My newbies!

[gregmonsta]

Its most likely seasonal. But still! It always scares me when I rehome garters and they stop eating!

I can imagine. good news is she stuffed herself again last night on worm parts, pinkie parts and salmon.

[reptileparadise]

Thats just perfect
She getting spoiled with that salmon....

[warbot]

Hi again, and thanx for the support
another question I want to ask is, can I put my checkered in with my red sided garters?

and weather this is a good idea?

I will post some pics as soon as I get chance
thanks in advance

warbot

[gregmonsta]

Hi again, and thanx for the support
another question I want to ask is, can I put my checkered in with my red sided garters?

and weather this is a good idea?

I will post some pics as soon as I get chance
thanks in advance

warbot

I would not mix them unless they are all male or female. You might end up with some unwanted hybrids.

[warbot]

Yea that is the only concern that I have cause I have the 2 pairs, so I am afraid of them chowing each other, not that they need to, they are fat! hehe I feed them alot of pinks but now putting them on fish, less fatning and will reduce imapction.

but thanx

I decided to keep them separate, I can't stand the though of losing one of them!

[ConcinusMan]

They won't chow on each other but yeah, you better check that weight. Make sure you're not overfeeding them on fatty foods. Heck, they could probably stand to fast for a month. It won't hurt them. I'd keep them seperate although the chance of them interbreeding is probably remote, especially if you don't brumate.

[warbot]

I will keep that in mind
brumate?
And yea I got them separate, my newbies are not doing as well as I want them to be,
not eating properly, very skittish, especially the one!

what can I supply to them as food that I can leave in a bowl so that I do not startle them to much?

[gregmonsta]

brumate?

The process of hibernation in snakes.

what can I supply to them as food that I can leave in a bowl so that I do not startle them to much?

A good option would be to leave bite-sized pieces of fish/pinkies (or pinky parts) in a bowl and keep watch from a distance

[ConcinusMan]

I don't know what substrate you're using, but that method sometimes results in swallowing of substrate. I always feed them in a manner that prevents that, and I always separate individual snakes as they tend to bite one another when the feeding response is initiated.