A week or so ago, my mom and I were watching TV on the couch, she was finishing up dinner (well done beef roast) and I was holding one of my garters, I think he's an eastern, caught him when I was living on Cape Cod, MA. I was keeping an eye on him, and I usually give him free reign cause he's friendly, loves being handled and never bolts anywhere. First thing he does is go right over to my mom's lap, and grabs the biggest piece of roast there is which was easily 4x as big as his head, and tries to eat it! I managed to get it away from him by substituting my finger, and he finally lost interest.

Has anyone ever had this kind of experience with their' garters? Would it be safe for him to eat it? I didn't know, so I didn't let him have it.