Other pets (pics and discussions)

[Kantar]

At one time I had 6 corn snakes and 1 garter...

now I have 2 corn snakes and 9 garters

[RedSidedSPR]

Glad you came to your senses.

[jitami]

We took in a cornsnake who needed a home... he was kinda cool, but I didn't hesitate to let him go to the first person who said they wanted one and could give him a good home

[d_virginiana]

Bleh... Cornsnakes are pretty boring. Though, if you ever want living jewelry, you can drape one over your neck; there's a good chance it wouldn't do anything for hours

Plus they're a little tricky to house together (from what I've heard), so you don't get the fun of watching them interact in groups like you do with garters!

[GarField000]

Well, I started with 2 cornsnakes. Offcourse they are not found in the wild. I got them when they where 3 months old. But after having them a year they where kinda boring. You only have to feed a mouse once a week. After dinner they do a 'walk' around the tank and then they hide. After 4 days you sometimes saw one, and after 5/6 days the other. You found and cleaned a poop from both and that was all the job you had to do. Then i came to visit Johanna (also on this forum) and she had garters (radix only). I think around 15 adults, en 50 small babies ....... I watched my eyes out and they where active all evening. I started to learn more about them and figured I had to have garters .......

So I 'swithced' to garters. Now I have ... euh ... a lot

But I still do like the corns. I bought a third one same age with a stripe (pinstripe) wich I always wanted. After quarantine time they are all 3 in a big tank. I have no problems keeping them together ... just as you keep the sex the same (I have female only). (And I did find a very nice looking lady in Hamm. She's still very young. I couldn't leave here there so I took here also. When she get's bigger she turns pink *lol*).

But I must agree .. garters are more fun, more active, need more work, have more variaty in food .. all in all I love those Garters ......

[ConcinusMan]

garters are more fun, more active, need more work, have more variaty in food .. all in all I love those Garters ......

Look at this guy, preaching to the choir.

[kibakiba]

Frogger has been rejecting food lately. Does anyone know how I might be able to get her to eat? She used to eat lots of pinheads, and never liked the night crawlers (which Biglegs and Shadow loved) but I've offered pinheads and baby night crawlers and fresh caught earth worms, she won't take anything. She grabs it and lets go She's looking pretty sunken in so I'm starting to worry a little bit.

[d_virginiana]

That sucks... Sometimes frogs will go off food until they almost starve. Double check all their enclosure settings like temp and humidity and all. If the environment changes even a little, Trevor will refuse to eat for like a week.
Also, can you try superworms or meal worms? They aren't healthy as a long-term food because the exoskeletons are harder than crickets' but sometimes they'll get frogs started eating again. Or if your local pet store sells dubia roaches, dubia nymphs might work as well (but they aren't worth ordering online if you only have a couple frogs).

If she doesn't start eating again, try isolating her. If the other frogs are somehow stressing her out, she might start eating again alone and if she's sick it'll keep your others safe. Hope she starts eating again

[kibakiba]

Frogger is the size of my pinky, there are no meal worms available that are as small as that where I get their food (the new place up closer to me is filthy and expensive, so I'm not even going to bother). Pacific chorus frogs like it cool, so the heat has been off completely, and I feed at night when it's about 62 f. That seems to be the temperature they like. Any higher and its too hot, and I cant get it any cooler right now. I have actually put her in a different area for a while, I kind of figured the lamp might be stressing her out, it has the tendency to randomly turn on. I also used to pick her up and put her in the tank that held the crickets when I only had a few smaller ones, she seemed to enjoy hopping around and catching them then climbing into my hand when she was done. That didn't work either.

[Kantar]

spotted a massive toad, probably between a 4-5 inch body. I caught a moth and tickled it infront of its mouth. It lunged at the moth and bit part of my finger. Totally freaked me out and made me laugh for a few minutes. At least the toad got a good meal