Baby snakes

[gartermorphs]

im new to the world of baby snakes and was wondering how much of what i should feed them and how often and i want to know the same thing with a yearling

[gartermorphs]

please help i really would like a little bit more info!

[infernalis]

I feed babies every other day, a yearling about every three days.

Others may do it differently, but this formula works for me.

[Nafun]

Depends on what you're feeding them. In general, the younger and smaller a snake is, the more often it will want to eat.

You can offer worms every two days, or fish (live or filet dusted in calcium, make sure it's a non-thiaminase species) twice a week. If you can get it to take small pinkies, then every 5-7 days.

Yearlings, assuming they're on rodents, can be fed once a week like any other snake.

Imo, feed the snake when it's hungry. You'll learn to recognize the signs.

[infernalis]

I don't quite know about that Nafun, Garters are hyper active snakes, pacing the cage and exploring all day long.

Milks, Corns, Kings, Boids, etc... sit under the hides all day long.

I have a whole bunch of garter snakes here that demand to be fed every 3-4 days or they get damn cranky.

I let them go 6 days without food (waiting on a big frozen rodent order) and they all bit me when I went to feed them.

[Nafun]

Well, I fed my garters yesterday, and today one of them is trying to catch the guppies living in his water dish.

[Atlas511]

Can you list some non-thiaminase species that I can offer?

[infernalis]

Here is a list that steve found/compiled....

The follow list of Safe and Unsafe fish is paraphrased from: Nutrient Requirements of Mink and Foxes, Second Revised Edition, 1982(http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=1114&page=64) This should not be considered a complete list!

Unsafe fish (Species reported to contain thiaminase)

Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus)
Anchovies (Anchoa hepsetus)
Anchovies (Engraulis mordax)
Bass (white) (Lepibema chrysops)
Black quahog (Artica islandica)
Bowfin (dogfish) (Amia calva)
Bream (Abramis brama)
Buckeye shiner (Notropus atherionoides)
Buffalofish (Ictiobus cyprinellus)
Bull Head (Ameirurus m. melas)
Burbot (Lota lota maculosa)
Burbot (Lota lota)
Butterfish (Poronotus triacanthus)
Carp (Cyprinus carpio)
Catfish (channel) (Ictalurus laccustris punctatus)
Clams (chowder, steamer, cherrystone)
Fathead minnow (Primephales p. promelas)
Garfish (garpike)
Goldfish (Carassius auratus)
Herring (Baltic) (Clupea harengus var. membranus)
Herring (Clupea harengus)
Lamprey (adult) (Petromyzon marintus)
Mackerel (Scomber japonicas) (Pacific)
Menhaden (Brecoortia tyrannus)
Menhaden (large scale) (Brecoortia patronus)
Moray ell (Gymnothorax ocellatus)
Mussel (bigtoe) (Pluerobema cordatum)
Razor belly (scaled sardine) (Harengula pensacolae)
Sauger (Stizostedion c. canadense)
Scallop (Placopecten grandis)
Sculpin (Myooxocephalus quadricornis thompsonii)
Shad (gizzard) (Dorosoma cepedianum)
Shiner (spottail) (Notropis hudsonius)
Smelt (freshwater) (Osmerus mordax)
Stoneroller (central) (Campostoma anomalum pullum)
Sucker (common white) (Catostomus c. commersonii)
White bass (Lepimbema chrysops)
Whitefish (Prosopium cylindraceum quadriaterale)
White fish (Coregonus clupeaformis)


Safe fish (Species reported not to contain thiaminase)


Ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis)
Bass (largemouth) (Huro salmoides)
Bass (rock) (Ambloplites r. rupestris)
Bass (smallmouth) (Micropterus d. dolomieu)
Black backs (pseudopleuronectes americanus)
Bluegill (Lepomis m. macrochirus)
Chub (bloater) (Coregonus hoyi)
Cod (Gadus morrhua)
Crappie (Pomoxis nigro-maculatus)
Croaker (Micropogon undulatus)
Cunner (Tautogolabrus adspersus)
Cusk (Brosme brosme)
Cutlassfish (silver eel) (Trichiurus lepturus)
Dogfish (squalus acanthias)
Eel (anguilla rostrata)
Gar (northern longnose) (Lepisosteus osseus oxyurus)
Haddack (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)
Halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus)
Hake (Urophycis spp.)
Herring (Leucichthys artedi areturus)
King whiting (ground whiting) (Menticirrhus americanus)
Lemon sole (Psuedopleuronectes americanus dignabilis)
Lizard Fish (Synodus foetens)
Mackerel (Scomber scombrus)
Mullet (Mugil spp.)
Perch (yellow) (Perca flavescens)
Pike (northern) (Esox lucius)
Pike (wall-eyed) (stizostedion vitreum)
Plaice (Canadian) (Hippoglossoides platessoides)
Pollock (Pollachitus virens)
Porgy (scup) (Stenotomus aculeatus)
Porgy (scup) (Stenotomus chrysops)
Pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus)
Redfish (Sebastes marinus)
Salmon (Salmo salar)
Salmon (Coho) (Oncorhynchus kisutch)
Seabass (centropristis striatas)
Sea catfish (galeichthys felis)
Sea robin (Prionotus spp.)
Smelt (pond) (Hypomesus olidus)
Spot (Leiostomus xanthurus)
Squid (Loligo brevis)
Tautog (blackfish) (Tautoga onitis)
Trout (brown) (Salmo trutta fario)
Trout (lake) (Christiconer n. namaycush)
Trout (rainbow) (Salmo gairdnerii irideus)
White trout (Cynoscion nothus)
White trout (Cynoscion avenarius)
Whiting (Merluccius bilinearis)
Yellow tails (Limanda ferruginea)[/

[Nafun]

Tropical:
Guppies
Platyfish
Cichlid

Freshwater:
Bluegill (and related panfish)
Largemouth Bass
Smallmouth Bass
Chub
Salmon
Trout

Marine:
Flounder
Plaice
Halibut
Cod
Haddock
Pollock
Mackeral
Perch


This is not, by any means a complete list.

As for what definitely does contain thiaminase.

ALL carp. That means koi, goldfish, rosy reds, minnows, etc.
Most catfish
Whitefish
Smelt
White Trout
Tuna
Anchovies

[Mommy2many]

I feed my babies (11 months old) every other day. The beggars would eat everyday if I let them