hello all you garter enthusiasts
I got a healthy looking eastern garter a bit more thant 2 years old now , i switched it to the pinky last year , was doing fine on them , grew very quickly from there on. I was wondering tough , it seems to have develloped a strange habit for the past few months. A- it's been eating a lot less this summer , wich i considered normal since it may have reached it's full lenght i suppose , but , now when presented with food , he will about half the time use this scenario , wich may hint a certain food disorder : refuse the food sometimes bite it and stop 5 minutes later , he defecates - he will then accept the food.
Any explanations !? Becoming confusing , cause with the pinky's i waste them when he refuses to eat , but i know that 15 minutes later he's gonna be ready for food. Worst : If i do not provide is food after his defecation ( only triggered by the food presented earlier) , he'll crawl around his enclosure like a madman , scratching , searching , visibly hungry , etc.
Basically , food presentation triggers his urge to purge , only afterwich he will accept food.he does defecate in other times , i only wait until he did flush his last meal toughrouly before offering food again ( around a week-earlier if he seems hungry and agitated) , but half the time he'll use the scenario mentionned above , and the other half of the time , eat voraciously. Basically ,i'm confused , i don't know when to offer it food anymore- he does look like he is thinning a bit , but nothing to be worried i'd say. i'm just ever frustrated when comes feeding time , cause it's a game i now always loose....!
any similar experiences , comments or advices would be appreciated.
