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    Substrate Ingestion

    Today I decided, "what the heck, I'll feed him in his tank", so I fed my new garter in his tank, which went fine until I noticed that he had a bit of the aspen bedding stuck to his mouth. I figured he'd get it off like they normally do, but then he closed his mouth. He was trying to get it out before he closed his mouth, but then I interfered and tried to get it out for him, which probably wasn't a good idea.

    What I'm trying to say is, will he regurgitate it or not? He was just sitting there afterwards looking like somebody about to throw up, but then: nothing.
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    Re: Substrate Ingestion

    depending on the size of the bedding but it should be ok. mine did it a few times and they have been ok but a few times i have had to give them a hand but they have passed it lol

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    Re: Substrate Ingestion

    one tiny piece would probably not hurt, but to much can cause a blockage, feed it some worms as they are usually like a laxative to them...
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    Re: Substrate Ingestion

    Well, that's good to know. He ate a worm with it so I would think that would be good, I don't know if he would even eat another anyways. it was very thin and about 2/3 the size of his mouth.
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    Re: Substrate Ingestion

    what kind is your new garter?
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    Re: Substrate Ingestion

    I bought two eastern garters, both 66% possible het for leucism, one flame, one normal. The flame escaped
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    Re: Substrate Ingestion

    Quote Originally Posted by abcat1993 View Post
    I bought two eastern garters, both 66% possible het for leucism, one flame, one normal. The flame escaped

    sorry to hear that............
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    Re: Substrate Ingestion

    My snake seems to be doing fine, although a bit sluggish, but I guess that's just because my parents refuse to put on the heat and the house gets down to 60 at night, now that it's almost fall and the weather is unseasonably cold.
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    Re: Substrate Ingestion

    Quote Originally Posted by abcat1993 View Post
    My snake seems to be doing fine, although a bit sluggish, but I guess that's just because my parents refuse to put on the heat and the house gets down to 60 at night, now that it's almost fall and the weather is unseasonably cold.

    do you heat the tank during the day though...???
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    Re: Substrate Ingestion

    I'm so sorry to hear he died. :-( Quite a run of bad luck. :-(
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