2007-03-04 08:49:43 · 9 answers · asked by Melanie S 2 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
WHAT IS WITH ALL THESE HALF A** , NO HELP POSTERS. YOU ARE NOT CONSTRUCTIVE OR FUNNY!!!
you can get coconut bark substrate, or the normal wood chip substrate for most lizards. They like rocks and hidey holes, logs, and things to go under. Heat source of some type like for all reptiles is a must. Be it a heat lamp, strip, or rock. Water dish. High sided aquarium with lid. They get at more 3 to 4 feet in length and they are very small in diameter as an adult, and live about 6 to 10 years in captivity depending on if it was captive bred and raised or you just nabbed it out of the wild and are keeping it as a pet. They have musk glands near there anal opening and use this as defense, some people dont like to keep gartners cause of this reason, its a smelly fishy odor and wild caught gartners use it allllll the time... PEEE U! Garters are not aggressive snakes and tend to be shy and reclusive getting fresh caught snakes are hard to feed sometimes. The captive bred ones are easier to maintain. Feeding them a variety of foods helps in there digestion and shedding cycle. They are kinda the "garbage can" of snakes. Eating crickets, fish, lizards, mice, worms, and other smaller baby garters. They are live baring (eggs are kept inside body and absorbed when gestation is doen) and give birth to large litters of babies. Some wild caught females have suprised there new owners with a horde of baby snakes one day.
2007-03-04 09:00:07 · answer #1 · answered by I luv Pets 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
A shallow water bowl that it can easily get in and out of.
A UVB basking lamp.
Something to hide under (log, rock, etc.) Which will also aid it when it sheds its skin.
And as for the people saying let it go.. that is the way to make them the most comfortable but if you properly care for them i see no good reason not the keep them as pets. They are extremely common and stay pretty small. Good luck.
2007-03-05 08:35:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have mine on shredded coconut fiber (EcoEarth or Bed-A-Beast), a place to hide (cave or log), some silk plants & vines, and a large water dish (he eats minnows, so I use his dish, about 6x6 as their "pond"). A screen cover and a good light/heat from above.
http://www.wnyherp.org/care-sheets/snakes/garter-ribbon-snake.php
2007-03-04 13:20:34 · answer #3 · answered by copperhead 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
except you extremely understand what your doing, your no longer going to get a wild snake to devour for you. enable it bypass, don't be an a$$hollow and enable it starve to demise. edit: certain certain thumbs me down because I care about the animal extra then I care about your egocentric opt for to have a wild animal as a puppy.
2016-11-27 21:25:33 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would install a tiny "snake" door so that the little critter could go in or out as it wished.
2007-03-04 08:54:59 · answer #5 · answered by Pete W 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A way to escape.
You shouldn't keep a snake in a cage. It is not healthy for them.
2007-03-04 08:53:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Things from its outside inviroment. Like grass, sticks, some little rocks,etc.
Once as he or she gets big, let it go so you are never afraid he'll come and bite you!
2007-03-04 13:12:08 · answer #7 · answered by []Aspen[] 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bleached branches from ur yard....fake leaves, and other wooded like things...gravle (bleached) and sawdust
2007-03-04 09:00:08 · answer #8 · answered by baby_bat/Trival_dead 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mouse skin bedding will be the best
2007-03-04 08:56:13 · answer #9 · answered by Ivan S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋