first shed...

[Stefan-A]

Not just that, it looks exactly like mine, which you did identify as a red sided. Coincidence?



OT: Just noticed a nice detail a couple of days ago after the last shed, while it was eating a fish. It has a red horizontal line about 30mm long between the scales where the lateral stripe meets the darker area above. Just on the border between the two areas and it starts just behind the head. Going to try to get a good shot of it next time.

[Stefan-A]

OT Part 2

Found a picture from about 1 ½ years ago that shows a bit of it. It has developed since then.

[nessy]

OT Part 2

Found a picture from about 1 ½ years ago that shows a bit of it. It has developed since then.

yeah i noticed that my snake's red spots were much more pronounced after her shed recently, it must develop with each shed...

[nessy]

sorry, forgot to add: nice picture! do you know how long he/she is? oh, and what fish is that you're feeding?

[Stefan-A]

Thanks. He is 65cm (just over 25"). 55cm when those pictures were taken.

The fish is a bleak (Alburnus alburnus). Not the best food for a garter snake, since it is likely to contain thiaminase, but I didn't know that over a year ago (although I did feed him vitamin supplements). A real shame, you can easily catch several kilos of those fish in a night.

[abcat1993]

You know you can edit your posts. No offense
I think I'll edit it now.
This is just a reminder for all of you who post twice (jason told me about it/warned me)

[Stefan-A]

Yeah, for 30 minutes.

[Snaky]

Thanks. He is 65cm (just over 25"). 55cm when those pictures were taken.

The fish is a bleak (Alburnus alburnus). Not the best food for a garter snake, since it is likely to contain thiaminase, but I didn't know that over a year ago (although I did feed him vitamin supplements). A real shame, you can easily catch several kilos of those fish in a night.

If it's that easy for you to catch them, I would not hesitate to give it to them. Just supplement it with vitamine B1

[Stefan-A]

I don't know if it would really work that way. I don't need to do it either, vendace (Coregonus albula) is very cheap to buy, 300g costs as much as one 3-week-old frozen mouse at the pet store, and shouldn't contain any thiaminase.

[abcat1993]

I thought that didn't help since thiaminase destroys vitamin B1 (or Thiamine, or whatever)
we keep posting at the same time