r/GarterSnakes

I lost one yesterday, not sure why. They have live baby guppies and platties to fish for in the water dish. They are getting cut worms and fish ever other day. They are now on sanichips instead of paper towels. I am obsessed with these cute lil noodles. Mom is Het for Blu blk axanthic, albino and melanistic. Dad was borrowed and being proven out. So definitely he was het for melanistic, but I am not sure if the other morphs are blk and wt or Blu and blk axanthic. This was the first year breeding for both parents they produced 23 babies, 2 were stillborn.

So our 3-4 year old has been pushing himself against the glass and constantly running into the glass and this is a new and recent behavior that started a month ago. I was told it could be his enclosure size or it being breeding season.

So I've upgraded his enclosure I've been meaning to a 36x18x18

Could something be stressing him out? Or is it still breeding season and if so when should my baby stop rubbing his face against the glass.

Hi! I just got this little guy a few weeks ago at a reptile expo. He's just over two months old, and he's my first snake. I have no idea if this movement is normal, I can't seem to find anything about it? Google says it could just be that he's a baby and he's curious, but the one similar video I've seen was a corn snake sliding around on it's back and it was something to do with humidity levels.

I have his tank (40 gal split in half, currently set up as a 20 gal) set to be 82° f during the day and 72° f at night. Humidity fluctuates from 40% to 70%. He has acted like this since I first brought him home, was even doing the head thrashing and rubbing his face against the container on the drive home from the expo.

Please help!! Let me know if I'm just being paranoid and he's a baby or if I'm doing something wrong or if he needs to see a vet!

Currently they are eating earth worms, live and chopped fish.

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I got him a 40g what else should i put in his tank? He’s already pretty chill.

Is was so incredible and I was so sad to leave. Held so many amazing little boys

Born on mother's day, first time mom delivered 24 babies, 2 of them were still born. But the rest have had their first meals and doing great so far. These are Radix, Plains Garter snakes. We have 13 normal and 7 morphs. It's too soon to tell for sure but I thought I saw one with blue stripes. That was my goal. I really wanted one of the Blu black axanthic. The rest are black and white axanthic and melanistic babies l.

So after trying multiple different food items, Damocles only accepts slugs(cultivated from main enclosure, technically) and earthworms. I am concerned about his nutrient intake, especially with the deformities he has. I’ve been adding calcium powder to about every other meal (mainly nightcrawlers), but I am not sure if this is enough or even covers everything he needs.

Is this enough?

Additional, I am thinking of trying to taking him to the vet to get him checked out, as he is technically a wild caught rescue. I can do a parasite screening for nematodes myself, but what else should I ask them to screen for, if I do take him? Also considering if having an MRI or an X-ray taken in the area where he is deformed would be a good idea, as I have no idea what is going on there…

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So far the food items he has refused:

- pinky mice chunks

- quail chunks

- fish chunks

- live medium insects (did as an experiment, probably won’t try again)

Items I have not tried:

- chicken heart (I can’t remember if I did)

- chicken liver

- live fish

- live rodent (will not be trying)

- frog (frozen-thawed)

I will be retrying the already offered food items again on occasion, but I am open to additional food suggestions. I am currently trying to find food grade frog legs to see if he’ll eat those, as he probably would eat a small salamander given the chance.

I got this guy last winter. He was the size of a red wiggler worm when I got him. He was from a litter of 44. Now he is the size of a Canadian night crawler. I got him at the same time as a pair of Florida blue babies and boy is there a difference in size . he's an albino Radix, plains Garter Snake. He is het for Black and white axanthic, melanistic and PH for Blu black axanthic. I'm hoping he grows enough to breed next year. I have a female with all the same hets .