[drache]

the problem with the varied diet thing is that very few of my garters actually have a varied palate, and this is particularly true for the babies - most of them have a very strong preference, and when they're babies, I'll feed them what they'll eat
I don't offer them harmful foods though, except as a last resort
by sheer luck perhaps, I managed to get all of my current babies interested in healthy f/t foods
in the past I've raised some babies exclusively on minnows, until they were big enough to take an entire scented pinkie, and they were fine too - still are in fact