Frozen mice = fail?? Thoughts please.

[ssssnakeluvr]

how long have you had the new smaller garter? it can take up to a couple weeks for them to acclimate to the new home before they eat....

[Lee]

drache: Well fear of mice for one, not wanting them next to the food we eat. Some crazy thought that they can make you sick even though they are frozen.. You know just the basic can't fight it ;*( I was lucky to get brine shrimp in the freezer lol!
Yea I'm watching the 2 snakes closely when they eat, its near impossible to find a large enough male for my female becaus my female is so large (almost 2 and a half feet), males don't get that big hehe but I'm not too worried about them eating eachother TBH, just gotta take one of them out when I use live fish .

ssss: Got him yesterday. My female ate a day after I got her I believe who knows it might take this one awhile!

BTW, anyone have any idea about the fence lizards as food?

[ssssnakeluvr]

I have had wanderings eat sagebrush lizards before...was kinda surprised...didn't know they would eat them!!!!

[Todd6494]

We got our 2 w/c garters started on frozen mice without a problem. Started with nightcrawlers for a few days, then put the mice in a bowl and let the crawlers scent them. Then they were takin the mice right out of my hands! We were blessed with how smooth the transiton went.

[abcat1993]

My snake was similar, but now it rejects food for a while, then goes back on feed perfectly for a while, then repeats the process.

[Snaky]

Wait a week before you give it anything again and let the male acclimate. It's not always that the snake settles down very quick. After that you can try every 3 days untill he eats. I also feed males and females together, just watch them carefully. The male can however be intimidated by the female. This means that he keeps on refusing food, then you need to feed them seperately.

I can't comment on the cannibalism, I don't own the species.

[Lee]

I have acheived victory. He at a fish scented pinkie moments ago. Female at a fish scented fuzzy. I'll be trying him on a fuzzy next week and I'll put the female back on adult scented mice, that I hope to prekill and not get frozen. Wonder if the female will eat the remaining 2 pinkes and 20 minnows. And omg, today's feed cost me 8.25! Dang it prices are annoying, I wish I had online feeders I could freeze but alas no freezer for me.

[Sputnik]

It's so infuriating and worrying when a snake won't eat. Our female garter had been eating fine since we got her, but suddenly about 3 weeks ago started refusing food. No earthworm, no fish, no fluffs can tempt her. Otherwise she seems well. The cornsnake we bought a few weeks ago ate before we collected her, but is still refusing to eat for us. Apart from the obvious worry about the snakes, the waste of food is beginning to bother me.

[Stefan-A]

My female has taken only 2 small fish (haven't tried mice, the waste of food bothers me too) in the last 7 weeks (mated maybe 6 weeks ago), only worms will do. So that's what I've been giving her, with plenty of Nutrobal (vitamin+calcium supplement). She's been eating very well before, so I'm not worried (which is why I ask people if I should be), she's in good shape and hasn't lost any weight.