Forum: Husbandry

Found this on another forum :D thought it was quite good. Raising Baby Garter Snakes: Some Personal Observations by Jonathan Crowe The Garter...

Would you recommend this book for a newbie like myself? Amazon.ca: Garter and Water Snakes: David Perlowin: Books Thanks!

Are these safe to feed?? I could not find a yay or nay either way.... I have tons of them available.

Anyone know where to order them? My guys have been eating salamanders and toads, but its cold now. I have guppies in their pond and have tried...

I've kept garter snakes in the past. I had Zip for 6 years, and Fang for 5. Zip was a gift from and friend (she got him from a pet store) and I got...

All, Rosa has been eating much less now, seemingly due to the turn in weather. She has refused her usual staples, nightcrawlers, pinkies,...

I have read several threads pertaining to brumation. I have been able to decipher that 50ish is the desired temp. Dark, out of the way is the...

I have lost another baby Checkered. I have been keeping them in small plastic containers and they seemed to be doing ok but i have just lost a third...

Well! What time is it when your guppies are gone? Time to buy more guppies! After like six+ weeks of having pet guppies in Peeps and Jeeps'...

sorry if i am annoying... lol I am learning. I need to know more feeding choices... my snakes aren't big. I already feed them: night crawlers,...

i just got a heating pad that adheres to the bottom of my aquarium. i've had it plugged in for about 8 hours now and nothing. any idea whats going...

Well, seeing as I've been getting my snakes ready for brumation, I've been cramming them full of food. Some of the ladies, however, the red-sided and...

I have a pair of garters in one cage, and they both take to flopping fish like thier hypnotised, but the female wont take a pinky for anything. I've...

I'm sure I probably have a long ways to go before considering to switch my baby garter to prekilled mice, but when the time comes I'd like to be...

i was just wondering who uses the uvb along with the basking lighting?

The babies had their first whole pinky on Monday along with a few tilapia strips. Today would normally be feeding day and at least one of them would...

Hi, all, I don't have a snake yet, but have some preparation questions. A neighbor gave me a flatbacked hex tank that goes about 35 gal, I'd...

Hi folks Needs some advice here. Medusa today ate a Fuzzy + 2 pinkies, 1 she pinched off of the others garter snake dish. My other garter snake...

:D Achieved!!! ... Xerxes is officially off the 'baby' food :D no more hunting worms for me ... thanks to a gradual decrease in worm pieces he's...

my bulb broke how long can my snake got without uvb light?