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Lori P
01-30-2008, 08:08 PM
This cracks me up, this is the second time she's done this. She was rubbing around the tank, froze when she smelled the yummies, grabbed herself a fat minnow, and after finishing it she went back to rubbing around.

She's not having a good shed; it's coming off in pieces. Probably a result of the stress lately??? I will soak her tomorrow morning... I didn't realize she was shedding until after she'd grabbed the fish.

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/Miriam_eating_during_shed_1.jpg

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/Miriam_eating_during_shed_2.jpg

You can see pieces of her shed near her head and middle of her body. Anyway, I think it's neat that she eats while in the process! None of my others do.

aSnakeLovinBabe
01-30-2008, 08:11 PM
lol! I have seen my babies do this before!!! a garter snake that is willing to eat at a time such as this is a very relaxed one!

GarterGuy
01-31-2008, 12:32 AM
Molting doesn't ever seem to stop my garters from a meal. I've had them all blue eyed striking and missing at food items before. I think garters are just natural pigs...LOL.