Discussion related to the care and keeping of Garter Snakes.
I think a thread discussing the quarantining of snakes is long over due. Whether those snakes are CB(captive Breed) or WC(Wild Caught) ...
Anyone who has been here a while may recall me having no less than two incidents regarding the loss of snakes after eating (supposedly) tainted fish...
As most of you know I have a wild caught male radix that has had some serious wounds while in the wild. The Vet. suggests I treat those scar areas...
Hi All, I know that somewhere on this forum there's a thread about mites, but I can't find it...So... Here is an observation of mine. I've...
I was wondering if I can house 2 of the same sex snakes together. One is an albino checkered garter snake and the other is a black and white...
Someone I know gartersnake had some babies & they gave some to me recently. After about a month, I noticed one developed a lump on its side. I...
I've noticed a trend in my darker Radix. They seem to have more difficulty completing a shed and as a rule require my intervention. Have any of you...
I wanted to put this in the thread that talked about saving money on enclosure item but couldn't fine it. Sorry. Instructions for an inexpensive...
Hello everyone, I was wondering if pine bedding *shavings* would be ok in my garter cage?? I'm just super-low on money right now and I can't really...
just curious of how it varies from person to person. how often and how much I guess is what Im asking. for those of you who feed your snakes...
Some of you might remember me -- November 2007, I acquired a young garter snake who decided that coming inside into the warm was a way better idea...
In Melissa Kaplan's Herp Care Collection, the Garter Snake Care Sheet states that freezing fish causes the development of Thiaminase. I believe this...
snakems shed the day before yesterday all on her own this time! last time it broke a couple places along the length and she needed my assistance...
One: Safe to re-freeze after 2/3 hours of no takers? Two: What are your thoughts on feeding until the garter wants to stop? For example my 08...
Jumping around to different threads I have noticed that many on this site prefer to use a mixture of food items other than rodents. I was curious to...
ok so yesterday i went to The Vivarium (obviously an exotics/reptile pet shop) anyways i bought 2 pinkies to try and get george and checkers to...
I'm curious how much a 26-27 inch garter should be eating? Simone is eating 2-3 pinkies and a med. large night crawler ever 3-5 day's. I want...
Today was a good day at my house. My last 3 subborn baby radix finally ate some worm pieces. In the last 3 months I have spent a lot of money on...
an important subject, right? we should always quarantine new animals, lest we expose the ones we're already attached to, to nasty pathogens and...
OK heres the story: I'm in South Dakota, Sioux Falls to be exact..yesterday we found a baby garter snake in the basement...very slow, cold and...
im kind of excited because today i'm going to try feeding snakems some tilapia :) I tried earlier JUST to see if she would eat it unscented and she...
Tonight was feeding night. I was starting to worry about a snake that had been lost for 1 1/2 months at my kid's school. It was a fall baby and was...
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