guidofatherof5
10-05-2014, 09:26 AM
I have one adult female T. s. concinnus (Red-spotted garter snake) that has decided worms are not good to eat. She would rather have fish or pinkies. This attitude created a problem as worm are on the menu and she needed to eat.
She was more then willing to down the few chunks of salmon I had left but those were destined for some other snakes.
I decided to try a little sleight-of-hand with her.
I had a piece of salmon in one hand and a large night crawler in the other. With both food items very close together I placed the piece of salmon under her noise. Watching her closely I switched to the worm as she made her strike. To be honest I don't think she new the difference. With the smell of the salmon over powering the worm smell she thought she was eating salmon. After 4 large crawlers went into her belly I knew the system worked. I did try to offer worms alone but she refused to take them. Switching to offering the salmon first did the trick.
She was more then willing to down the few chunks of salmon I had left but those were destined for some other snakes.
I decided to try a little sleight-of-hand with her.
I had a piece of salmon in one hand and a large night crawler in the other. With both food items very close together I placed the piece of salmon under her noise. Watching her closely I switched to the worm as she made her strike. To be honest I don't think she new the difference. With the smell of the salmon over powering the worm smell she thought she was eating salmon. After 4 large crawlers went into her belly I knew the system worked. I did try to offer worms alone but she refused to take them. Switching to offering the salmon first did the trick.