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Does anybody here have experience with both garters and pits that can chime in on metabolic rates? I keep pits and their metabolism is really high. It seems like everyday I was cleaning poop out of the cage. I know in general colubrids have a higher metabolic rate than, say, pythons or boas. How do garter snakes fare, in terms of a messy cage, feeding rates, etc. Thanks.
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I kept pits when I was a kid. Would say that garters are have at least as high a metabolism and are much more active, but garters don't crap near the volume of a pit, maybe just as often, but garters are not nearly as much mess.
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Jeff Benfer
gartersnakemorph.com

Thanks for the info. So I guess they also don't smell like pits, especially pine snakes? I love pits but boy do they stink. I'm thinking garters maybe not so much?
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garters can eat and defecate everyday....depending on what you feed them....

and I'm no expert at all....so.....

....which leads back to fatty liver disease from feeding everyday???.....

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........JY