Forum: Husbandry

Hello again all! My kids (garters of course) are doing well. The red-sideds insist upon eating fish. I do vit supplements just to make sure...

I had got an Oregon Red-spot Garter who ate some goldfish once but hasn't eaten since. He refuses pinkies, goldfish, worms, guppies, and insects....

Hello again. I have a six year old garter snake and for the past 6 winters I'm always confused weather to let my snake hibernate or not. I usually...

Hi everyone! I haven't been on here in a while. I have a heating pad that I use for Lucifina ( I have since changed her name from Lucifer) and it...

I just found a tiny clam(or some sort of clam-like thing)in my pack of silversides. It was small, probably about 1/2 in. big. I threw it out....But...

I've been noticing a good few people feed their garters these nightcrawlers, but I have no idea what they are! Are they worms? Or fish? or something...

Figured I can't be the only one to have done this, Please post your 'Shorter Garter' Stories here as lessons learned, mistakes made, also "I'm not...

My snakes have no eaten in quite a while dispite being offered food every other day as normal. Zeus took a large silver side a little over a week ago...

Hello all, over a period of about a month I have caught four garter snakes. I have two little babies named Theodore (bigger one), and Alice. I...

What do yall think about this brumation/hibernation plan. Weekly feeding until the start of december. Mid december shut down heat. no feeding but...

I know that it's not cool to capture and keep a snake but things keep getting in the way. I live in Michigan and during the heat wave at the...

How much should a 2011 male be eating, approximately? Is a large pinky or one earthworm too much? The guys looked severely bloated after I fed them...

The poor things, I have cut up seven worms and none of the bits have been eaten, by either Spica (who is 21 days old) or Mamas. They don't go for...

I'm trying to get a feeding routine set. I have fed my large Eastern female a medium mouse weekly. She is pretty agitated for 72 hours if held. ...

It took a while but I managed to get the camera on my laptop to work. The quality isn't amazing, but I think it portrays each snake's look well...

I'm looking for assistance for the Eastern Garter over the last month. Though I like the snake, she continues to bite me routinely and is difficult...

I am very interested in knowing what successful techniques you use to measure the length of your garter snakes? My snakes are all wild caught and I...

When I feed Lucy i take her out and feed her with tweezers and as far as i can tell she loves it however when im feeding her she will just stop...

Hi there, I have six 2011 babies (4 females and 2 males). The females are very big now and eat large worms and amphibians. I tried some frozen...

So, today Nobby (our WC parietalis) finally provided me with a faeces sample that was fresh, not in her water, and on a day when I could take it to...