feeding wild raw deer meat to garter snake?

[ssssnakeluvr]

LOL!!! it's a little closer to their diet than a deer.....

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

LOL!!! it's a little closer to their diet than a deer.....

that is true, that's why I said in my first post that while I am a natural diet advocate (meaning I personally would not use it) I don't see it hurting as long as it's not a staple! I think you may have misinterpreted me to be saying that I like the natural diet and deer are part of it... LOL!

[ssssnakeluvr]

maaaay be.... wouldn't be a first time.....

[KITKAT]

I started feeding my baby garter snake with worms i found then got some frozen pinky mice and cut those up for him and he's not picky at all and took to mice right away. i was wondering if it's alright to feed my garter snake wild deer meat that my dad just shot haha casue i'm out of pinkys at the moment and my dads not gonna eat all that poor dear.

Also i forget what snakes look like when they shed, ive had a garter before and forget what it looked liked when it was shedding.
The one i have now is black with 2 yellow and 1 orange stripe, so cute><
but he is starting to get like pale/dry looking and i dont know if hes just shedding or sick. still a baby so it may only be like his second shed.

One of our forum moderators, CAZADOR, has fed caribou meat to his garters, I believe. He adds some supplements to the meat to balance it. You might PM him and see what he recommends. Here is a link to his profile:

http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/members/cazador.html

[guidofatherof5]

Also i forget what snakes look like when they shed, ive had a garter before and forget what it looked liked when it was shedding.
The one i have now is black with 2 yellow and 1 orange stripe, so cute><
but he is starting to get like pale/dry looking and i dont know if hes just shedding or sick. still a baby so it may only be like his second shed.

Looks like the second part of your question was forgotten by us. The deer meat question just over powered it. Sorry about that.

The dull/pale/dry look sounds like a shed is coming on. The biggest thing to look for is the blue eyes. The eyes will get a milky blue look to them. You can't mistake if for anything but shedding. Then that blue will disapear. The eyes will look normal. 3-7 days later your snake will shed. Many times they will soak just before they shed to further loosen the old skin.