I need the name of a good book on garter snakes. I looked up a bunch of info on the web. I have other snakes. This is my first garter. I have 2. A red side and an albino checkered. They are small. I feed them some rosy reds and they ate those. I tried a pinky F/T on tongs and the garter wouldn't take it. I dropped the F/T pinky in the water bowl with some live rosy reds and it ate it and the rosy reds. My questions 1. Do you always have to feed them in the water? How do you feed them if not in water? My other snakes I put in containers and offer F/T mice from tongs Or leave it lay in container and they eat it.
I can usually tell when my other snakes are hungry. These guys always look hungry. I've been feeding every 5 days. It ate about 6 rosy reds and 2 sm F/T pinks. I have only had them for less than a week. I fed when I brought them home and I feed today.
Thanks in Advance for your help.