, She'll get enough calcium and probably won't need a supplement like a pure fish eater might.

Nancy
Click to expand...
Thanks for the tips! I've been feeding her pinkies scented with fish and feeder guppies on occasion

Sent from my XT1042 using Tapatalk
 
What a cutey. Garters are definitely on my list of snakes I'd like to try keeping.

Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk
 
Sheyoni said:
What a cutey. Garters are definitely on my list of snakes I'd like to try keeping.

Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
You should try! This girl is a sweetheart, and I personally really like that I can feed her fish instead of mice sometimes

Sent from my XT1042 using Tapatalk
 
I have never tried live fish with mine.. but I have given the occasional earthworm and watching him go all 'RARRR!! MIghty Hunter!!" is very amusing! Congrats on the new girl!!
 
Oh that is a little one. The smallest snake I've handled was 8 grams and I thought that was tiny. I'm sure you'll have her growing soon!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top