Please help me with my garter snake!

[snakehill]

He's very handsome!!! Still have those rocks in there I see!

[amcutem]

He's very handsome!!! Still have those rocks in there I see!

I like the pebbles it turns the tupperware into a pond

[RedSidedSPR]

They can be dangerous, and are not the best thing to have. That's what she meant... Don't worry ablut them too much, but I'd take them out at some point.

[kibakiba]

You need to leave him alone for a slightly long time, not just a few days. DO NOT touch him, or bother him, leave him alone. Put food in a dish when you offer it, then leave, don't watch him, don't have your hand in it. I know it's hard, but he's likely extremely stressed out, he's not used to you or the tank.

[RedSidedSPR]

Exactly. He needs to calme down, so he's comfortable in his cage, and with you.

[J@50n]

Like I had said earlier, Garters can go up to 5 WEEKS without eating, SO DON'T WORRY YOURSELF!!!

[kibakiba]

They can go longer. If they have a good body mass, they can go up to 3 months. It's just when they start looking excessively skinny, skin folding and bony, you need to start worrying.

[amcutem]

I will remove the rocks/pebbles when he's more settled in..

Man, I've never had a snake before and I never thought I would, up until I found this guy..I can't believe I had the courage to even pick him up.. I think my encounter with him was very memorable and humourous. I think it was also meant to be, because I found him the day when me and my wife split up. I was so sad and bummed out and so I went for a long jog, and there he was, the scaries and biggest snake I've ever encountered in the wild. I thought he was gonna kill me, until I came in to my senses

I guess getting a new snake to eat are one of the main challenges of having a snake...


I really appriciate you guys help....


Thanks again...

[kibakiba]

I'm sorry to hear about you and you're wife. Some things just aren't meant to be. One thing that is meant to be, though, is your new friend and you. You just need to give him a bit of time before he'll warm up to you. After he's used to the enclosure and used to having you around, I really doubt he'll have trouble eating. All of my snakes that had eating troubles, pretty much started eating after their first couple tastes of food. They know my hand is the "source" of food, so they are always greeting me when my hand is in the tank. Even one of my two disrespectful snakes will come up to my hand The second one is new, though, he still needs a little bit of time to realize that I am the giver of all things delicious and filling.

[RedSidedSPR]

Yup. My adult WC, it took me several weeks. But one day, I just left some fish in his bowl, went and ate dinner, came back and he was curled up in his water bowl, with a nice bulge in his belly