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hjelte
11-15-2012, 07:43 AM
Hi all! Long time since I posted again, I´m an on/off kind of internet-user I guess :o

Just wanted to share this: Common Garter Snake | Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis | Reptile (http://www.wildlifenorthamerica.com/Reptile/Common-Garter-Snake/Thamnophis/sirtalis-sirtalis.html)

Check the "Food" section. Anyone ever catch your Garter trying to eat your cat? :p
ProXimuS
11-15-2012, 10:11 AM
Hmmm...I guess it could be possible if it was a giant garter, or a cut up cat:eek:
Stefan-A
11-15-2012, 10:59 AM
They've listed the natural predators. As food.
Stefan-A
11-15-2012, 11:12 AM
Sent them an email correcting the 3 biggest mistakes. The diet, the name and the "toxins in the saliva".
hjelte
11-15-2012, 11:44 AM
Gr8 job Stefan! I have to admit to finding the fact that a garter would eat a kingsnake rather odd as well...but on a site like that, the facts should be kept straight.
ConcinusMan
11-15-2012, 12:17 PM
How about the length of 150 cm? For Americans, that's just barely shy of 5 feet. C'mon!
d_virginiana
11-15-2012, 08:07 PM
Anyone ever catch your Garter trying to eat your cat? :p

All the time. We actually had to put our garters in tanks just to keep the cats safe.
guidofatherof5
11-15-2012, 08:12 PM
If garters could eat cats that would be one more reason to have them. More garters and less cats.:D

Sorry, not a cat person;)
Light of Dae
11-15-2012, 10:44 PM
They still got insects under food for the ribbons and crustaceans for the black-neck garter.
Few listed to eat lizards n snakes as well..
Didn't get to see cats as food lol
hjelte
11-16-2012, 03:58 AM
The cat bit is what caught my attention, for sure. I totally get that they, by mistake, put predators under foods. But the formulation, something along the lines of "as large as a cats"....i mean duh!? Is it really surprising that something the size of a cat would try to eat a snake? What about bigger predators, they won´t even try? lol:p
EasternGirl
11-16-2012, 08:07 AM
I know that my garters would certainly attempt to eat my cats...lol. But a garter eating a cat successfully? Ummm...maybe according to Billy the Exterminator...lol. I'm sure if he saw a garter on his show, he would call it a vicious, venomous snake and recommend that he and his stupid brother remove the snake immediately for everyone's safety. The biggest garters I have seen around here are about 4 feet long...easterns. Sometimes, I have to admit, I wish garters could swallow people. There would be quite a few people on my list to feed to my snakes...rofl.