Meet the gang!

[kibakiba]

Ouch! My mom got bit by a garter and it made her bleed pretty bad. That's why she used to hate garter snakes. She's actually held Mama, who she was deathly afraid of and let her slither around on her hands.

[guidofatherof5]

Tell Mom I'm proud of her.

[kibakiba]

She said thanks maybe I'll have to sort out getting her a garter of her own :P

[kibakiba]

Oh and, Runt isn't underweight, I don't think. He was literally a runt when I caught him. He was only 3.5 inches when I caught him. I think he'll always be pretty small

[guidofatherof5]

Good things come in small packages.

[kibakiba]

Indeed they do. The only problem with this package is he's scared to eat tried feeding him the way I do with Mama and Snakey, with tweezers. He had none of that :P Spoiled little snake gets to eat from a dish while the others have to "beg" for food

[guidofatherof5]

All that matters is he's eating

[Selkielass]

re: scared to eat.

I just had a breakthru with Abby!
She's been eating well, but only with a lot of coaxing and teasing, and even then her feeding response was weak and tentative- she would strike at the food, but not latch on, or latch on and then immediately let go. Privacy didn't help unless the food was moving on its own (Guppies and worms) and moving to a dark feeding container resulted in her just curling up in a corner.

Well, I went thrifting and yard-saleing yesterday, and I brought home a tall herp tank with artificial foliage, heater and cave. Spent the afternoon cleaning and sanitizing it, then combined her old rock, coconut shell water dish and lid with the new equipment, and after she was introduced, she spent the evening exploring her new 'Jungle'.

Offered her pinkies today, as she was hiding in the foliage, and she immediately struck it hard and fast, and downed it in seconds! I offered her another, and she took it nearly as quickly. Because I had it in the dish, I offered her the nightcrawler, and she even downed that!

Being tangled up in the silk plant seems to make her feel secure in a way the hides never did. Perhaps runt would feel more secure striking out from a bit of dollar-store greenery also?

[mustang]

nice snakes

[kibakiba]

his little tank has 2 plastic plants and his hide in there I got him to eat most of one of my baby nightcrawlers... he's nice and fat now He's asleep in my hand right now. It's so cute!