I'm finally a garter snake owner! (For real this time!)

[Floof]

Ah, but variety is the spice of life! If garter snakes' natural diet includes a large quantity of worms/fish, I'd love to provide that now and then. Not unlike how I've started switching my larger colubrids' mice/rats for chicks every few feedings.

I will be keeping a close eye on feeding response and cutting off the "extras" if he starts showing signs of getting "stuck" on a particular food item.

I did offer a few nightcrawler chunks tonight. Was cutting up nightcrawlers and had a couple that were a little too fat for the skink hatchlings. He loved them! So thrilled to have lucked out with a total pig for my first garter...

[guidofatherof5]

Ah, but variety is the spice of life! If garter snakes' natural diet includes a large quantity of worms/fish, I'd love to provide that now and then. Not unlike how I've started switching my larger colubrids' mice/rats for chicks every few feedings.

I will be keeping a close eye on feeding response and cutting off the "extras" if he starts showing signs of getting "stuck" on a particular food item.

I did offer a few nightcrawler chunks tonight. Was cutting up nightcrawlers and had a couple that were a little too fat for the skink hatchlings. He loved them! So thrilled to have lucked out with a total pig for my first garter...

Most garters are.