Garter Metabolism

[Derek]

Man it's fast. I've been feeding mine about 1/2 of a Canadian Night Crawler every 4 days or so. Sunday afternoon I cut up a whole one and offered it to him and these are not small worms. He ate all of it. Had a nice fat belly. He was slow yesterday, but he is very active today and has been since his light came on this morning.

[guidofatherof5]

Worms and fish move through pretty fast. Pinkies take longer.

[Derek]

I'm going to try a pinkie mixed with worms again on the next feeding. He picked out only the worms last time.

[guidofatherof5]

Let him go hungry a feeding or two. A hungry garter is much less picky :D

[ObsidianDragon]

Man, my little Checkered digests even pinks pretty fast. Expert poop producer, that one. Their metabolism seems soooo fast when compared to say, my kingsnake.

[guidofatherof5]

Garters are high revving machines.

[Derek]

Man, my little Checkered digests even pinks pretty fast. Expert poop producer, that one. Their metabolism seems soooo fast when compared to say, my kingsnake.

Same here. I have a King too.

[d_virginiana]

I thought something was seriously wrong the first time my BP went weeks without going because I'm so used to the garter metabolism!

[Derek]

I cut up a frozen pinkie tonight, thawed it, and offered that as his only food. He's in the process of gobbling it up!

[guidofatherof5]

I cut up a frozen pinkie tonight, thawed it, and offered that as his only food. He's in the process of gobbling it up!


That's a great update. Thanks.

[Derek]

Another very successful cut pinky feeding tonight. So I'm good. A whole pinky seems like a pretty good meal for his size, but cut up seems like not much. But he has a fat belly so I'm happy.

[slipknot711]

glad to hear Derek!