[crayguns]

For whatever it's worth dept. If your garter or other snake is big enough, one can often buy "culls" at a chicken hatchery rather cheaply. Culls are chicks that hatch out with something wrong. These are usually destroyed or sold to people with hungry critters. I use to freeze them. My snake didn't care if they were thawed out or alive. I would wriggle it in front of Desmond, his attention would awaken and he'd eat the others I put in his cage.