The 129 degree reading reached in Death Valley Sunday (National Weather Service via National Park Service) Death Valley now shares the record for hottest U.S. June temperature ever recorded with Volcano, Cali, which shot up to 129 on June 23, 1902. The 129-degree temperature was still five degrees shy of Death Valleyâs all-time record high of 134.
Plains garter snakes eat a wide variety of animal prey. The diet of plains garter snakes and common garter snakes is very similar, so they probably compete for prey where they are found in the same area. They eat frogs and toads, salamanders, fish, birds, small rodents, leeches, earthworms, and grasshoppers.
Purchase mice or rats. In the wild, most snakes eat mice, rats, or another small rodent. These animals meet all of snakes' nutritional needs, so an all-mice or all-rat diet is completely sufficient to keep your snake healthy and happy. Make sure the mice were fed properly and not treated with chemicals. 2  If you don't want to feed your snake mice or rats, you can feed it a combination of grubs, insects, fish and other foods that together meet the snake's full range of nutritional needs.