Forum: Husbandry

So Tango, my ordinoides is gravid and has recently shed. I'm going out of town for a week. Starting tomorrow morning. This is what I've done. I have...

Can these be fed to my marcianus?Smelts Medium (5 per pk) .The website says they are called cucumber smelt.

Thought it might be a good idea to start a thread focusing in on newborn care. This can be the care for just born or a few weeks to a few months...

This morning, I went into Little Dude's enclosure to check on her and her current housemates, Piggy and Stripeless. I expected three snakes. I...

I work at a nature center and we fed several types of feeder fish for our animals. We got a batch just over a week ago and now I see anchor worms on...

I am a strong advocate against tape of any kind being used where a snake may come in contact with it. In or used on the outside of an enclosure, it...

Is it okay to supplement water with calcium?? I don't get to go to the pet store very often to get guppies so I have to feed worms more often and my...

Now I'm pretty sure it varies a little snake to snake but i was wondering how long before they shed will they be shy and stay hidden most of the...

Ok. I'm trying to find a local source for pinkies. There's someone close to me but they rarely have mice pinkies. They have rat pinkies and African...

Hello All, I recently trimmed my tree and debarked some crape myrtle tree branches to put in my colurbrids tank. I cannot find however any place...

hey guys i was handling Ekoh a little today i am trying to slow down she seems to get very agitated but no striking in her tank. well i think it was...

I had a female Puget drop a litter of 12 last night. This is my first garter snake birthing experience. I've got them set up communally in groups...

Hello all! I am getting my first snake next week - a male T. s.similis from Scott Felzer. I've been browsing this forum for about two hours and have...

Hey, I'm new to garter snakes, never owned one before so I'm just reading up on care. I read that they can eat earthworms, somefish, and mice. but...

So I work at a petstore and recently i've been getting a lot of people coming in asking about garter snakes. Now I have a lot of snakes and other...

Can I feed Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus) to my marcianus? The areas I can catch and buy them from has little pollution and heavy metals but...

I have over a dozen night crawlers that I have collected from the dirt patches in my yard. Im worried I will exhaust my yard if I keep collecting....

I'm acquiring a few WC snakes in the next week so I rang my local vet in advance to find out what they charge. They said they charge £38 ($59) for...

I just purchased a small breeding colony of 2.6 ASF rats for my other snakes and I was wondering if I can feed off any surplus to my garters?

On 3/30/13 I had a group of albino T. sirtalis parietalis - Red Sided Garter born. As time went on it was clear that 3 of the little scrubs were...