Forum: Husbandry

As we get deeper into fall, I was wondering what are the lowest acceptable (healthy) overnight temperatures when electing to not brumate? ...

Hi Yesterday I went herping to a park near me, where there was supposed to be a pond (the pond dried up from the heat), and I caught a ~2 foot...

Hi As some are aware, I got my first two Albino Checkered's two days ago. When they came to me they were together in a cricket tub. I have read...

For the last month one of my adult female radixes has had this reoccurring problem with a crusty vent. Last night when I checked on her I was shocked...

i have a question. My garter hasent ate anything for three weeks now, he shows interest at the flopping fish but he only strikes once then kinda does...

Well now that my enclosure is done, I impatient to put little garters in it. Sadly, I almost lose hope to find the sub-species I want the must here...

I currently give nightcrawler as prime food for my water dragon and I planned to feed my future garter with those. For the moment I use Canadian...

Howdy folks, this is my first post. I'll put up an introduction here directly. To preface, I'm very recently the proud keeper of three Checkered...

Okay so I have kept different kind of snakes and I really liked the way garters looked to I went on kingsnake.com and got some. Unfortunately the...

I recently got a heat lamp for my ribbon, Percy. It usually stabilizes at about 84 degrees on the warm side and 75 on the cool side and stays that...

I cut up a lot of worm for the babies and young snakes I have on the Ranch. Once in awhile I run into a problem and I thought I would post about it...

So my Garter will eat live fish when they flick around, but i wanted to feed him salmon pieces, ive tried everything all he does is flick his tounge...

i have 6 garter snakes that 2 females just had babies.one had 14 babies the other had 21 babies. its getting expensive for pinkies and wondring if...

So this whole issue of a snake as a pet is very touchy with my mom. She hates snakes in the first place, so I'm lucky to have the opportunity to keep...

With my last couple groups of babies, I've had a few troubled eaters. Last night I tried something new with them. They are still being housed with...

I live in Michigan and soon, I will no longer be able to get earthworms from my garden (not red wigglers - I know the danger). Is it possible to...

Up until today I haven’t given any updates to our girl Lucky’s babies. All of them but 3 have been eating like little pigs (worms, pinky parts,...

hey everyone. i just got my first snake 2 days ago, my dad and brother found it in the driveway the night before. i havent had any problems with her...

Hello there. Back after a short break with some pics and a bit of my year. Here is my big viv....

i have three wild caught garters and i am wondering if i could keep two of them in the same cage it is large in comparison to them and they are near...