Canned Cat Food for a Garter..?

[Mommy2many]

me too!

[sawmane 1]

never heard of cat food but of corse i give canned dog food to my eatern baox turtle smetimes.

[Ryachanira]

Another (small) update... decided to give Silv one more chance eating on his own before forcing again. I picked up a small Ziploc screw-top container to feed him in from now on (I am pretty sure I read about that somewhere here) and he is in there with three flopping guppies. Do I need to poke holes in it...? It seems that I remember a LOT of snakes at the herp show I went to in rubbermaid type containers with lids and no holes. I would really hate to suffocate him after working so hard to keep him alive.. heh. Right now I just have the lid sightly loose (but not so much that he could get out).

Also, I purchased a small (and rather crappy, haha) scale to weigh him. He is 12 grams - which is exactly what he weighed when I took him to the vet on November 30th, which is when we started force feeding. So... 2.5 months of force feeding and he has not grown at all. Kind of depressing.

[guidofatherof5]

Holes wouldn't hurt. Most of the time they aren't in the container long enough for it to matter. If the holes may you feel better then do it.
Don't focus on the weight as Silv is in a whole different situation than most snakes.
The good thing is, Silv is still with you and hasn't lost any weight.
Nice job. Remember, the snake is always half full.

[mustang]

NONONONONONONONONO!!!!!!!! well to the cat/dog food.....dont do it (FYI dont feed it to iguanas either, it DOES have a negitive impact on their lifespan!) make sure to have a varied diet of safe fish, pinkys, and worms!

[kibakiba]

Robert, I think everyone has said something like that by now...

[ConcinusMan]

I saw an ad the other day for a checkered garter on kingsnake dot com and it said the snake was eating well on feeder goldfish, canned tuna, and worms.

I was like...You're feeding it what?

They also seemed to make a it a point to say the tuna was in spring water. That doesn't change the fact that there is added salt.

Oh, off topic, but I also saw an ad for "2-3 foot garters" which didn't look like they were any bigger than 18 inches, and they were wild-caught easterns, looking a bit rough around the edges and rather dull looking too. The price? Only $50 plus shipping.

I'll jump on that.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

I saw an ad the other day for a checkered garter on kingsnake dot com and it said the snake was eating well on feeder goldfish, canned tuna, and worms.

I was like...You're feeding it what?

They also seemed to make a it a point to say the tuna was in spring water. That doesn't change the fact that there is added salt.

Oh, off topic, but I also saw an ad for "2-3 foot garters" which didn't look like they were any bigger than 18 inches, and they were wild-caught easterns, looking a bit rough around the edges and rather dull looking too. The price? Only $50 plus shipping.

I'll jump on that.

the sad part is that they will not sell, and will end up being wholesaled off as cobra food.