Hi,
I am sure you get many posts on this topic. My daughter brought home a very young garter snake yesterday and we would like to keep it. I have experience in juvenile/ adult reptiles that are established in their eating habits, but I have never had to start so young.
This baby is a common brown Garter (attempting to attach a picture), about 6 inches long, and I am assuming it wasn't that long ago it hatched. When can I expect it to eat and what should I look for as signs of hunger? Do they do better if you move their food? Do I need to make the food warmer?
What do I feed it? I do have trout (frozen, caught earlier this summer) that I can offer it but I am not sure if that is substantial enough for this baby to thrive on.
It is fairly active right now, mobility is smooth and it is tasting the air as it should be.
I am going to be picking up a 10 gallon tank later today to house it in. I live in Oregon where the last few days have been finger numbing cold, baby's natural environment is a chilly one. What are opinions on a constant heat source, or is room temperature ok?
I would like to get baby off to the best start possible, so any other advice is greatly appreciated.photo.jpg