Cyclone Eastern Garter feeding...

[prattypus]

Her pattern and coloration still floors me- what a looker!

[SnakeDoc]

I will have to get another video posted. She is so hyper and thrashes around the tank so much I hate to disturb her. Plus with the meals she takes I don't need her regurgitating it. She has one of the nicest setups in my reptile room...LOL! She's the queen so to speak.

[snakeman]

finally figured out she was female?did you put any boys in with her?

[GartersRock]

I knew he was a she.
So glad to here she is still around and doing well! She is very pretty.

[SnakeDoc]

finally figured out she was female?did you put any boys in with her?

At the moment she is single. I really want a normal Eastern to go with her so I can find out if she's genetic or just a fluke. Believe me I would love to pair her up with something crazy but then I will not know the truth.

I really need to get her out in better lighting to get video or photos that will show you guys her true color. I'll get something up and post it here.

[ConcinusMan]

Have you tried chopping up a toad and slathering a pinky in the juices of the toad? Make sure it's dead... and preferably thawed, garter snakes generally don't like live or prekilled mice nearly as much as f/t!

I noticed that. All of my concinnus will readily take mushy bloody f/t pinkies, but most are reluctant to take fresh one's. I ended up freezing the fresh one's that weren't eaten and then giving them a little cut before thawing so they marinate in their own juices. Now my snakes really go for them.

[ConcinusMan]

This girl is alive and very well. She is taking rat pups and strips of rainbow trout and of coarse the occasional toad. As long as the food item is wet and at room temps she'll eat it...even me! LOL.

You eat them too? Gross!

[SnakeDoc]

You eat them too? Gross!

HAHA good catch, I actually meant the garter will go for my fingers, hand, face...heck anything that moves!