Forum: Husbandry

What do you recomend as the best bedding for garters? I'm using aspen shavings at the moment and that's been working for me, but I'd like to try...

I'm going out to shopping for cage accessories later today or tomorrow, and would like some suggestions on what his cage could use. It is a 20 gal...

My self-caught red-sided garter that I caught 2 1/2 months ago has not shed yet. I read that they should shed every month or two, but his aren't blue...

My wild-caught Red Sided garter snake eats his two good-sized rosy reds every week without hesitation, but wont eat worms (earthworms or...

So I have been trying in vain to get Silv (my recently rescued young garter) to eat since the last time he ate, last Friday (a week and a half ago). ...

Do Danios (Zebra danios etc.) safe to feed to my snake? Do they carry thiaminase?

Im not sure if my red sided garter snake is preparing for hibernation or not, but it will be VERY hard for me to hibernate him. I have no basement or...

My husband and I found a garter snake on our driveway on Sunday. I took a bunch of pictures of him, used a metal rod to get him into the grass and ...

ok I'm kinda thinking that this is a dumb post, but i want to ask anyway. My albino female hasn't eaten in a while and neither has my male. My...

I recognize that virtually all of you have been doing this longer than I have, so I'm going to just throw this question out here in the hope that...

I have 4 baby T. s. sirtalis. One still hasn't eaten and the others have only eaten once but they are just over a week old. I am setting up a tank...

Abby took a worm scented pinky mouse yesterday! What a relief- she has been eating worms well, but pooping twice a day- reduced clean up will be...

Lily had a perfect shed a couple of weeks ago. She got the cloudy eyes, and shed a couple days after, leaving clear eyes and skin. She shed her...

While researching raising and keeping worms for feeding I came across some information that floored me. Worms are not native to the Great Lakes...

I can't find any feeder fish that aren't minnows or goldfish at pet stores near enough to my house, my mom is getting tired of driving me to the pet...

After going three days without food, Percy made this strange poop. I'm worried about the pink in it and the clear gelly substance. Is this indicative...

Am starting the two week fast for the 4 snakes I'll be brumating - ie the prospective couples of J + Suzy (radix) and Fawn + Slithers (parietalis)....

I found these in an abandoned lot in Bellingham, WA yesterday. I saw five others but couldn't catch them - three huge ones and two babies. Not much...

I have a small batch of wild-caught T. marcianus, and the two smallest, easily only a few weeks old, are refusing to eat. I've offered cut...

I just got my first snake from Petco about a week ago, and I have a lot of questions. It was sold as "garter snake", but I don't know the...