Morning!

[mark67123]

Hi everyone,
I'm from Cambridge, UK, and have been keeping snakes for about 8 years.

I currently have 2 garters - a santa cruz and a (I think) red-sided, both 04.
Also got a few corns, a pueblan milk, a variable king and a royal, and I've kept various corns, kings, garters and CRB's in the past.

Been looking for a garter forum for ages - dunno how I missed this one for so long!

I'm looking to find out a bit more about the food side of things as I'm concerned that a rodent only diet isn't the best thing for my two, but (as you'll see from my first proper post) I'm a bit concerned about thiaminase so any help/advice would be much appreciated!

Regards,

Mark.

[Cazador]

Hi Mark,

It's great to see more members from the UK joining the forum. You've joined at a great time because we have a lot of very friendly and knowledgeable members, and we're starting to write different articles related to snakes. The forum is growing well, and getting better all the time. Have a look at the article section (http://www.thamnophis.com/caresheets/index.php?title=Main_Page) for answers to the thiaminase and food questions. Pay particular attention to the first article about general care near the top and the second-to-last article near the bottom. I agree that variety is the spice of life. Again, welcome to thamnophis.com,

Rick

[Stefan-A]

Welcome aboard!

[Sid]

Welcome to the forum Mark.

Sid

[drache]

Good meeting you Mark
I'm pretty new here too

[ssssnakeluvr]

Rodents are a normal part of their diet. Scott Felzer gets his on rodents and feeds only rodents after that. His snakes are very healthy. I do the same with mine. I h ave had no problems with them feeding only on rodents, they seem quite healthy to me. And welcome to the forum!!!!!

[Thamnophis]

Hi Mark, welcome her on this nice forum.

[Snaky]

Also a welcome from Belgium! Enjoy the forum.

[GarterGuy]

Howdy and welcome to the forum!:D

[mark67123]

Thanks everyone :)

[Gijs & Sabine]

Welcome here, Mark:)

[GarterGirl]

Welcome to the forum!
You'll love it here!

[drache]

Good to meet you Mark.
My vet, who advocates variety, says that a diet of mostly rodents, with occasional other food items thrown in, is good.
Enjoy our wonderful forum.