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Wing Zero
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 Just bought a gartar...need help.

Hey I just bought a gartar and I did research and all that, but (s)he won’t eat. I’ve tried F/T pinkies and earthworms and it doesn’t seem interested in either. Any advice?
07/01/08  07:24pm

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JackAsp
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   Message To: Wing Zero   In reference to Message Id: 1779958


 Just bought a gartar...need help.

Start by describing the cage setup, complete with temperatures and lighting. The problem could be environmental. Even if the setup is great, sometimes they need a week to settle in and start feeling like a snake again before they get hungry. You could also try guppies; some of them prefer fish to mice, although f/t mice are the healthiest way to go whenever possible.
07/01/08  11:53pm

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Wing Zero
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   Message To: JackAsp   In reference to Message Id: 1780202


 Just bought a gartar...need help.

Okay well, as for cage setup, (s)he has a very large water dish, aspen bedding as a substrate, one hide on the warm end and cool end, and a little fake plant. The warm end of the tank is about 83 F, while the cool end is about 77 F. I was not using a light until today because I found out I needed one. I have a 7% UVB florescent light that I leave on for about 11 hours a day.
07/02/08  08:57am

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Reptililian Boy
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   Message To: Wing Zero   In reference to Message Id: 1780355


 Just bought a gartar...need help.

Isn’t aspen toxic? Your temps could go up since mine are a little higher than yours and how big is the cage? How big is the snake?

Alec
07/04/08  12:13pm

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Elsinore Rider
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   Message To: Reptililian Boy   In reference to Message Id: 1782741


 Just bought a gartar...need help.

Aspen is fine. Cedar and pine are toxic.
07/04/08  02:44pm

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JackAsp
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   Message To: Elsinore Rider   In reference to Message Id: 1782852


 Just bought a gartar...need help.

I don’t think the problem is the setup. Might just need to settle in.
What time of day are you feeding? They’re diurnal, so privacy and light is the combination you want, as opposed to a lot of others that want privacy and dark.
Is the animal wild or CB?
07/05/08  01:35am

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Matt Chandler
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   Message To: JackAsp   In reference to Message Id: 1783279


 Just bought a gartar...need help.

You need to feed her fish to calm the butterflies, then you can move on to other things with the scent of fish, then eventually no scent. Worms suck!
07/05/08  08:59pm


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