communal housing and different sized snakes

[Rook]

totally just saw the hairless hoppers 7-13 grams, so like 2-3 per meal, that's reasonable!

edit: naturally they don't ship to Canada, found a Canadian supplier but they don't offer hairless hoppers, anyone know where I could source something like that in Canada? I have always bred my own food for all my snakes, so I haven't a clue where to source it from!

[Albert Clark]

10354158_4704413825481_8459315123706271056_n.jpgHave you thought about breeding either one or both of them at any time? Wow, 400gms of garter snake is a lot. Is that her weight on a empty stomach? My albino checkered female is 320gms.

[d_virginiana]

totally just saw the hairless hoppers 7-13 grams, so like 2-3 per meal, that's reasonable!

edit: naturally they don't ship to Canada, found a Canadian supplier but they don't offer hairless hoppers, anyone know where I could source something like that in Canada? I have always bred my own food for all my snakes, so I haven't a clue where to source it from!

I've always fed pinkie mice to mine, just in large quantities when needed. You might have to look into doing that while you hunt down a source for hairless food items.

[Rook]

10354158_4704413825481_8459315123706271056_n.jpgHave you thought about breeding either one or both of them at any time? Wow, 400gms of garter snake is a lot. Is that her weight on a empty stomach? My albino checkered female is 320gms.

only brief flashes followed by "but what the heck would we do with a bunch of baby Garters?" lol. and yes thats empty stomach weight, she is a seriously enormous Garter lol

this is Miami a year ago
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[Tommytradix]

my axanthic is probly over 400 grams lol never weighed her but shes 39 inches and very robust. and sorry didnt even realize you were in canada

[Rook]

my axanthic is probly over 400 grams lol never weighed her but shes 39 inches and very robust. and sorry didnt even realize you were in canada

yay another big one! lol Miami is 42" and at you can see in the picture on her on my dog, she is very large over all. Moriba is a good size but Miami makes her look like a shrimp lol

[Tommytradix]

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[d_virginiana]

Wait... Do you have a kiddie pool for your snakes? That is hilarious.

Some snakes are just giants. My old male is just over 3 ft long. Absolutely dwarfs all the other males I've seen. It's so extreme I actually thought my others were sick or stunted at first lol. (and he's definitely male too; his breeding season behavior pretty much confirms it)

[Rook]

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there ya go! now that's Miami sized Garter!

[Rook]

Some snakes are just giants. My old male is just over 3 ft long. Absolutely dwarfs all the other males I've seen. It's so extreme I actually thought my others were sick or stunted at first lol. (and he's definitely male too; his breeding season behavior pretty much confirms it)

lol we had Garter's prior to Miami so we were NOT expecting her size, we imported her from Florida through a 3rd party so I never saw her until she arrived, we were expecting this snake similar in size of Rook when I lost her, and this absolutely huge snake arrives, we looked at her and had to go get all new stuff because she dwarfed everything we had..then she still grew a whole 'nuther foot on top of that!