i have gave it feeder fish, crikets(big and small), and earth worms(small)..... What should i do?.... Is she sick?...... My uncle had one and feed it frogs..... should i try that too.....
2006-12-31 01:59:01 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Reptiles
my mom had once found a bay bird and it died from a paracite in one of the worms so don't feed it that.try grasshopper and baby pink mice they are suppose to be good Hope you find an answer you sould also try tadpoles if you can find any
2006-12-31 08:29:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Newborn mouse pups, little crickets and bugs, small snails in the shell, little worms, little fish, and grubs and little frogs when it's old enough to take them are all good. I kept lots of garter snakes for pets when I was a kid. None of them showed interest in food in the winter and they generally stayed in a cool area of the cage and were inactive.
When it is feeding try to mix what you offer it up frequently. Garter snakes don't imprint on a single prey item like some snakes and I've always figured the more variety you give a snake with this type of feeding instinct the more likely you are to meet it's nutritional needs.
Garter snakes are adapted to climates that are seasonally cold and they are inactive for part of the year--this part in fact. I'd heat a small area of it's cage with undercage heating and leave the rest cold so that it can be inactive if it chooses to be. Keep in mind that the vast majority of garter snakes are outside right now and they are not living in constant warmth but in a state of little activity and not using much energy to speak of and therefore are not eating.
As it gets warmer and the day length increases outside, your snake will likely respond by becoming more active and you will observe prey seeking behaviors. That will be the time that it will most likely take food.
2006-12-31 03:21:33 · answer #2 · answered by Redneck Crow 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The perfect food for baby garters are feeder guppies. They're just the right size. You could also try really small earthworms, or try cutting a larger one into smaller pieces. Do not give it the wiry bloodworms that are used for composting however. From what I hear they're supposedly toxic. Make sure that the snake is in a warm enviroment before you try feeding it. Snakes that are too cold will refuse to feed.
2006-12-31 02:11:50 · answer #3 · answered by oneandonly14 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hi there gartner snakes bugs, earth worms, frogs, fish and pinky mice... their main diet is insects but they also eat fish and pinky mice and frogs .only go by the girth size (the thickest part around it's body) u might be feeding it too big of a meal... good luck and if u plan to let it loose in the spring make sure u feed it live and let it do the hunting... or it won't survive..personal experience with them when i was younger....
2006-12-31 02:15:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
baby how baby ? if it hasnt had its first shed it wont eat the only snakes that eat bugs as a consistant diet are rough green snakes garters need to have pinkies frogs small eggs fish it may eat earthworms or crickets once in a while at the juvinile stage but not so much as an adult
unless you have a heat sorce, large enough tank, good substrate etc i would suggest letting it go.
2007-01-03 00:48:00 · answer #5 · answered by cameron b 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Crickets and worms are good to feed garter snakes. Some will eat fish, dead mice (pinkys) and frogs. Snakes don't eat daily, maybe only once a week or longer.
Make sure your snake has a warm place to live...they are cold blooded.
Alley
2006-12-31 02:07:13 · answer #6 · answered by alleymarziacat 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Toe Cutter and Madsnakeman are actual providing you with the suited advice. My daughter has somewhat one garter snake that she 'rescued' from an area cat and we've attemtped lots of the techniques. Ours is amazingly small - skinnier than a straw and approximately 8 inches long. It actual grow to be no longer attracted to crickets or "pinkies" (toddler mice). i ultimately got here across data that stated that they devour worms, slugs, and 'soft-bodied' bugs (think of catepillar). the 1st trojan horse we dug up out of the floor grow to be far too great, nonetheless we could desire to tell he wanted it - he saved remarkable at it and attempting to chew it. We tried slicing it right into a smaller piece and he grow to be no longer attracted to it.. So, we saved finding till we got here across a effective skinny trojan horse for him, and voila! We additionally study, as Joe Cutter and Madsnakeman recommend, that they devour frogs, salamanders, and small fish. We take place to stay in a close-by the place you are able to each now and then locate small frogs that are actually not any larger than your pinkie fingernail, and that too he grow with a view to devour. i'm additionally pondering meal worms, as they may well be sufficiently small and are soft bodied. a chew of advice that looks to have labored for us: we placed the trojan horse in a textile bag (comparable with the tiny frog) and then placed the snake in, this manner we are beneficial he gets the prey and he would not digest any of the earth bark in his tank. And, that's amazingly sparkling what he's attracted to eating and what he's no longer. question: what's the approach for feeding them fish? (ours looks to desire 'stay' dinner)
2016-10-28 19:38:54 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suggest feeding it it's FREEDOM. Let it go. There are 100's of breeds of domesticated dogs or cats. Snakes were not meant to be kept as pets.Nothing should be kept in a cage.
2006-12-31 02:10:52 · answer #8 · answered by Bad Samaritan 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Go to a local pet store and ask an assistant they should know.
2006-12-31 02:07:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually in this age the snakes don't eat food. Therefore, they should be fed by syringe in their mouth .
2006-12-31 02:14:56 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋