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Thamnophis inspectus
Slug disaster! *HELP*
So today I rounded up some non-pesticidal leopard slugs from the garden plots. I also had a good garter experience, which I'll post later.
Anyways, I dropped a few of the slugs in for my garters and Cinnamint attacked with gusto. She tried to take on a larger one but couldn't grip it, afterwards she began bleeding at the mouth. I believe she broke some teeth, so I cleaned her mouth up. Do snake teeth grow back?
In the midst of this chaos, Fatty grabbed Sedge about 1/2 inch above the vent, thinking she was a slug from some slime left on her. So I eventually got Fatty off by sporadic and firm pressure as well as using a pair of skinny tweezers to help get her teeth off. Fatty's jaw looks stretched and she keeps opening it, will she be okay? Her mouth is very slightly agape, but not as much as some of the other garters with problems I've seen. Sedge was bleeding lightly from where she was grabbed, so I cleaned her up and put some neosporin along the length of her injury. Will these guys be okay?
Also, I recommend only feeding very small slugs, because garters do not seem able to grip larger ones. Which reminds me, Cinnamint swallowed a mouthful of concentrated slug slime. Will she be okay?
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Thamnophis inspectus
Re: Slug disaster! *HELP*
Anyone? I'm kinda freaking out. D:
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Mr Thamnophis
Re: Slug disaster! *HELP*
he should be fine....he would have eaten a bunch of slime with the slug anyway.
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Ophiuchus rhea
Re: Slug disaster! *HELP*
gosh
that sounds stressful
sounds like your snakes will be fine though
rhea
"you cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus" Mark Twain
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The Leader of the Eastern Gang
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Mr Thamnophis
Re: Slug disaster! *HELP*
well, they do like them.....my wanderings used to pig out on them. never had a problem with them taking them.
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The Leader of the Eastern Gang
Re: Slug disaster! *HELP*
 Originally Posted by ssssnakeluvr
well, they do like them.....my wanderings used to pig out on them. never had a problem with them taking them.
I wonder if different species of garter are more apt to like slugs? I only have the two Eastern's I've had to go by, but it definitely was not a success!!
Anji
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Ophiuchus rhea
Re: Slug disaster! *HELP*
neither my eastern nor my parietalis would go for them
my eastern who eats everything tried and spit it out
then she spent five minutes rubbing her face everywhere - it was sort of funny
rhea
"you cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus" Mark Twain
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Basilisk (The King of all Serpents)
Re: Slug disaster! *HELP*
never tried it and don't think I will after these stories...hahaha
and sorry Kyle but it is a bit funny about the whole slime think.....
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Mr Thamnophis
Re: Slug disaster! *HELP*
I've had several radix also take slugs ok.....
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