Garters eating INSECTS!!!

[infernalis]

I wanna try the leggos thing

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

hahahaha, it's lego's for the garters this week.... I can see it now...

"Shannon"

"yes mom"

"why are the garters all neatly stacked on top of one another in the shape of a small house?"

[crzy_kevo]

lol that would be funny

[frechgrins1978]

my gartersnake man don´t like wax worm, but sometimes he need it!

I feed it with the tweezers and give him earthworm. I schmuggle him just under the wax worm

[Lulu Bennett]

Right guys, i have heard this arguement before. I agree 110% with stefan.

I think waxworms are good for snakes but only every once in a while same as goldfish you should definitely not feed your garter these all the time it is good feed your garter on a diet with all different types of food.

Goldfish in NO CERCUMSTANCE should be given to Garter snakes!! they contain Thiamin and this given to a garter with develope into a Vit B1 deficiancy(Sp?) so unless you are willing sign your garters death wish then i sugest you don't do it.

here him say at least waxworms. plus stephan's youtube vid was not with an albino checkered it was with a wandering maybe other species will have different feeding habbits. + reactions

I have 1.1 Albino Checkereds so i thought i would try this! It doesn't matter what species/sub-species it is. Mine had the same responce.

[infernalis]

Where I am confused is why anyone would want to deviate from established dietary requirements.

I have 2 garters that lived a full year on worms alone, and only had fish added after that first year. They are both very healthy robust animals.

So WHY??? isn't it difficult enough to stock the right foods without adding unnecessary items to the list??

[Lulu Bennett]

I have been feeding my garters on pinkies and fuzzies they contain most things that a garter needs. Mine are as healthy as pie.

with worms i would have thought that calcium powder or something like that as a supliment.

[infernalis]

Oh crap I did forget mice... Ouch it must still be early yet.

That first year Lou, I didn't know any better.

I was only trying to copy what I saw them eat in nature.

However now that I think about it, I did give them salamanders from time to time, and they have bones, so calcium was present in the diet.

[snakeman]

speaking of snakes eating insects.I saw a thread on another forum where copperheads were climbing into bushes and eating cicadas.apparently they love them and it is quite common.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

Where I am confused is why anyone would want to deviate from established dietary requirements.

I have 2 garters that lived a full year on worms alone, and only had fish added after that first year. They are both very healthy robust animals.

So WHY??? isn't it difficult enough to stock the right foods without adding unnecessary items to the list??

Wayne....... THANK YOU SO MUCH. that is always how I have felt... and have never been able to articulate it that way. <333