Forum: Husbandry

Do you guys have a minimum age and/or size you recommend for breeding? I have a wild caught pair that I suspect were born last summer - 15 months...

im sure we all go digging in our yards for worms, but winter is coming. was wonndering where u guys get your worms. i found 500 canadian...

I have 5 red-sided garters I decided to keep and breed this fall. I moved them into a new enclosure yesterday and was surprised to see a pair mating...

Hey guys, I just have a few questions. I'm thinking about redoing my blackneck's tank, and I was wondering if cypress mulch would make a good...

Hey, everyone. Recently I moved my WC Eastern black-neck, Mort, into a 15 gallon long terrarium. She had previously been in an enormous 55-75 gallon...

I have a two year old male (aka No Shoulders, caught in the wild as a baby) and I was looking into getting him a friend. Im in PA and the pet store...

Cleaning out the fridge in the basement, I discovered a small container of night crawlers about 4 months old. I did a "sniff test" and they smelled...

Hello, I introduced myself on the intro forum but I had some general questions I hope someone might be able to answer? I'm new to the world of garter...

Today I noticed my garter had laid a particularly smelly pile on the side of his cardboard tube. What stood out to me was, before I had taken the...

Posting the new thread that was moving off topic. ;) I have heard so many bad things about force feeding. And have resorted to it myself when the...

Hi! So I got my two lovely babysnakes from Scott F last Thursday - one Florida Blue-Sided (skittish as hell!), and a Neon Blue California RS (way...

I posted once before about my snake, Scar (the injured one I caught at my Uncle's house with my ex), throwing up food that he had recently eaten....

so maybe this is a silly question to some. does fresh water mean straight from the tap or water that has sat to let the chlorine out? because when i...

So, I'm getting a young checkered that is feeding on unscented pinkie parts. My other snake is a Mexican Black King, and naturally does me the...

Fortunately this isn't about any of my snakes, but unfortunately it still involves a dead snake. An Instagram user that I follow lost a young eastern...

So today when I came home I saw my little checkered chilling in the water bowl. This was odd for the little guy since usually it does a garden eel...

i know u can feed them hearts and stuff, but i ask because the liver is a filter for toxins basically and wondered if it would be safe? I fed some as...

hey guys im new to this forum so i hope i did this right. but my question is I found a baby garter snake a week or so ago when i was weedwacking, i...

My name is Marcial Mendez, and this is my first post here. I've been keeping and breeding snakes for close to 35 years. I am now primarily an...

Even though they are quite old, they still love their chickies...