Also mushrooms, tomatoes, raspberries, dandelion leaves etc. Feed a variety including mice of appropriate size, earthworms, slugs, fish. Feed some fish pellets, insects, dark leafy greens. Garter snakes eat fish and amphibian from the water. Handling Transport animals in an insulated, warm, dark, secure box or bag.
Many aquatic species have a fierce bite and are aggressive.
Lizards Hold around the neck and pelvic girdle with one hand, and with the other around the pelvis and hindlimbs. A soft cloth may be used to catch the delicate skinned geckos. Fractious larger lizards should be held with the hindlimbs restrained flat against the tail with one hand and the forelimbs against the thorax with the other hand to restrain the animal and to prevent the handler being scratched. Be aware that iguanas whip their tail in defence or aggression and can be very accurate and painful. Always wash a bite with copious amounts of water and check the wound for small teeth which the animal may have shed into the skin, which may later cause a foreign body reaction.