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Originally Posted by ClosedCasket88
hey garter guy , what would a pinkie drumstick be?
i still cant get my garters to eat pinkies .yesterday i tried again ( i doe vry week ) one just eats worms and an occasional salamder , the other eats worms and an occasional fish .
i tried scenting the pinkie with fish and worms and they still dont take it , should i try giving them 2 weeks n get them a little hungry ?
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A pinkie "drumstick" is just my name for a pinky leg. I have frozen ones for my other snakes and for very small snakes, I cut the legs off and offer them to the garters. As far as getting yours to take them. First what I'd do is get them to take the worms and such from a pair of forceps. They'll start to relate the forceps with food. Give them maybe half a worm or so, from the forceps and then give them a scented piece of pinkie that's about worm size (make sure to use frozen/thawed pinkie and wash it well in water and dry it before scenting it with the worm or fish)....garter's usually have such a good feeding reaction, especially after they've started eating, that if it see's something on the forceps that smells and kind of looks like worm they'll take it. Eventually just reduce the amount of worm "smell" on the pinky until they take it unscented. This will take a while depending on the snake. My female T.s.concinnus went over to pinks in only about a week, but my big kingsnake took over a month to switch from lizards to pinks. I think the big thing is to make sure you use frozen/thawed pinks and wash them off before scenting...mice have a very strong oder to them, so you've got to get rid of that before scenting. Something I also do is I keep a piece of frozen tuna in the bag with my mice. This gives them a bit of a fish order right off the bat. Hope this helps.
---Roy