Good evening;
Question...are nightcrawlers a natural laxative for snakes or am I dealing with coincidence here? I took my injured/sick garter to the vet because I was afraid it was going to die, and wanted to know if I was needlessly prolonging it's agony by keeping it in captivity. When I had started treating the spots as the vet had instructed it became quite obvious that we were dealing with a significant, deep injury. It ate a goldfish, but had been in the crate for over a week and hadn't pooped. The vet looked him/her over and thought he looked somewhat better than it had in the pictures. He clipped the ends of some sort of bone-like structure that was protruding from the wound and I got more of the antibiotic cream for him. The next day I saw his mate eating a nightcrawler in my garden. I caught one and fed it to 'Baby'. He loved it. The next day he pooped. I gave him another one this morning. You guessed it...worked again. You have mentioned feeding them trout. I have some rainbow fillets in the freezer from our last trip to the hills. Would it work? Anything else easily available in small town SD?
Thanks for your help!
Cheryl