Update on the young San Francisco garter snakes...

[Thamnophis]

Dillies are 2-5 cm long. All the young snakes like them. I give them once in the 3-4 weeks. Is also a seafish.

[Thamnophis]

Today I made pics of the two tetrataenia that were in brumation this summer for some weeks.

They are doing very well. One of the two is, on average, as big as the snakes that ate well from the start and the other one is 1,5 cm smaller than the bigger one.
Both eat very good and seem to be very healthy.





And this was how one of them looked when I placed them in the refrigerator...

[guidofatherof5]

Looking good.

[Light of Dae]

Wow. That is awesome, how did you ever come to think of a short brumation to reset their appetite?

[-MARWOLAETH-]

The size change is staggering.They're growing like weedsI suppose when their young they convert all their food into growth.

[chris-uk]

Nice to hear that these little scrubs are doing well.

[gregmonsta]

It's great news and a great thread. I'll be putting my 1 non-feeder from my marcianus litter down for a few weeks now as all else has failed.

[Spankenstyne]

Nice shots. Yeah the mini brumation is an old trick that tends to work well for "resetting" things.

The last public prices I saw in Canada for tetrataenia were about $1500 CDN per pair. Haven't seen any offered in a long time though, a couple of old-timers out East that work with them tend to just gift them to friends the rare times they do breed them.

[Thamnophis]

Wow. That is awesome, how did you ever come to think of a short brumation to reset their appetite?

Is a trick that is used for some years now. Don't know who "invented" it.

@ Spankenstyne... 1500 dollar for a pair? Wow, that's a lot of money! In Europe 80 euro for a young specimen is the usual price.

[-MARWOLAETH-]

In Britain even £150 ($240 Canadian) is considered pricey for a tetrataenia.