Forum: Husbandry

My mother who is minding my garters while I'm in University but she tells me it's hard to get my 4 year old male Plains garter ( Thamnophis radix) to...

I can only get my ribbon snake to eat live minnows. I would like to get him to eat salmon or trout something like that but he won't touch it. He is...

Hello I'm looking into purchasing a garter snake. I've googled them several times, but I've read a lot of conflicting information. So I...

I just got a baby garter snake recently and have a few questions. One thing is he will only eat minnows. Is not interested in anything else. Is there...

I have been feeding tilapia filets to my garters for a bit, along with worms and rodents. the snakes that are eating just the tilapia are showing...

I have a garter who's a couple of months old (he was born sometime in the summer) and he hasn't been very interested in food lately. He used to eat...

I have a couple of my breeding females who I think need to brumate. Note eating and spending most if not all their time in the cold end. My problem...

I have a very odd question, and I have a feeling I know what the answer will be, but... Could you house a garter with a similarly-sized corn...

I haven't yet seen any of the 3 snakes I have eat. I do know, 2 shedded, & when I clean out their enclosure, apparently they are going potty!!! ...

As it was leaving my hand towards the trashcan it dawned on me that this would make a great snake hide. Roomy, insulated and vented. The vents can be...

Hi, im new from iceland :) There is a ban here for all snakes. but im a little rascal and got me one from Uk a checkered garter snake hes 4...

Bought worms for my Garters today. Bertie ate 2 worms. Mels ate their's. 1 Red side ate 1 and my Checkered that i am worried about ate 2. Jesse...

Last night I was feeding some of my Garters and a Checkered srarted moving strangely. As it is going along it sways from side to side and its belly...

This is only for my friends here on Thamnophis.com- I will meet or beat the Rodent Pro prices! On their "hot deals" I will meet those. ...

Hi! I have a WC garter that is about 11.5 or 12 inches long. I have been feeding him live feeder fish, but I realize that is non-optimal, and would...

I have a baby Plains(3 months old) Very small. Was a "Failure to Thrive". About a day before I put her down I dropped a very small earthworm in front...

:)Being almost 50(almost) I guess I've taken it for granted that I've always had a love for Garter snakes. Even after joining this forum I didn't...

I would like to connect two of my aquariums together. One would be a living tank and the other a feeding tank. They would be connected by a piece...

Hi, I have my females in one habitat and the males in another. I should have taken a picture, but cleaned it out before I thought to. One of...

Hi, I think live minnows (or similar live fish) are probably the best fish to feed, but I was wondering if there is any whole frozen fish that is...