Winnie Ate A Fish!

[Snake lover 3-25]

garters can eat chicken???? ????

[anji1971]

No, Shanley. She fed Winnie baby rabbit drumsticks.
Although I've not heard of that one before either!
Anyone have any input on the rabbit? I find it interesting that she went for it, and I'm kind of curious now.........

[Garter_Gertie]

Sorry, Shanley. I thought you'd caught that. About getting Ripley's baby bunny "drumsticks."

Anj, she ate it. Dunked herself in her new 'swimming pool,' sat out on the warm rocks under her light for awhile and then toddled off to sleep under her bark chips. NOTHING I could do could wake her. She was a Starvin' Marvin.

When I got to work, she was under her chips. As soon as she 'heard me' (my walk/my vibrations) she was up and out and like a being possessed. All over her tank; would snoot under a bark chip or two and look at me. Back over here, then over there; a snoot here, a snoot there. I knew she was hungry!

She loved her drumsticks! She is a super LOVE!

[anji1971]

I don't doubt that she ate it, Gertie. I've just never heard of rabbit as a food item. That's what sparked my interest!
Might be that I just don't remember reading it anywhere before, my brain has issues with remembering what I've read.........

[Zephyr]

Drumsticks... So she got the calcium too?

[Garter_Gertie]

Anj, at the time it was all I had to offer her f/t. No winky-pinkies. So, wanting to try her on what I had available - Ripley's baby bunny - I went for it. It was more me trying her on f/t than it being rabbit that exited me. It was the f/t that concerned me.

Now, I shall get pinkies, frozen, and start with them. I feed Winnie less than you guys seem to feed your snakes. I'd rather keep her a bit hungry and lean than over feed her. I've no scale, but she's way longer than she was when we caught her and she's a nice gartery size. Has shed twice this spring/summer.

Yes, Mr. Zephy! My baby has gotten calcium in the past two weeks!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fishies the first week, rabbity drumsticks this week! I'm SO HAPPY, EXCITED, AND RELIVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[anji1971]

By all means,
you should definitely have no problem with pinkies now!
Trying the bunny was a good idea to see how the snake reacted..........now you know she'll take F/T food. One less worry off your mind!

[Snake lover 3-25]

oooo sorry.... i'm slow today lol that's great!! where did you get them from???

CONGRATS!!!!!

[Garter_Gertie]

"I'd read on here last nite about 'drumsticks.' So today I asked Dave if I could have two of the legs from Ripley's baby bunny."

Ripley gets a f/t baby bunny every Sunday. Because I'd read about problems sometimes when converting to f/t pinkies, I wanted to make sure Winnie was on f/t before I truly needed her to be, i.e., in the winter when I'm not able to get worms and fish from the river.

So, Sunday I asked Dave if he would cut off two of the baby bunny's 'drumsticks' for me to try giving f/t to Winnie. She hesitated but just a maybe a minute and then snarfed both down.

It's not the 'rabbit' part that excites me but that Winnie accepted f/t ANYTHING and I can now buy f/t pinkies for her and not have to worry about her not accepting them.

[Snake lover 3-25]

lol ooooooo wow i'm really slow!!!! awesome!!!!! lol but unf... sometimes they go into brumation by themselves...... don't be too sad if she stops eating.... mine do that every year.... even the cb baby??? idk why... but they do....