Quote Originally Posted by kueluck View Post
Garter don't eat bugs. They love Canadian nightcrawlers, & I also feed frozen/thawed pinky mice and fresh tilapia, some times salmon. They eat every third day and I just rotate these 3 food items each time.
Interesting. Just found out they're my state reptile. Which makes sense since we used to catch and release them and one wandered into my bf's breezeway freaking me out. Jerk. I just assumed they'd eat bugs too, but maybe he was there for our chipmunks or baby squirrels. Or random toads that hop by.
I think feeding live mammals would be difficult. And frogs, fuhgetaboutit. People get used to it, but it'd be a difficult learning curve for me.
I have a mental image of you making a thawed pinky mouse dance around. Again, I'm assuming they generally go for live prey, or they'd be swallowing rocks all the time. Unless they also go by scent. So much I don't know. Pondering as I type, and sit here on hold.
It's hard to stick to just frog talk... Anyhoo, can't wait to see updates and pics on new additions. I think they're the same type of tree frog discussed in a post that made me very sad/angry. So looking forward to seeing some being taken care of.