Forum: Husbandry

Our newish tank arrived today. They will be going from a 20 long to a 55 long. Bill is going to build a top for it that hinges so both sides can be...

I just checked on Olive, my new female Parietalis, and found a soggy messy pile of undigested mouse bits :/ Is this regurgitation? Also her...

The garter I may be getting, last I heard, is being fed live minnows. I'd like to get him eating frozen (thawed!) asap. Is there a certain method to...

Hi, My name is Kephren. I'm a 17 year old male from Vancouver Island. I recentely obtained a melanistic T. ordinoides female. She was gravid when I...

I know you aren't supposed to use pine or cedar, and I accidentally bought something that says it is fir tree bark. Should I get rid of it or not? I...

Hi~ My western terrestrial garter snake has not eaten in at least 2 months. I have owned this snake for 5 years. I got this snake as a hatchling...

I am sure this question has been asked a million times before but I didn't find a quick answer when searching. Are bait minnows safe? I don't have...

On the mailing list of my fish supplier I saw he offered Sprot (Dutch for Sprat), frozen, per kilo, for 8 euro. These fish are 9 to 12/13 cm long...

I found a great website about garter husbandry and this bloke has a great idea,a complete diet for his snakes here's his recipe Alan's Garter Snakes...

I bought some frozen Pollan and i'm wondering if it safe for Garry to eat.It's in the Salmonidae family so does that mean it's Thiaminase free?

Here we have the shed of one of my male T.s.concinnuses. As you can see one of the eye caps was missing. Once I found this shed I was able to pop...

Okay so my kid just had to have a snake (we are reptile people, i have an iguana, my husband has a bearded dragon, and we have a mud turtle we saved...

I know it's normal for them to sometimes go off their food, but my red sided garter seems to have suddenly become frightened of his :eek: I...

I'm hoping to get a scotti within the next few months, but I wanna make sure that they can be housed with.. normal.. Species. I.e. parietalis,...

I know we've had posts on this before but I couldn't find any of them... Saturday was feeding day for the babies (well, Friday was feeding day,...

I have not found any poop in Zena's tank in over a week. Since I've had her, she always poops on the reptile carpet side and not on the carefresh. ...

I went by walmart today to pick up some ground-cover for Harley's new tank, and I went by the craft section. I picked up a pack of 'raffia' and a...

I'm starting to worry about the amount of time Harley stays under her substrate. Basically she comes out to eat and drink, any other time she is...

Hey guys, can you tell me what you know about tilapia? Pros? Cons? Best place to aquire it? Thank you

What do they look like and how do you know if you have a problem with them plus what the heck is a "defender mite"??