Perch?

[Snakers]

Hey i love snakes but also love fishing and have heard trout is a good food for Garters but is Yellow Perch a safe food for my baby easterns? i know its great tasting for humans but do the garter snakes like it?thanks

[Stefan-A]

Hey i love snakes but also love fishing and have heard trout is a good food for Garters but is Yellow Perch a safe food for my baby easterns? i know its great tasting for humans but do the garter snakes like it?thanks
I've used European perch since last summer and there are a few things that need to be said about it. The first thing is that the spines (the ones on the back and in the fins) need to be removed. They're there to make swallowing the fish as difficult and painful as possible.

The second thing is that my snakes rejected complete perch (minus the spines of course) after trying to swallow them, most likely because of the rough skin. Cutting the perch into suitable sized slices has worked well for both juvenile garters and my viperine snakes.

[Snakers]

I've used European perch since last summer and there are a few things that need to be said about it. The first thing is that the spines (the ones on the back and in the fins) need to be removed. They're there to make swallowing the fish as difficult and painful as possible.

The second thing is that my snakes rejected complete perch (minus the spines of course) after trying to swallow them, most likely because of the rough skin. Cutting the perch into suitable sized slices has worked well for both juvenile garters and my viperine snakes.thanks for the info i might try it but the only thing my snakes like are live wiggly worms any ideas how i can switch the over?thanks

[Stefan-A]

thanks for the info i might try it but the only thing my snakes like are live wiggly worms any ideas how i can switch the over?thanks
Try it anyway. If they don't take perch, mix it with worms and start phasing them out slowly.

[guidofatherof5]

thanks for the info i might try it but the only thing my snakes like are live wiggly worms any ideas how i can switch the over?thanks

For my snakes, switching over simply means offering something else:D

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

wow, I could NEVER bring myself to feed my snakes yellow perch... they are just far too delicious... a class of their own, taste-wise!

[Stefan-A]

wow, I could NEVER bring myself to feed my snakes yellow perch... they are just far too delicious... a class of their own, taste-wise!
If they're anything like our perch, I'm inclined to agree. :D That's why I only feed the smallest ones I can catch.

ps. ;)

http://koti.mbnet.fi/thamnoph/photos/nature/nature10/perch1.jpg

http://koti.mbnet.fi/thamnoph/photos/nature/nature10/perch2.jpg

http://koti.mbnet.fi/thamnoph/photos/nature/nature10/perch3.jpg

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

Stefan I'm coming over

[Stefan-A]

Stefan I'm coming over
Promises, promises.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

you better have saved some for me!

[Stefan-A]

you better have saved some for me!
No, but I know where to get more.

[ssssnakeluvr]

I believe perch are on the safe fish list. I have had good luck switching worm eaters to pinky mice...

[Snakers]

yes i agree perch are delicious but some of the dink ones i throw back could also be delicious for my snakes:)

[mustang]

perch....well all we have around here are sunfish piggy pearch and pin pearch and i wouldnt dare feed checker those....the sunfish and pin perch are very spiny and will impale him while the piggys are to much of a valuable redfish bait for me to feed him

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

perch....well all we have around here are sunfish piggy pearch and pin pearch and i wouldnt dare feed checker those....the sunfish and pin perch are very spiny and will impale him while the piggys are to much of a valuable redfish bait for me to feed him

chop them up! :D