garter twitches

[ssssnakeluvr]

my little eastern garter is wild caught, maybe less than a year old, fed on earth worms, and seems to have some kind of twitch.
i notice when i hold her that she often will start muscle twitching, like a nervous tick or a shudder. it seems to go on for a while and then stop. if i nudge her a bit it might start again.
i'm concerned it might be getting worse.
could this be a neurological issue or a parasite or is this an idiosyncratic twitch of a little garter.
any help would be appreciated. thank you
-e

is that all she eats, earthworms??? need supplements if thats all you feed her, they are part of their diet, but worms alone aren't enough.

[Spiritwolf]

Earthworms are all I can get my boys to eat, but I do garnish them with a sprinkle of reptile calcium & vitamin powder when I serve them.

[Spiritwolf]

Her royal Highness, JC, used to only eat earthworms and I finally got her to acquiesce to eating f/t pinkies.....but only if I serve the pinky with an earthworm wrapped around it.
Then she eats the PINKY first and the worm for dessert!

[jitami]

Is your tap water chlorinated? For any of the experts out there, could this be a problem?

[ssssnakeluvr]

Earthworms are all I can get my boys to eat, but I do garnish them with a sprinkle of reptile calcium & vitamin powder when I serve them.

thats good!!!! I have had good luck with worm eaters by scenting pinkies with worms....sometimes works better than fish!

[erg]

as it turns out the little garter is growing up well and seems to have left her twitching ways behind

[Odie]

Hi, from Oregon, Erg