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#2054619
Xtine
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My new snake my son & i caught :D 
please tell me what kind she is & what i should feed her. ive tried a mouse & guppies. how big will she get? she’s 23 1/2 inches now, she has shown no interest in the mouse or guppies. we found her sunday & just today she was chillinj in my hand for quite a while. any advice is greatly appreciated.
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08/10/09 11:58pm
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#2054919
Rexxaroo
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Message To: Xtine In reference to Message Id: 2054619
My new snake my son & i caught :D
she is a beauty but if she isnt eating then let her go. simple as that. snakes are finicky whether they will eat or not because they are stressed out due to enviroment change. feed her mice that are as large as the thickest bart of her body
Rexx 
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08/11/09 02:11pm
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#2055358
Xtine
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Message To: Rexxaroo In reference to Message Id: 2054919
My new snake my son & i caught :D
do the mice have to be alive or dead? babies or grown up? what about crickets or worms? ive really become attatched to her she is very chill now in my hands she has not once nipped at me. tell me what you guys think. tried minows for the opast few days & she has aid no interest. i really have become attatched to this snake i mean the fact that before i would put my fingers in the cage & she would spray that nasty stewntch & now i can hold her in my hands & she doesn nothing but chill with me id say shes coming a long way & is comfortable with mew. so i dunno id hate to let her go if there something good i can feed her. tell me what you guys think! <#
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08/12/09 07:20am
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#2055365
Rexxaroo
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Message To: Xtine In reference to Message Id: 2055358
My new snake my son & i caught :D
try an anole or house gecko they usually go for that then you can try an adult mouse LIVE so it sparks her attention. they probably wont go for the fish because she is so large. but if she doesnt start to eat, its because she is stressed and needs to go back in the wild. good luck :D
Rexx
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08/12/09 07:43am
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#2055943
Cobra 82
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Message To: Xtine In reference to Message Id: 2055358
My new snake my son & i caught :D
Try large Rosey red minnows. Garter snakes LOVE earthworms and slugs(nasty, i know ).
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08/13/09 12:31am
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#2056328
Xtine
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Message To: Cobra 82 In reference to Message Id: 2055943
My new snake my son & i caught :D
thank you guys so muc! so far i have gathered some stuff from my backyard a worm a spider a moth, a millipede & a rollipolli.... can i try crickets to from the petstore? what do you think? how long can a snake go without eating?
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08/13/09 05:20pm
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#2057032
Repfanatic
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Message To: Xtine In reference to Message Id: 2056328
My new snake my son & i caught :D
They eat a lot of worms and sometimes fish. The guppies were probably too small for it to think of as food. There’s a great site that’s a lot more active than this forum. It’s thamnophis.com. You’ve got a California red-sided garter, so look up care sheets for them. It will tell you what they eat. If you want to get it on pinkies you will probably have to scent them at first. Anyway, good luck with it.
Brook
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08/14/09 05:43pm
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#2059260
Boabab95
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Message To: Repfanatic In reference to Message Id: 2057032
My new snake my son & i caught :D
to your first question its a red-sided garter snake, for the second question, google it.
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08/17/09 11:17pm
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#2060392
Amphibiandude
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Message To: Boabab95 In reference to Message Id: 2059260
My new snake my son & i caught :D
seeing as its wild you could let it go and get a captive bred one that is feeding well and isn’t taken from a wild population
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08/19/09 03:17pm
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#2065342
Xtine
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Message To: Amphibiandude In reference to Message Id: 2060392
My new snake my son & i caught :D
i finally found what she likes to eat! so its been like 2 weeks now? 3? & ive tried evry bug i could possibly find. spiders, moths, beetles, worms, minnows, mice, crickets, rolli pollies. lol she just didnt care about any of those things whatsoever. . & i was getting really sad because ive become very attatched to her. not to mentioned very worried. so one night i was taking out the garbage & i saw a slug!!! & i thought yay ill try this! so i put it in her tank & the second i put it in there she snatched it! i was so happy! & relieved of course! but now where do i find slugs on a regular basis? its summer time they are never out it seems like where do they all go? anyone know an easy way to find slugs or any tips on where to find them???
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08/30/09 02:46am
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#2065387
Reptilefreak23
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Message To: Xtine In reference to Message Id: 2065342
My new snake my son & i caught :D
Garter snakes do not eat insects. Slugs are not good enough to keep it on a healthy diet. And there is no way to get to thirty large slugs a week. They need to eat minnows or mice (in captivity), if it will except a slug it will eventually except them.
The best thing for the snake is to let it go. If you were to release it it would immediately go out and find the food that helped nourish its body its whole life. It did not ask to not get food for three weeks and be in a cage. And if you buy a captive bred garter snake you will be much happier with a healthier, handle-able, eating, non disease carrying snake.
I do not mean to sound harsh. And I personally love the idea of people loving on snakes, not hating them just because they are serpents. It will just work out alot better for both you and the snake if you let it go.
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08/30/09 08:56am
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#2082417
Firebellied man
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Message To: Reptilefreak23 In reference to Message Id: 2065387
 My new snake my son & i caught :D
It is a red sided garter.
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10/10/09 08:50am
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CapeCobra
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Message To: Firebellied man In reference to Message Id: 2082417
My new snake my son & i caught :D
What size tank is she in? Try feeding her big worms (nightcrawlers). She should eat those. But if she doesn’t let her go.
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03/02/10 01:47pm
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#2139442
BBarr
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Message To: CapeCobra In reference to Message Id: 2128861
My new snake my son & i caught :D
Some wild caught will never adapt and die. let it go and order a captive born snake and learn all you can.
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04/09/10 12:42pm
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