Questions about new garter

[GarterNovice]

I just got a baby garter snake recently and have a few questions. One thing is he will only eat minnows. Is not interested in anything else. Is there anything I can do to tempt him? Any advice on feeding? How wide do garters get? Do they prefer to be with other garters? or alone?

[Stefan-A]

Welcome aboard.

You can try to get the snake to eat pinkies or worms, by putting them in the same bowl as the minnows. With a little luck, it'll grab and swallow one of those instead of a minnow and gradually learn to consider these other items food as well.

How wide they grow, depends on the sex and the species. Some are especially slender, others relatively massively built.

They get along well with other garters, but if you're going to keep more than one, they all have to be the same sex or the same species, not because they prefer it that way, but because nobody needs hybrids. They also shouldn't have too much of a size difference, because there's always a slight risk that the smaller one ends up as dinner.

[infernalis]

Welcome to the forum..

If your snake is eating minnows, your already half way there. How big is your snake now??

As for housing them together, Garter snakes are one of the more tolerant species, they will "get along" for the most part..

You will have to feed them separately or risk food fights that can get messy or even fatal.

[Garter_Gertie]

Welcome, Novice! Nice to have you join us!

[anji1971]

Hello, and welcome!

[guidofatherof5]

Welcome,

If you cut-up one of your minnows and mix it with pinkies or worms your snake should eat everything. Use less and less minnow everytime and you should be able to convert to what you want. The problem with an all minnow diet is the Thiaminase in most minnows. This will cause major health problems and eventually death if it's the only thing you feed. Hope this helps.

[Snake lover 3-25]

hello and welcome to the forum garters love worms and they're full of protein so i'd try some of those good luck

[adamanteus]

Hi Patrick, and welcome to the forum.

Here's some information you should find useful
http://www.thamnophis.com/caresheets...ake_Care_Sheet

[GarterNovice]

Wow. Thanks everyone for the warm welcome and all the helpful info. In answer to someone's question I think "he" is approximately a foot and a half long at the moment and about a 3/8" thick.

I do have another question. Is anyone familiar with phoenix worms? And if so have you had any success feeding them to your snakes? I see lots of good reviews for feeding them to bearded dragons and other various reptiles. But no mention of snakes anywhere.

[crzy_kevo]

welcome to the forum patrick nothing is left to be said as how to get your snake to eat other things every1 has already covered that have fun here and we love pics :d