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09-19-12, 10:52 AM
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Re: help with Baby Garter Snakes!!
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try little earthworms.
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I'll dig tonight. Earthworms and salmon ... dinner is served.
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09-19-12, 10:57 AM
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Re: help with Baby Garter Snakes!!
I am now going to move this to the Thamnophis section where it belongs, I just now noticed it was in food for thought.
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09-20-12, 08:06 AM
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Re: help with Baby Garter Snakes!!
Okay, salmon didn't work. I will have to stop by a pet store at night, anyhow, so I will pick up night crawlers. (No luck digging in my backyard.) Somebody also recommended scenting cut-up pinkies with the oil from a can of tuna.
The snake is still very active, so I'm not too worried yet, but I'd rather have feed soon.
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09-20-12, 08:08 AM
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Re: help with Baby Garter Snakes!!
you may have to cut the night crawler into little chunks.
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09-20-12, 08:18 AM
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Re: help with Baby Garter Snakes!!
Yes, I was prepared to do that. I also cut up the pinkie into tiny pieces, earlier.
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09-20-12, 08:26 AM
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Re: help with Baby Garter Snakes!!
have you tried live guppies?
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09-20-12, 08:30 AM
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Re: help with Baby Garter Snakes!!
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Yes, would be interesting to know. I got a young garter on Saturday that hasn't eaten yet. (I've tried small feeder fish, chopped up pinkies, and will try salmon tonight.) I expect garters to eat about twice a week, so it would be interesting to hear what worked for you.
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Oops, my bad.. went back.
This sometimes works for me.
Take a small poly sandwich style food storage box, or the plastic tray that deli meats come in, put just a splash of water in the bottom, and drop the live fish in there, put the snake in with it, snap on the top and let the fish flop around.
The motion will often trigger a feeding response.
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09-20-12, 08:40 AM
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Re: help with Baby Garter Snakes!!
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Oops, my bad.. went back.
This sometimes works for me.
Take a small poly sandwich style food storage box, or the plastic tray that deli meats come in, put just a splash of water in the bottom, and drop the live fish in there, put the snake in with it, snap on the top and let the fish flop around.
The motion will often trigger a feeding response.
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That sounds like a plan. The last time I put the live fish in a shallow bowl, which works like a charm for my adult garter, but not my young one. I have a stack of the deli storage boxes you are talking about. I'll try that tonight.
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09-21-12, 06:24 AM
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Re: help with Baby Garter Snakes!!
Alright, the trick with the deli meat cup worked like a charm. She took 5 out of the 6 feeders that I bought. The hardest part was getting her into that small cup, fast little devils that they are. I'm happy for now, and it gives me time to think about how to transition her to something more nutritious.
Now, I have one corn snake to figure out ... but that is another thread. 
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09-21-12, 06:35 AM
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Re: help with Baby Garter Snakes!!
Great news!!!
Whole feeder fish are quite nutritious, many a garter snake out there in the wild have done rather well on a steady diet of that.
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09-21-12, 06:44 AM
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Re: help with Baby Garter Snakes!!
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Great news!!!
Whole feeder fish are quite nutritious, many a garter snake out there in the wild have done rather well on a steady diet of that.
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Yes, I'm very happy. Thank you for the good advice. The garter seemed more active this morning, watching me get ready, dangling from her climbing structure.
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