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Rake
Hatchling
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 21/06/2011 : 14:04:07
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| please forgive me mods for posting this here but i needed a quick answer, i have just received my baby red sided garter snake and it is tiny i mean really tiny about size of a earth worm (that its supposed to eat)i was expecting a slightly larger baby, so should i house it in the small tub it came in ? food is also a problem cuz its head aint much bigger than a match stick, also with the heat mat will it be ok on there it is statted ? ive read all there is to read about them just wasnt expecting sumfink so diddy |
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a33272
our battery charger
United Kingdom
3063 Posts |
Posted - 21/06/2011 : 14:31:22
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| mat will be fine after all there kept on mats in tubs by breeders in the first place, cant see why u cant keep it in the tub until its abit bigger |
    
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Rake
Hatchling
United Kingdom
200 Posts |
Posted - 21/06/2011 : 14:38:13
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| cheers for the advice, am just shocked by his size its kind of threw me |
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Karakal
Hatchling
United Kingdom
129 Posts |
Posted - 21/06/2011 : 19:29:02
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Tiny!!
Unpleasant but would chopping up a pinkie for him/her work? |
Lurking in: Brighton, East Sussex
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ogri
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
44 Posts |
Posted - 21/06/2011 : 19:52:44
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| Have you tried giving tiny some earth worms or as tiny is a garter it will probably eat fish of small varieties |
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Rake
Hatchling
United Kingdom
200 Posts |
Posted - 21/06/2011 : 20:23:11
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am hopfully going to be able to train him to eat pinkies so i dont have to use calci powder, hes in his new home now very active very nosy, just snatched like lightning a small 2 millimetre piece of worm i snipped off wit scissors not sure if head or tail lol  |
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Kehhlyr
ǝʞɐɔ sǝʌoן
United Kingdom
8173 Posts |
Posted - 22/06/2011 : 03:44:49
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| From recollection with my old garters they could eat an earthworm that was up to a 3rd the length of their body depending on how chunky the worm was. They also loved click beetles (do they still exist???) which always used to provide a challenge to catch. Although that is also info that was around in about 1990 so could well be flawed, but my old garters seemed to thrive. |
-=Kehhlyr - The Resident Loon
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tordyjo
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
2036 Posts |
Posted - 22/06/2011 : 07:19:24
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| I have a friend who used to keep a garter snake, she says she fed it on fish - not sure what sort though |
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1.2.0 corns, 1.1.0 cats tropical guppies who continually breed
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Sta~ple
qeeun speler
United Kingdom
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Posted - 22/06/2011 : 09:56:33
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| It is my limited understanding that they eat earth worms and a special variety of fish dusted with some stuff and that mice make them very fat if that is their sole deit. To be hontest, your best bet maybe the so called dark side, there are a few breeders on there and no doubt many keepers. |
  
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Rake
Hatchling
United Kingdom
200 Posts |
Posted - 22/06/2011 : 11:03:09
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| thanks for all the advice very much appreciated, seems the general idea that they eat earth worms and fish fillets dust with calcium, easier for them to eat pinkies as they get it all in one but as said the risk of bein a fatty, so will be going with a nice varied diet, but hes settling well very inquisitive and feisty drinking and ate last night, thanks again all |
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Kehhlyr
ǝʞɐɔ sǝʌoן
United Kingdom
8173 Posts |
Posted - 22/06/2011 : 22:02:18
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| Guppys are yummy for garters, get a small tank and breed them up. |
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Spreebok
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
1135 Posts |
Posted - 24/06/2011 : 14:18:20
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Originally posted by Kehhlyr
Guppys are yummy for garters, get a small tank and breed them up.
Haha, that wont take much! Guppies are like a never ending food supply! To maximise survival of the baby guppies, so more food, put lots of cover/plants in there, things with that are dense with lots of soft, fine, leaves will do the job nicely! |
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garter panic lol
