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Old 01-24-14, 09:32 PM   #1
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Hello I rescued two wonderful sister, plains garter snakes a week ago! The first pic us my big girl, Marilyn Monroe. Great Eater! The second is my baby, Shirley Temple. Who won't eat anything! !!!
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Old 01-24-14, 10:55 PM   #2
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Hello, welcome! Beautiful garters, I got a couple as well...sorta. I have one but the other I'm just keeping over winter. But if you haven't already, check out thamnophis.com, great site and full of info!
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Old 01-24-14, 11:31 PM   #3
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Can u help me as to what to feed shirley? I tried salmon and tuna, now I'm onto night crawlers
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Garter Snake Forum - Garter Caresheet take a look at this, all the info you will need right here. A varied diet between fish and worms is great. They seem best on a rodent diet if you can get them to take a mouse.
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Old 01-25-14, 01:08 PM   #5
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Hey an welcome. Cool Garters! Good luck! DC offers great advice beyond his years!
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Old 01-29-14, 09:23 PM   #6
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how fat/wide will they get?
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how fat/wide will they get?
Not too fat, but with females, they will get fatter than males
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