We've had our snakes, Lydia and Buttons, for a few weeks now and it's been quite the experience. We have rented from the Library several books on Garter Snakes and learned quite a bit. We have got to actually witness a few things now for ourselves as well. We have had both snakes shed their skin, which was very cool. The snakes eyes go white and foggy for a few days and then they shed. We had been feeding the snakes crickets and found that they didn't like them very much. So, this weekend we bought some gold fish and actually witnessed the snakes dive into the dish, catch the fish, and then swollow the fish whole. It was very cool. In two days the snakes have eaten 6 fish, so I think we found something they like to eat.
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you are so brave to have pet snakes. I get the chills just thinking about it. We actually saw a snake in our garden but it got away from us when we tried to catch it. Now Ed and i are quite nervous when we are out there, but the kids spend hours hunting for it! But i am not as nice as you,if they catch it no snakies are coming in our house (at least by choice!)
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