HELP - Squib canibbalism

[EasternGirl]

I've been reading through this thread...and as I mentioned before...my babies all eat together and get food all over them and have never tried eating each other...so don't be so hard on yourself about not washing the babies off. It seems like one of those weird occurences to me. I understand that you want to be safe from now on though and take every precaution.

[lauwersp]

I don't leave them alone during feeding. I've had to unlatch heads a number of times already. It is weird... their aggressiveness seemed to have jumped overnight.

Thanks Marnie... I'm not beating myself up... it just shows why all of you guys are such good breeders... you know this stuff and your snakes are nicely safe from it. I'm certainly becoming a better snake papa and hopefully no other scrubs suffer as I learn what I need to along the way. I love these guys and I'm looking forward to getting a small variety of different garters.

[guidofatherof5]

Keeping garters will always be filled with happiness and the sadness that comes along.
There is so much we don't know about them. It's the unexplained deaths that are the hardest to take.
Working with a snake on one day and the very next day it's gone. No rhyme or reason for it.
I hate the unexplained deaths.

[Light of Dae]

Very poetic Steve.

[lauwersp]

Yea Steve... I will say I feel really lucky to have a group like this that I can count on for good information... While I feel like I was kinda the cause of the death of that little scrub... I also feel like I'm providing safety, food, and shelter to all the other lil guys who would be always fighting for their life in the wild.

[lauwersp]

Well Little Offender had NO problem eating a hunk of silverside this morning. Yum.

Lil Offender.jpg

[guidofatherof5]

I think you have a little character there Peter.
The adventures have just begun I fear. It's a good think though.

[lauwersp]

Steve... they ALL seem like little characters. I'm looking forward to raising them. I still am keeping Little Offender isolated although I suspect he would be just fine with the others. They are all getting good dunkings before going back in the tank with full bellies.

[Spankenstyne]

Also keep "offender" on a lighter feeding schedule for the next week or so. It might seem to go against your instinct to keep him full to avoid him eating another sibling but after a regurge they need time to rebuild the stomach acids.

[BLUESIRTALIS]

Any recent news on the little offender?