I think my garter has hiccups...

[IndigoBug1987]

I just bought a new batch of rosys for him to eat this morning. Will it hurt him short term or long term?? Should i let them go??? I don't intend to leave him on fish i was gonna try pinky mice but i haven't been able to find them.

Also he's eaten three minnows today and keeps laying in his bowl rooting around. Is he hungry still? I thought snakes only ate once or twice a week. He's eating like 5 minnows every day. His humidity 'meter' stays between 50 and 70 and its about 55 to 75 in degrees in his tank. He shed two days ago (very successful shed it came off all in one piece, i was worried about it at first.)

also (again) i bought him some red worms this morning too. I'm not sure what kind.

[infernalis]

I used to think rosy reds would be alright short term, I guess it depends where you bought them at.

I will never ever buy another feeder fish from petco, They sold me some rosy reds and I lost 3 Garter snakes by feeding them, Don't take that wrongly, it had nothing to do with vitamin deficiency. There had to be something WRONG with the fish.

Now on to the worms, do they have light coloured rings all up and down them? If they are red wigglers (bands all down them) please don't feed them to your snake, they are toxic and will harm the snake, maybe even kill it.

I used to buy worms from wal mart labeled panfish/trout worms, Bought a container last week, and they were RED WIGGLERS not the same worms that used to be in the same container, so I threw them away.

The safest bet would be get some Canadian night crawlers and cut them with scissors to a smaller size.

Garters will always act hungry, they like to eat! if you control the amount of food and don't give them too much, it's perfectly OK to feed them every day if you want.

I give my Blackneck girl a minnow a day, I could give her two at a time every other day, in the end it's the same amount of food.

Feel free to keep asking questions, Always glad to help out