ID this snake

[ConcinusMan]

Feeding on canned tuna?

Where was the ad?

[Invisible Snake]

Feeding on canned tuna?

Where was the ad?

It was in a FB reptile group, the OP was from Florida.

[ConcinusMan]

AWESOME!! Love a happy ending.

Not going to be a happy ending if the new owner keeps that diet.

[kueluck]

Awesome that the garter got into the right hands is the meaning to that post.

Not going to be a happy ending if the new owner keeps that diet.

[ConcinusMan]

Yes, I realize that, but did the snake get into the "right" hands is the question.

[Greg'sGarters]

Canned tuna shouldn't be the staple diet for any garter, raw tuna fillet pieces would be better. Try getting him to go on earthworms, pretty hard to go wrong with earthworms.

[Steveo]

Unless the canned tuna explicitly says "no salt added", it's far too salty for a garter.

[ConcinusMan]

Canned tuna shouldn't be the staple diet for any garter, raw tuna fillet pieces would be better.

Not necessarily. Cooking fish helps to remove some of the mercury. Tuna fillet is rather expensive and is much higher in mercury than say, farmed tilapia. I would be concerned about the heavy metals content of raw tuna fillet.

[SilasBannook]

Tuna is on the list of fish with Thiaminase. From postings about that, I would suspect we should never feed our snakes tuna. Here is the link: Thiaminase

[EasternGirl]

That looks exactly like my little concinnus, Bella. Glad you responded to the stupid posts and glad that the little one found a home. I hope to see the owner here on our forum.