Meat

[-MARWOLAETH-]

Does anyone know if meat like beef,pork,chicken ect can be fed to garters?

[kimbosaur]

My babies LOVE their chicken!! It's probably their favourite meal. They'll attack it like it's alive.

[guidofatherof5]

I have fed turkey heart and liver on occasion and chicken leg meat also. Simply as a treat.

[EasternGirl]

When you guys feed meat...are you feeding it raw? If I wanted to try it as a treat...what kind of meat specifically would you recommend?

[guidofatherof5]

I only feed raw.

[kimbosaur]

I usually use the thigh meat and I try to get grain-fed organic. My snakes probably get it a little more often than as a "treat", but I don't feed pinkies and I wanted them to have more variety.

[NickB]

I've heard of people using Chicken Thigh to get non-feeders going again but don't feed it myself currently.

[EasternGirl]

Perhaps I will pick up some organic chicken from my local natural food store at some point and try it just for a treat. I don't know though...it seems like it would be difficult to digest...wouldn't want to cause impaction.

[guidofatherof5]

I usually use the thigh meat and I try to get grain-fed organic. My snakes probably get it a little more often than as a "treat", but I don't feed pinkies and I wanted them to have more variety.

If my memory serves me I think chicken is low in vitamin A so a supplement might be required if you use it for more then a treat.

[kimbosaur]

I wouldn't say that it's a staple either...maybe somewhere in between. I'd say they get chicken anywhere from once a week to once every three weeks. They mainly get silversides and fish filet, with the occasional canned snail.

[guidofatherof5]

Are you supplementing?

[kimbosaur]

No - Should I be?

[guidofatherof5]

I wouldn't say that it's a staple either...maybe somewhere in between. I'd say they get chicken anywhere from once a week to once every three weeks. They mainly get silversides and fish filet, with the occasional canned snail.


No - Should I be?

Not sure how much calcium they are getting from the silversides, might be a good idea every once in awhile.
I certainly don't think it can hurt.

[kibakiba]

I give chicken hearts every once in a while. I also feed egg. Mostly egg white with a little tiny bit of yolk to make it really pale yellow. A lot of my snakes enjoy salmon omlets every once in a while ;)

[guidofatherof5]

I give chicken hearts every once in a while. I also feed egg. Mostly egg white with a little tiny bit of yolk to make it really pale yellow. A lot of my snakes enjoy salmon omlets every once in a while ;)


Salmon omelet, sounds great.

[kibakiba]

Not to me! The snakies sure love eggs and salmon a lot though.

[kimbosaur]

Sounds good, I will pick up some supplements next time I'm at the pet store. Do you think I should do just calcium?

I always forget that they can also eat egg! I tried it when I first got them and both took cooked egg white.

[guidofatherof5]

Sounds good, I will pick up some supplements next time I'm at the pet store. Do you think I should do just calcium?

I always forget that they can also eat egg! I tried it when I first got them and both took cooked egg white.

Third product down (pink label)
Rep-Cal Supplements (http://repcal.com/supp.htm)

[-MARWOLAETH-]

Do i have to buy organic free rang meat or can i buy the cheap stuff?

[guidofatherof5]

Cheap stuff can contain unwanted chemicals, growth hormones, and other things. Best to stay with as natural a product as possible.
Keep in mind a garter;s size. It doesn't take much of these chemicals to affect them.

[-MARWOLAETH-]

Organic it is then.Also he doesn't need growth hormones he's growing fast as it is:D