I Am Sooooo Mad!!!!

[abcat1993]

If you use potting soil don't you have to cook it to kill everything first? (maybe not just for the snake, I don't want more insects in my house!)

[abcat1993]

How long does it take your snakes to eat a pinkie? mine has been "eating" it for over five minutes now and has made almost no progress

[abcat1993]

Oh great, it spit it out. Mybe I should try a smaller one or chop it up. could I chop it up after it is thawed?

[jakob lejbølle]

i would chop the pinky up befor it is thawed

[abcat1993]

I just chopped it and the garter doesn't want another worm or the mouse. I'll try later I guess

[CrazyHedgehog]

I thaw them all out... cut a few small ones up and mix it with chopped trout (fishy and bloody gunk.. yuk..) for the very small ones...

[Thamnophis]

When I used the potting soil, I did not cook ar heat it.
Also don´t do that with branches and so. I only scrub them with warm water.

[abcat1993]

Well, I just wanted to say that my snake has eaten her(?) first mouse. I put her in a plastic container with two halves of a mouse and a worm. When I checked back, everything was gone and the snake escaped into it's cage (the plastic container was in her cage and the lid wasn't all the way closed).

[Cazador]

Congratulations on your success, Matt. Great job. It was wise to have the container in her cage on your first attempt.
Rick

[Thamnophis]

That's great. Feeding in a container is a good solution to prevent that the snake eats the soil.