Babies!!!

[Cazador]

Now THAT's funny! I'm curious... do you use that blanket to tuck them in at night or to make their bed a little softer? Do they sleep on their backs or stomachs?

Seriously though... you know how you have to try a lot of different things sometimes in order to get snakes to eat. Sometimes separating them helps, but sometimes putting them together helps. As the folks from the Netherlands say, "seeing eating causes eating." Just cut the worm pieces fairly small, and keep an eye on them but remain still. You'll have to keep experimenting with different techniques and different food items.

Rick

[Snaky]

Very nice pictures!

I agree with Rick, cut some worms in very small pieces. Stay close and still and watch over them, it might stimulate the one that's not eating.

Another trick might be to take live fish and make the water level so small that the fish will splash. That sometime's gives a very good response.

[drache]

some of my animals don't like to be watched when they eat, although I don't know why that would be the case with a newborn.
you neve know though
maybe leave him in a smaller enclosure alone with the prey

[jewel-dragons]

super cool that little nice rope's :-)

[Thamnophis]

They look very good, those little ones.
Congratulations!!!

In general I always try feeding newborn snakes with the food that is the easiest to get. So with garter snakes I always tried dead fish first and this always worked out fine.

[Sputnik]

Good news: all the babies fed happily today! I don't have easy access to guppies and couldn't find any small earthworms so cut up a larger one. Can't say I enjoyed it! I used the sharpest knife I have and had my head turned away as I chopped the poor wriggly thing into pieces. Eurgh. Not my idea of fun!

Thanks for all the advice!

[adamanteus]

Esther, that's great news! Not pleasant, but at least they're eating, so all is well. You'll soon wean them onto easier food items now. Well done you.

[Thamnophis]

Good news.
After a few feedings with worms you best start to add some fish to the food, combined with worms. Or chopped mouse.
So they get used to other types of food.
So when you cannot find any worms, you have an alternative.

[Cazador]

Good advice from Fons, there. If they like worms, you might feed them one piece. Then hold another piece of worm along with a scented pinkie part in a pair of forceps at the same time, but keep the pinkie part closest to the snake to entice it to strike the pinkie part. It's easiest to cut up pinkies while they're still frozen... less mess and firmer meat to cut. At least you got the most pressing concern (feeding) out of the way, so I'm happy for you.

Rick

[Sid]

Great news on the feeding and enjoyed the photos.

Sid