Draco, Albino Checkered Garter

[CloudtheBoa]

Seems I missed a photo, woops. lol

Here's a really nice belly shot to make up for that.

[CloudtheBoa]

I switched Draco to aspen last week, and the poor guy seemed so upset by the change. lol He spent several hours pacing his tank and checking out everything before he decided everything was fine and burying himself. Despite this change, he ate for me the next day, which is awesome. Unfortunately, there's no new photos of him either. :/ I was just about to go get update photos of his tank when my camera broke.

[CloudtheBoa]

Draco is still steadily growing it seems. He's put on another gram in the past month, and now weighs 17 grams.








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[CloudtheBoa]

I weighed Draco yesterday, and he's put on another gram, and now weighs 18 grams.

I also decided to feed him two pinkies this feeding since the pinkies don't seem to leave much of a bulge anymore. He took both with gusto! So with the increase in food, he may have another growth spurt.


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[Albert Clark]

I like feeding fish or rodents, because you'd have to feed them every other day on worms. With fish and rodents you only have to feed once a week, or about every half a week for fish filet. I'm hoping to get Draco to at least take rodents, and hopefully both of the garters will take a variety of food.

The only slightly problematic thing for me is just how absolutely tiny they are as babies. Draco is only 9 inches long and weighs 4 grams, and he's active when handling. So, I need to have my eyes on him at all times, and it's more difficult to get photos of him because of that. Not saying photographing my ball python is easy, but he moves slower at least. lol I just feel like I'm gonna squish Draco every time I pick him up. XD

Hi CloudtheBoa, I can tell you are enjoying Draco but just be cognizant of how afraid and stressed he an become by overhandling. Reptiles in general dislike being held especially for extended periods of time. More especially, baby snakes are easily stressed when held. This can definitely carry over to refusals to feed. I work with several species of garters including Albino checkered. The sooner you get him on whole rodents per meal the healthier he will be. Fish and earthworms, nightcrawlers are ok occasionally but the staple and complete nutrition is rodent based. He is lucky to have you looking out for him!!! Enjoy. Stay in peace and not in pieces. A.C.

[CloudtheBoa]

Hi CloudtheBoa, I can tell you are enjoying Draco but just be cognizant of how afraid and stressed he an become by overhandling. Reptiles in general dislike being held especially for extended periods of time. More especially, baby snakes are easily stressed when held. This can definitely carry over to refusals to feed. I work with several species of garters including Albino checkered. The sooner you get him on whole rodents per meal the healthier he will be. Fish and earthworms, nightcrawlers are ok occasionally but the staple and complete nutrition is rodent based. He is lucky to have you looking out for him!!! Enjoy. Stay in peace and not in pieces. A.C.

This thread is fairly old, so that post is also old! He's grown a lot since then and is much older now, and has been on whole pinkies for awhile now. In fact, I just began feeding him two pinkies per feeding, as the pinkies are getting small for him.

I have only been handling him to weigh him lately, and he's become quite difficult to handle. Before, I was only handling him once or twice every 2 weeks for 10-15 minutes each handling session, so by no means over-handling him. I'm well aware that over-handling stresses them out! Which is why I started only handling him to weigh him. But, with him becoming unruly I may start handling him 1-2 times a week.

He rarely ever goes off food, and usually it's because I try to feed him at the wrong time of the day, which is nice.

The only ones that get handled more than once a month as of right now are my two boas, and I try to handle them as often as possible. This is because they are the two that tolerate handling the best.


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[CloudtheBoa]

Here are some photos. They were taken 5 days after he ate, so I think he was empty, but having eaten two pinkies rather than one, he may still have had some food in him. I weighed him at 20 grams, but I'll give him a few more weeks before I weigh him again to make sure.

In the jar I now weigh him in, since he jumps out of the bowl I used to use, which I now use for Sanji since I can't use it for anyone else.





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[CloudtheBoa]

He took two pinkies again this feeding. He took the first one from the tongs but I had to lay the other one in his tank, although he did hunt after it as I moved it. Turns out he may just be scared of the tongs. lol I found the tweezers I used to feed him from and he took it from me with no problems. What a weirdo. >.>




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[anicatgirl]

He is such a pretty boy! This thread has gotten me interested in garters for my second snake

[AlexisFitzy]

This little guy is so stinking cute!!