Forum: Husbandry

My Wandering garter up until 2 weeks ago never passed a fish or a mouse he didn't like. As a matter of fact there were times I'd classify him as...

Has anybody else here noticed some sort of seasonal variation in what type of food your garters prefer? I've only had garters for a relatively short...

I plan to start a breeding program but right now I have the following: 1.0 Blue Puget Sound (felzer) 1.0 Checkered and the non garters: 0.1 Ball...

This may seem like an unusual request, but I don't know what snake poop should look like. How about some closeups? Good, bad, normal, abnormal,...

Hello. I'm kind of new to keeping garters, and snakes in general... And I'm wanting to switch my garter over from minnows to pinks... But the problem...

hi Coffee, the very one of my new Xenochrophis, who's been in less good shape from the beginning, is trying to shed. the problem is that while his...

What is the long term effect of feeding gartersnakes a all mouse diet?? Rodents are not a natural part of most garter diets, so how do a high...

Hi, I've been busy and haven't posted much, working on setting up a large aquarium for native fish. Anyway, I have a garter I caught 2 years ago,...

Hi all, just thought I would post an update on the little Northwest neonate I adopted.. Finally got it to eat.. Would not touch the can o snails.....

Ok, as stated in a previous tread, I´m very interested in the varying aquatic leanings of our garter friends. I´m curious; have anyone of you...

Do you guys think? I made this one awhile ago and... What do you think? freewebs.com/sparkyleo

Do you think this would be okay to have in my garter tank? Is it toxic? It wouldnt be in a pot it would be in as the substrate. Or I could put it in...

Hi all! Sorry for not being active on the forum for some time, I´ve been helping out my girlfriend moving to her new apartment, you know how it...

Hi. I JUST found this forum - it was a link from Scott F's site. A week ago I was doing searchs on the whole vitimin b deficiency deal and came...

my daughter has a red sided garter which we believe to be female, recently it has been displaying restless behaviour and we noticed several blobs of...

i have had my snake for about 5 days and he wont eat he is about a foot long .5 inches wide he wont eat worms pinkies salamanders but i am yet to try...

I can appreciate that the post about my snake turned into a Star Wars thread, and then a drinking thread, and then a random comment thread, because...

HI ALL.. I am to adopt a freshly caught, Northwestern Garter neonate..(solid black in color) And I need to know, other than feeder guppies, what can...

Not the best pic, but can anyone tell if "she's" male or female?:confused: