Baby garter feeding?

[zirliz]

Originally Posted by zirliz

i have a garter who is ten days old (Checkered garter) the pet shop i got her from said the rest of her siblings are feeding so should I be concerned?
It's my first baby garter so I 'm very nervous,

Still hasn't eaten I've tried fish and earthworms
what to do?

[Tori]

I had one baby garter that wouldn't eat worms, live guppies, cut up trout, rosy reds, plattys, or anything else I could think of for almost 45 days, then I gave it some live white clouds and it ate them immediately. It's worth a try, right? Let us know, ok?

Tori

[zirliz]

Finally got her to eat a baby Platy, but can't find baby fish all the time arn't minnows a bit big for baby snakes?

[adamanteus]

Now that she's eating Platys you might be able to trick her into taking other food items by 'scenting'.

[zirliz]

not much good if she's after moving prey is it?

[adamanteus]

There are ways....put some fish pieces in the water bowl with the Platys, while she's chasing those she will bump into the fish pieces and she may take them.

[zirliz]

Ah, clever now to find more tiny fish, not easy here

[zirliz]

Thanks for advice I'll look somemore for them in other locations

[DEKAN]

Same here...so I bought some guppies to breed, for my luck its just a matter of days.

For 3 weeks I put worms and trout but the babies just fool around smelling the food, but then nothing happens...

Luck with your garters

[stonyloam]

This is what seems to work with my babies (lots of babies): I take a nightcrawler and with a sharp knife (or razor blade) cut off the tail. Then I use the flat of the blade to squish out as much of the dirt (poop) as I can (this makes the whole job a lot less messy). Cut the worm up into bite size (2mm) slices (I cut the head into 2-3 mm chunks). Take a couple of frozen (or fresh) fathead minnows and cut them into 2mm slices (the head can be kinda big, so I split that in half). Slice off a piece of frozen trout fillet about 2mm thick and cut it into 2x2x3mm chunks. Mix the whole mess together and serve it in several portions on 2 inch paper squares. At first they went for the worm pieces, but now they seem to grab anything. I leave it in there for a while and what they don’t eat I just toss out and do the whole thing again a couple of days later. Doesn’t take too much time.