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Xmas albino plains, an 07 female that is doing great, pounding rat pinks.

Nice looking snake. Just curious, what is the largest size rat you have ever fed a garter?
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1.0 pastel ball python
0.1 mojave ball python
0.1 normal ball python
0.2 3-toed box turtles
2.3 eastern box turtles
0.0.5 3-striped mud turtle
1.0 northern diamondback terrapin
2.1 tiger salamander
1.1 red-sided garter
1.0 anerythristic red-sided garter
1.1 Iowa snow plains garter
1.1 Het butter stripe cornsnake
0.1 anerythristic motley cornsnake
1.1 Blue garter (Puget Sound)

I don't feed anything larger than pinky rats as far as rats go. There are a couple that could take a small rat but prefer feeding smaller food items, so as not to stress them out.

Scott

PS How are the garters doing?

Scott,
yes, prabably not a good idea to push the size envelope. I have been increasing to the next size mouse when they get to the point where they eat 3-4 eagerly per feeding, if they do this for severaly feedings then I bump them up to the next size. My garters that I got from you are doing great. The male anery feeds eagerly, but he is slower growing, but man is he going to be a looker, I wish I would have bought a female from you too, I bet they are increadibly full grown. The female snow weighs 150grams now and pushing 3ft long and she eats 2-3 small mice per feeding, the male snow is only 1/2 that size and hasn't grown much lately, he eats one fuzzie per feeding and I wonder if he might be close to topping out, I think he might be a little intimidated if I were to put them togather. I was thinking about trying to breed them this spring, she is certainly big enough, but do you think I should give her another year to mature anyway?
Jeff
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1.0 pastel ball python
0.1 mojave ball python
0.1 normal ball python
0.2 3-toed box turtles
2.3 eastern box turtles
0.0.5 3-striped mud turtle
1.0 northern diamondback terrapin
2.1 tiger salamander
1.1 red-sided garter
1.0 anerythristic red-sided garter
1.1 Iowa snow plains garter
1.1 Het butter stripe cornsnake
0.1 anerythristic motley cornsnake
1.1 Blue garter (Puget Sound)