"Goldfish are better than mice".

[Anthony Laing]

Hi,
I havnt been on for a while, but whilst trolling around on Youtube, I found a video of a guy feeding a goldfish to his garter. With no disrespect, I messaged him, explaining about Thiamine. He is 14, and explained how his mother won't let him have mice in the house. I am 15, and I have over 100 mice and rats in my freezer.

After a long discussion, he came up with this:

"okay.. but u actually were wrong.. i dont mean to sound rude or anything just telling u.. mice have to much fat in them not good 4 a garter and goldfish r best cuz it contains averything it needs "

Sorry, but am I wrong, or is he?

[guidofatherof5]

Make sure this other young man knows about thiaminase. Goldfish have everything they need and stuff they don't.
You might cut and paste from the forum care sheet. Wait, send him the whole care sheet. Just a suggestion.

[Stefan-A]

He is wrong, but don't import any drama.

[Anthony Laing]

Make sure this other young man knows about thiaminase. Goldfish have everything they need and stuff they don't.
You might cut and paste from the forum care sheet. Wait, send him the whole care sheet. Just a suggestion.

He is wrong, but don't import any drama.

Okay, thanks. Will do.

[mustang]

hes wrong (rub i in i know i would when someone else challenges me to snake info!)sarcastic

[ssssnakeluvr]

he's wrong.... wandering garters routinely eat rodents in the wild too

[infernalis]

A lot of us feed rodent based diets to our entire Thamnophis collections, and our snakes are just fine.

[ConcinusMan]

And some of us have used goldfish as part of their diets for years, and the snakes did fine too.

It certainly can't be good if that's all he gives his garters. He'll probably be on this site after a while, crying about his snakes having health problems.

[Anthony Laing]

A lot of us feed rodent based diets to our entire Thamnophis collections, and our snakes are just fine.

My garters are fed pinkies every week, and maybe 1 every 2 months, I throw in a guppy. (If they've behaved)

And some of us have used goldfish as part of their diets for years, and the snakes did fine too.

It certainly can't be good if that's all he gives his garters. He'll probably be on this site after a while, crying about his snakes having health problems.

Yes, I have told him about the possible problems, but now he's ignoring me, but I have sent him links to this forum, and the RFUK.

[Anthony Laing]

Sorry, duplicate post.