Quote Originally Posted by Didymus20X6 View Post
Second, do you have any kind of heat source for the enclosure? Garters need heat. If the enclosure is cold, that would explain why he's not too hungry. I'd suggest maybe a 100w bulb near one end of the enclosure. .

Whoa back that truck up....

Garters need heat?? Did you not see the Jacksonville Florida part of the post??

a 100 watt bulb over a ten gallon tank will flat out bake that poor snake dead in a day or less. On a typical day in Florida, the ambient temps already reach close to 100 degrees at times. Nothing like a glass EZ bake oven for a snake viv.

I'm here to tell you right now, I maintain around 70 Thamnophis in my collection, I live in New York state where it is substantially cooler than Jacksonville will ever be. Do I use heat?? NO

This may be acceptable for a tropical snake from a desert or Africa, But not for a small north American colubrid that thrives just fine at moderate to cool temperatures.

Do not follow this ill informed advice PLEASE.