Forum: Husbandry

Hi all, So my 8-year old daughter got our beloved Myrtle, a 14-inch garter snake, from her science teacher after a 2-month reptile course, where...

I caught two baby garter snakes about a week and a half ago and today i thought i would try to feed them... Which one of the baby's are bigger than...

The florida erythristic Scott sent me proves to be the most tauntingly hard snake to get to eat ever. I finally found what she likes though... it's...

It's been ages since I even logged into this site, but I need some help deciding something that could be potentially very difficult. Somehow, when I...

Hey i posted about how i wanted to get a baby garter for a new pet and i did.. Found him/her about a week ago. Anyways, i figured i would try and...

Hi, i am new to the site and I live in oklahoma and we have really big abundant garder snakes. How can I tell the sex of them? thanks and glad to be...

Dug this lot up today for my baby Floridor's. Question, should i buy worms from a reptile shop or keep digging them up and how do you prepare...

Just before our girl Spot gave birth I put a couple of small hand towels in her enclosure. I felt it would give her something soft to give birth on....

Hi all, what does everyone use for substrate for their garters?? I normally use coco-fiber/bed-abeast stuff. But that gets expensive with weekly cage...

I am wondering what is normal for a checkered that is at his and her first spring......My albino male will take a fuzzy mouse no problem and then my...

Our two WC common garters have been eating insatiably since we brought them out of brumation. The female is eating 3-4 pinkys every day, the male is...

Hey everybody, I haven't been here in quite a while. =) I've still got my female garter and I'm realizing more and more that they are the perfect...

Hi, one of my girls used to have a nice yellowish belly and a perfect tail. Recently, her belly has turned to have an olive-ish green color, the...

Hello everyone, Hemingway and Zimmerman (blotched water snakes, nerodia transversa) are eating about 14-16 guppies in one sitting, and have taken...

I brought my male out of brumation first to try to get him to eat first before I brought out the female. I have heard that males don't have an...

We haven't posted much for a while, but are still around. Some of you might remember the wild-caught young radix we brought home at the end of...

If a snake is unable to shed at all, will there be health problems? I know they can lose the tip of their tail if it isn't a complete shed but are...

Mrs. Wiggles is in shed. At least I am pretty sure she is. Every time she has shed my son (the one who owns her, has seen her eyes gray over before...

So I know I've picked up bits and pieces of feeding tricks and tips to get a snake to eat pinkies. But just so I'm sure I have it right, you dangle...

I was wondering if I can safely keep 3 garters in the same tank. I have 3 garters, but keep them all in separate tanks. The reason why is because...