snake's age! ....

[adamanteus]

It seems to me its hard to find someone who utilizes the picture feature on here.... but then again Im still just learning my way around.

I looked at your album.... very nice. You will find most people are using the 'Gallery' function (fourth tab on the portal page). Click on there if you want to see members photos... there are A LOT!

This is worth looking at too...
http://www.thamnophis.com/caresheets...raphic_Library

[snakems]

while I have your attention in this post I was wondering about switching her food over to some kind of small fish.
the first few weeks I had her I noticed she did this thing in the water where she put her head under and swam around all crazy like... flailing her head around almost like how Ive seen snakes do in the water when given fish to eat. But there were no fish in there for her to eat lol
Maybe she was just soaking up, but it was amusing. I'd like to feed her fish if there's no problem with it, but do you think it would create a problem with her being fine eating worms? I dont want to try the fish and then have her not want to go back to the worms because Im not sure I can commit completely to feeding her fish yet, depending on the availability of them here and how often I will need to buy them and method of storing.

[Stefan-A]

There is no accurate way of judging their age, beyond baby, sub-adult or adult. So many factors influence their grown rate.

Heather L. Waye and Patrick T. Gregory: Determining the age of garter snakes (Thamnophis spp.) by means of skeletochronology

[snakems]

Heather L. Waye and Patrick T. Gregory: Determining the age of garter snakes (Thamnophis spp.) by means of skeletochronology

was this supposed to be a link?

[Stefan-A]

No, just a reminder.

[snakems]

also I noticed that she doesnt do this anymore.
JUST NOW actually. Lol i hadnt given it much thought before but I am now realizing she has stopped that behavior. I was thinking it was because she's realized there is never anything for her to eat in there and she's getting worms for food.

[snakems]

No, just a reminder.

ohhh.... ok.
thats interesting. Do you know if this is something that can determined while the snake is alive? or this just a theory?

[adamanteus]

Feeding fish is a very good idea. While Garters love worms, they're not much of a meal on their own. I use trout strips, pinky mice and worms when I can get them.

[Stefan-A]

ohhh.... ok.
thats interesting. Do you know if this is something that can determined while the snake is alive? or this just a theory?

If by theory you mean a testable and tested concept, then yes, it is "just" a theory.

[adamanteus]

I think you need a dead snake to test it on though!