Forum: Husbandry

what makes garter aggressive? do pinkies mice and other rodents make them aggressive? i need to know because i want to change my garter to eat...

I took in my boy last October. He was being re-homed with another, female garter, which my friend took. The guy we got them from said that they were...

Just checked out an old fish store in town; and I realized they offer feeder PLATIES for sale as well as guppies, goldfish, and rosies. So if...

I recently got a juvenile female garter snake from a friend. She's very delicate, and quite tiny- no more than eight inches long. First of all,...

Just got in from cutting the grass and my big eastern apparently was expecting. I don't have a count or pics yet, but I'll get both once I get them...

I need some opinions on calcium sand ? I like the look of it, but since I'm a first-time garter owner, I'm really not knowledgable.

One of my red sideds decided to shed the other day, the little gal who's always been a good feeder. I offered her a worm and she saw it, came out for...

So, I'm sitting here watching my snakes "interact". I started to wonder if those of you who have kept garters for a long time, have noticed anything...

ok so preggers has only eaten 2 frogs in one sitting since i have gotten her yet everyday i seem to find more fecal matter or urine crystals (that is...

Ok, I have two garters now. A common which is 12" total length and a red belly which is 9". I don't really know what I shoudl be feeing..or what to...

I've had Maja for a few months now (since March, I believe) and since I bought her, I was told that she had only ever been fed rosy red minnows....

I need some help with setting up heating. I've got Rubbermaid's with aspen bedding and everything setup. What I need is more detailed help on heating...

For all the lizards and turtles and such that I have kept beofre I have always have to have some sort of lighting wheather it be for UVB consumption...

ok so wayne suggested that i put the 2 smaller girls in the bucket enclosure for a while because preggers looks unhappy and stressed in there and i...

i was just wondering besides sprinkling with calcium what vitamin supplements should you be adding to baby garters food? i am presently feedng...

i'm looking for frogs to feed to my new caught eastern(pics soon!) if anyone is willing to sell me some please let me know any kind of frogs will...

Hi, My son and I picked up an 18" Northern Ribbon a couple of weeks ago in the Catskills, I had been thinking of keeping the next garter we...

Last evening after completing the feeding rituals for half the collection, I realized this subject has not surfaced, at least not since I joined. ...

I can't give many details as I'm still trying to figure them out, but YES!!! I am gravid and, actually, holding sperm for a second baby! Thanks...

ok i finished constructing preggers' (the gravid girl im not keeping) temporary enclosure its basically 2 big buckets combined into one so there is...