Forum: Husbandry

I came home from work the other morning and found my adult female Cali looking odd. You would have to understand, she was my favorite. I always...

i dont no what time to feed my garter i just need some help:( p.s. is it normal for caught garters to be scared? i think it is but i need to be...

I have been keeping my collection on beach chips and feeding my 4 Young Floridar blues and Red spoted on smelt. When i got the above i was told not...

Ok...so the baby garter I have won't eat pinkies, won't touch fish, and won't eat worms. I've scented everything with the frozen toadlets like...

This morning Both girls took their mice lovely. 1 is on fuzzies now and other 1 on pinkies. What i do night before is get some salmon and slice it...

Now that Rosa (yes, my daughter finally settled on a name, instead of just "snakey") is settled and eating I am now wondering how much to feed her. ...

At last, i have won the battle of switching over from frozen salmon to Pinkies. My 1st Albino Garter, took no time in taking a pinkie. (In fact...

Need some advice please. My new garter, did not eat her pinkie wrapped in salmon. Now i know i just got her, (replacement for my other garter...

As I mentioned in my last (and first) post, I'm extremely new to snakes. I was looking into corn snakes and doing research on them prior to me...

I was wondering if it would be ok if I put a few of the American Toadlets inside the cage with my baby garter? I don't have another cage to keep...

Hi All, I came in to look at Rosa today and her normally bright, clear, inquisitive eyes appear dull and cloudy. I am guessing that she is...

Just out of curiosity.... when you say Pinky parts, does that come already pinky parts or do you have to chop them on your own? As for the...

For weeks i have been debating how to get a better stands than this lot Thinking about kichen cuboards and a work surface but too tall. Then a...

My Hoggy breeder really, strongly, "suggested" (put down the law...) that I not patronize PetCo/PetSmart, et al, but the independent pet stores. At...

Four days ago I obtained 3 baby garter snakes (they were born that night). I have placed them in an aquarium with substrate, a small amount of water,...

I've read that I should be dusting the nightcrawlers for my girl. She's on the worms and feeder guppies, and I may switch her to f/t pinkies one...

Hi all, Pretty simple question, I guess... I picked up some rosy red minnows from the store yesterday. Tonight is feeding night, and when I looked...

Ok, so as you might know I am newer to garters... I have a vagrans that was our first snake and who really made me addicted to them. But, we are...

I'm wondering what kinds of water you use. I know that seems like a silly question, but do you use tap water, treated tap water(treated with what?),...

Ok, so my new snakes arrived and they are very young. I had been planning to put them in a 20 gal. long tank, but is this too big for them right...