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Not to mention feeding garters a sole rodent diet can lead to liver problems and other health related risks.
"A garter snake on a steady diet of mice is at risk of fatty liver disease and a much shorter lifespan. Mice are a rich, fatty food that should be only an occasional treat. Goldfish is the usual diet for these animals, but even this is not ideal as goldfish contain substances that can cause vitamin deficiency if fed long-term. A much better garter snake diet consists mostly of minnows (buy them in the bait ship), earthworms and the occasional mouse or rat pup."
as quoted from:
http://reptile.lifetips.com/Cat.asp__Q__id__E__7824
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OMG! YOUR SO CONFUSED! I said garters are suposed to eat fish! And now yur saying i was wrong because I said they weren't suposed to! here is what i said:
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Garter snakes are suposed to eat fish. Rat snake *can* occasionaly. Pythons and Boas NEVER!
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Originally Posted by Jase
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Originally Posted by hhw
None of those snakes should be eating fish.
Snakes aren't people and they don't need snacks. Attempts to treat snakes like people instead of snakes can only result in incorrect husbandry. Now, I'm not at all one to say that snakes should be kept a particular way, but I don't think there's any logical basis for giving snakes snacks. If you want to give a pet a treat, give it to your dog, not your snake.
Just a note i thought i'd add. a lot of different garter snake owners and care sheets reccomend feeding minnows as their sole source of diet.
Sorry, I was referring to the pythons, boas, and ratsnakes. "gardners" just didn't register with me at the time :P
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Originally Posted by hhw
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Originally Posted by Jase
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Originally Posted by hhw
None of those snakes should be eating fish.
Snakes aren't people and they don't need snacks. Attempts to treat snakes like people instead of snakes can only result in incorrect husbandry. Now, I'm not at all one to say that snakes should be kept a particular way, but I don't think there's any logical basis for giving snakes snacks. If you want to give a pet a treat, give it to your dog, not your snake.
Just a note i thought i'd add. a lot of different garter snake owners and care sheets reccomend feeding minnows as their sole source of diet.
Sorry, I was referring to the pythons, boas, and ratsnakes. "gardners" just didn't register with me at the time :P
haha it happens
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Originally Posted by BallPythonBabe448
OMG! YOUR SO CONFUSED! I said garters are suposed to eat fish! And now yur saying i was wrong because I said they weren't suposed to! here is what i said:
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Garter snakes are suposed to eat fish. Rat snake *can* occasionaly. Pythons and Boas NEVER!
wierd when i originally quoted your post, it said they should never eat fish....
i dunno, whatever
the facts are posted, if thats what your originally said, awesome
but i doubt i would have started posting facts and quoting sites unless i read that it said never feed them fish
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Originally Posted by BallPythonBabe448
Rex started it.
I dont care who started it. I asked you guys to lay off, and you didnt. I'm now ending it.
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