Worms verses Mice

[Sid]

My experience is that any live prey get more quicker notice and attention than frozen/ thawed. This is with true in both my Garter collection and any other species.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

I would say frogs and small wood salamanders elicit a downright scary feeding response from all of my garters... like, they are out for blood once they smell amphibian! I also noticed that if i cut up a pink, the scent of blood seems to drive them nuts as well...

[wolfpacksved]

my radix gobbles up mice and crawlers like there is no tomorrow. mice bulks em' up too. i back off from feeding mice occasionally because she gains weight pretty quick after a few fat mice.

[bigj2484]

3/4 of my garters will fly out of the cage for a mouse but when I try fish or anything else they have to investigate the food item before it is eaten and I have been bitten many times by garters because my fingers smelled like a rodent

[guidofatherof5]

3/4 of my garters will fly out of the cage for a mouse but when I try fish or anything else they have to investigate the food item before it is eaten and I have been bitten many times by garters because my fingers smelled like a rodent

It's wild to see their enthusiasm. Some of them really get into it.

[jitami]

I was all ready to chime in that my guys definitely prefer mice, but today I fed my younger two worms out of my yard. I left the dirt/mulch in a shallow container with dozens of worms and these two really went after them with enthusiasm! It was fun to watch. They'd poke their head into the "dirt", root around, then you'd see their body tense up and they'd emerge with a flailing worm hanging out of their mouth. When I used to cut pieces of night crawler and serve them with pinky pieces they'd usually go for the pinky pieces first. I don't think it could have been the movement of the fresh earth worms, because they had to hunt most of them sight unseen. Pretty cool, tho May just change my mind about feeding worms.... at least for a day or so until I have to clean the nasty poo out of the tank

[guidofatherof5]

May just change my mind about feeding worms.... at least for a day or so until I have to clean the nasty poo out of the tank

Please explain to me, when is it not nasty!
Mine, have to be laughing at me every morning. I reach in and pick it out. Since I use corn cob bedding it's not a big deal. They probably say to each other "We've got him trained"

[jitami]

Please explain to me, when is it not nasty!

I don't find "mice poop" anywhere near as gross as the slimy brown stuff. I usually just pick the crusty poo & urates out with my fingers when I change their water...it's mostly soaked into the carefresh and dried, so really no big deal... but not the brown slimy "worm poop." That requires tissue

[guidofatherof5]

I don't find "mice poop" anywhere near as gross as the slimy brown stuff. I usually just pick the crusty poo & urates out with my fingers when I change their water...it's mostly soaked into the carefresh and dried, so really no big deal... but not the brown slimy "worm poop." That requires tissue

Since they like pooping in the water so much, I wish they could be trained to use one water dish. Kinda like a snake port-a-potty.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

Since they like pooping in the water so much, I wish they could be trained to use one water dish. Kinda like a snake port-a-potty.

anything to keep them from rubbing their butts on the SIDES of the enclosures!! man do I hate that!