Forum: Husbandry

So I was moving my snakes' food supply a few days ago, and didn't have a cooler. So I packed about sixty pinkies in plastic bags of ice and hoped...

What sorts of things do you/can you feed besides silversides, worms, tilapia, trout, salmon, and pinkies? I've seen a couple threads mentioning...

I am gonna try feeding Dexter a pinky, probably saturday. I am gonna try scenting it with one of the guppies.... That has been working great with...

Does anyone know how an abnormal or erratic photoperiod would affect a snake?

so here we go , i have an albino checkered about 16-18 inches long and an eastern garter snake about 10 inches long. I was woundering if i could...

Hey guys and gals! Today I fed Rita some f/t whole silversides that I had chopped into small pieces for her. My question is: are chopped whole...

Hello, I am looking at getting a couple new garter snakes and would like to know where I would get them food in the Edmonton area? We used to catch...

...And after 3 months the stubborn corn snake eats! :D I read that opening the head and exposing the brain to your snake makes them go CRAZY for it....

Maybe this is a dumb question, but has anyone ever tired feeding chicken or lean beef (NOT ground beef) to their garters? Would it be too rich for...

Has anyone used this? I can get it in big bales at the reptile shows. I used it with no issues for my hognose and I am thinking about converting my...

Hi I've been feeding our little Lightning (Chequred Garter) pinkies for a while and she just gulps them down with barely a stretch. Does anybody...

My two little ones *love* trout. I had tried silversides and the girl ate, but the boy was uninterested. Before trying chopped up worms, i decided...

On Friday I got a new Parietalis! A young female I have named Olive :D here she is: Here's her cloaca, not a great picture but I am certain...

I would like to get some input on the following idea I have. I monitor feed babies in groups and from time to time a food fight will break out. I...

My marcianus got a belly injury while escaping from his kritter keeper so i put him on paper towel because i heard aspen irritates cuts.He doesn't...

I picked up some nightcrawlers today from the pet store. He didnt really show much interest so I mixed in two little fish. He gobbled those up right...

I wanted to throw out this thought about post delivery eating. I think it is very important for these females to be aloud to feed more then the...

so i decided to name the snake Dex. i checked on him this morning, took him outside while i had coffee. his eyes had cleared up and he looked...

So my new snake.....still unnamed lol....turned his nose up at the small fish i offered him. I went and bought some worms to see if he will eat them....

Recently I have taken over my best friend's older brother's "reptile collection". This was just a pile of assorted animals he had caught in his yard....