The eastern garter snake is a common and widespread reptile that lives in various habitats across eastern North America. It has a striped pattern of yellow or white on a dark background, and can grow up to four feet long. It is not venomous, but it can bite and release a foul-smelling musk when threatened. It feeds on a variety of prey, such as frogs, toads, slugs and worms. It is ovoviviparous, meaning it gives birth to live young. It hibernates in groups during the winter in underground dens.

Feeding Inferno, my male captive bred Californian red-sided garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis infernalis) a frozen thawed mouse! I don’t feed my garter snakes rodents frequently but they makeup part of their diet rotation with things such as frog legs, fish, earthworms and chicken hearts. Isn’t he stunning?! Again, please note that this mouse wasn’t alive. Snakes need to eat too and this is no different than a human defrosting chicken to cook and eat, if anything the human has a choice, the snak

Feeding Inferno, my male caltive bred Californian red-sided garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis infernalis) some frog and fish today! Garter snakes should be fed a varied diet to avoid obesity. These animals rarely eat rodents in the wild. Although rodents are a common food source for captive bred snakes, gaters shouldn’t be fed them as a staple. Prey such as frog, fish, worms and more along with occasional rodents would be much more natural and healthy. What’s your favourite snake? Comment below!