keepin more than one

[adamanteus]

Oh right, accidentally. I've seen them chew themselves sometimes, if they've crawled over their food and can smell it on themselves. Man, they're stupid sometimes!

[Stefan-A]

Yeah, my female swallowed a big chunk of peat, that had only come in contact with the snake's own saliva (the mouse it had eaten never even touched the piece), earlier this year. I'm telling you, they'd swallow cans and license plates if they only were big enough.

Anyway, how common is cannibalism, really?

[adamanteus]

I think baby-eating is a constant danger, I don't know if all species do it, but I wouldn't take any risks. As I said, I've never known cannibalism of adult Garters. Maybe someone else can correct me on that?

[Snaky]

I also only know about baby-eating cases. And in those cases it was always the male.

[salzar]

okay that is very interesting, just posted pix of the temp set up and the guy we caught 2 days ago, also posted a pix of salzar but it is listed as a wct we caught yesterday, its the pix of the baby snakes head .
as well as a pix of me .. usuly I am the one taking the pix,,
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and thanks everyone for the replys
michelle

[adamanteus]

The pic is a bit fuzzy, but doesn't your snake look like Storeria dekayii?



Maybe it's just me. My eyes aren't the best in the world!

[Stefan-A]

Looks like a Storeria dekayi to me, too. Or it may just be a garter that looks like one.