Forum: Husbandry

This might be a no brainer but i have to ask,i know lots of people feed pinkies as i have but what about fuzzies,they are not too hairy are they? Ive...

I went to petsmart today looking for frozen silversides. I found them and one of the workers asked me what i was feeding. I told her i had a young...

Helo everybody, hope you all be ok. I was wondering if there is something like a table of weight and size for garter snakes, its just a simple...

I usually avoid any sort of live feeder fish unless it is a last resort due to the parasite risk, but I was wondering... If I bred my own guppies,...

I have a baby Thamnophis elegans and im just wondering how long it would take for the thiamine b1 deficciancy to occur, im trying to convert him...

When using a UTH with a Glass Tank? I'd assume so, because otherwise the snake might burn itself on the glass, but if I'm also using a thermostat, do...

I've noticed on quite a few of the pinkies (frozen) that I cut up, that they have a large (compared to their body size) white organ of some sort...

This is the same snake I wrote about before. I found it in the rubble of part of a house I was demolishing. This time my question is about food...

I thought it would be nice to have a thread dedicated to items we use in the keeping of our snakes. These items may be normal for us to use but...

Flicker, my male T.ordinoides (Northwestern Garter) has been off food for a couple of weeks. This was a drastic change from when he arrived. Now...

I regularly purchase mouse pinks from rodentpro for my garters and just today I read on another forum that they have or recently had a zoonotics...

Hi, Does my garter snake need UVB? It follows that I have to ask about garter snakes' source of vit.D: can garter snakes get vit.D from their food? I...

Heyo people, I've been browsing this forum for awhile now, as I recently got a Grater Snake(It was sold to me as an Indonesian, but I don't really...

I was interested in trying out a couple of different things to add variety to my snake's diet, and I see that alot of people feed slugs to theirs....

Hello Everyone! I found a hibernating wild garter snake while I was de-constructing (demolishing) part of a building in the Grass valley part of...

Hey guys, so I just got my first snake. He was born September 10th so he is about seven months. I got him from a friend who has been breeding them...

I'm interested to find out how people choose to heat their snakie homes. If some of you have wooden Vivariums how do you heat them. Thanks

I have to feed my snakes hoppers for this one time and was wondering if I should try to remove the fur or not. I am cutting it up in the right sizes...

So I've got two young male checkered garter snakes in an Exo Terra large/wide (18" wide by 18" high by 36" long), and I've found them to be very...

About a month ago I purchased a magnifying light off craigslist. My eyes are bad and I needed help. This thing is fantastic and I recommend them to...