Poll

[Josh]

What do you feed your garters?

[Josh]

Sorry for the two threads this is the real one

[Elliot]

Alright, this is better.

[Lulu Bennett]

lol no worries i didn't think it looked right lol

[Josh]

wow not as much fish an rodents as i thought..

[Stefan-A]

So far the results aren't that surprising :)

[enigma200316]

well I feed fish, and worms right now,but I would like to try some pinkys maybe and or something else.....any suggestions?:confused:

[Stefan-A]

http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/husbandry/157-uncommon-snake-foods.html

:)

[Elliot]

My snakes won't eat worms but they'll eat fish and rodents.

[Josh]

I couldnt get them to eat pinkys. Monday im tryin fish. i got 20 frozen rosie reds.

[GarterGuy]

I couldnt get them to eat pinkys. Monday im tryin fish. i got 20 frozen rosie reds.


Where do you get you frozen rosies from?? I'd love to find a supplier so I wouldn't have to keep running to the pet store for whole fish (I use trout pieces now as my main fish diet).

Roy

[Josh]

I kinda just throw them in the freezer:D lol

[Lulu Bennett]

thats a very painfully slow death for the fish!

[Elliot]

thats a very painfully slow death for the fish!

lol Lulu, you can be our animal rights person! :p (jk)

[Lulu Bennett]

ElliotQuote:
Originally Posted by LushLulu85 http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/images/green/buttons/viewpost.gif (http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/husbandry/1355-poll.html#post18606)
thats a very painfully slow death for the fish!

lol Lulu, you can be our animal rights person! :p (jk)

your on!! ARO Lulu at your service! :cool:

[Elliot]

your on!! ARO Lulu at your service! :cool:

lol well I'll make sure I don't do anything wrong, I'll even release my snake's babies if she has them since she's wild caught! (besides keeping one for myself)

[Lulu Bennett]

lol bless does that mean im an authority figure now and everyone will obey me?:cool:

[Elliot]

lol bless does that mean im an authority figure now and everyone will obey me?:cool:

Well, there may be some rebellion. :D

[adamanteus]

Well, there may be some rebellion. :D

I can guarantee it!:eek:

[Lulu Bennett]

no fair :(

[adamanteus]

At the moment I feed all my Garters on pinkies (or fuzzies) and trout in roughly equal measure. They also get occasional frogs and rarely earthworms (nightcrawlers).

[Lulu Bennett]

where do you get the frogs from? does the store sell them frozen?

[adamanteus]

I rear a whole bunch from spawn every year.

[Sputnik]

Are you allowed to do that? I thought they were a protected species in this country?

[adamanteus]

Not fully protected yet. I'm going to write up the UK laws on the end of KITKATs US laws thread. In the UK, only Smooth Snakes, Sand Lizards, Great Crested Newts and Natterjack Toads enjoy total protection.

[Lulu Bennett]

ahh i was told i wasn't aloud to feed live animals to my snaakes because it was classed as inhumane

[adamanteus]

Not allowed by whom? Although unpleasant to us, the eating of live prey is a natural and daily occurence for many species. Tell an anteater he can't eat live food!

[Lulu Bennett]

i just remember being told it. i am sure it was from the pet store lol

[adamanteus]

Certainly there are many opposed to feeding live prey, in fact I don't think it should be done unless it's necessary. It has it's place, like so many feeding "tricks", but should never be done for sport. I freeze my frogs and thaw for feeding. Also I only take spawn which would otherwise be destroyed by the building works I undertake. Waste not, want not!:rolleyes:

[ScimitarX]

I feed my garters mainly mice, apart from the ones that will only eat garter grub, but every 2-3 weeks each one does get garter grub to add a bit of variation.
Fish is not widely available in my area but i find that the garter grub is a great substitute for fish.

[Lulu Bennett]

whats garter grub?

[ScimitarX]

I think, it is some sort of mashed up fish, it certainly smells fishy. Its also got all the correct amount of vitmain supplements in it. The guy we get it from formulated it specially for raising san francisco garters when he was breeding them. I think its fairly new on the market of reptile foods, and thats why a lot of people arent that familiar with it. Its not just garters that are eating it either, our supplier says that other people have found its quite popular with carnivorous fish and turtles.
I'll make sure to get a picture of it then you guys can see what its like.

[GarterGuy]

Yeh, garter grub used to be around in the states many years back, but I think at the time, not enough people over here were interested in keeping garters and it kind of vanished. I haven't seen it sold anywhere in a VERY long time.

Roy

[drache]

it's made by T-Rex and they do sell stuff in the US, but nobody carries it

[adamanteus]

Garter Grub has been available in the UK for ever, but I've never tried my snakes on it.