Is there any way to feed a husband to a garter snake so one can live in peace?

[EasternGirl]

Are we getting too uptight? I thought the title was funny. Drew my attention. And I have often wondered if there was a way to trade my family members for more snakes...lol.

Anyway...to try to answer your question about the striking and biting. I think as most garters learn to trust and get more comfortable...they will strike and bite less. However...my largest female recently started actually biting and drawing blood everytime I put my hands in her tank. I still can't figure out what that is about. She used to occasionally false strike if she was scared...but she and I have always had a close bond and I have had her for almost two years. I think that perhaps handling them more and getting them more comfortable with you might stop the attempted bites...but you will have to take it slowly. To answer your other questions, you might need a very large retic or anaconda to get rid of the husband...lol. Tell your husband, that even if they were to continue to bite you...a garter isn't going to do much harm even with a good bite.

I also like the idea of feeding them in a separate feed tank so that they don't associate you going near the tank with food coming. That may be exactly what is going on with my female eastern.

[Stefan-A]

Are we getting too uptight? I thought the title was funny. Drew my attention.

The original title was "ok now...."

[kerensa]

Ok thanks everone. what I really need is a post of twenty on a fresh page that says garter snake bites ARE harmless, so I can show the husband and he can stop the worry. I am sure in time my easterns will settle down, ans if they don't I'm not worried about their bites. (lets face it if I don't freak about emeralds bites I'm not gonna be freaked about a garter. This really is a get the other half settled down and not screaming that the poor little easterns need to go because they're mean.

Thanks

K.

[Invisible Snake]

Just an after thought, but maybe you can get him desensitized to your garters by having him handle 1 once a week/month or maybe let him get bit by one so that he can see that there is no real danger.