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Old 01-07-2018, 11:04 AM   #14
nancyg
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Originally Posted by Rosy009 View Post
Thanks so much this helps a bunch! I’ll definitely think I’ll be holding off until my baby garters are big enough to eat pinkies. I’m having issues with them even eating worms right now, so we’ll just have to wait and see.
I was given a garter by someone when they heard I had snakes, I am not sure if he was a baby, but he WAS very small.. I bought some frozen tilapia fillets (because you can't buy just one at the grocery store) and just cut chunks off of it with scissors. I also cut tails or feet off the mice being fed to the other snakes and offered those- much smaller than a pinkie and good calcium..My garter is a little trash can, he eats EVERYTHING, You know about avoiding thiaminase, right?

Watching him eat when he was little was fascinating, It wasn't exactly 'chewing' but it looked a lot more like it than my corns, And offering the occasional earthworm as he grows bigger is very entertaining...

Nancy