Non-eaters

[NickeyV]

I was just wondering can you feed egg/yolk to the baby garter snakes that just will not eat? Some of the non-eaters are starting to look really thin cause there skin is folding. Have no money right now to give them anything.

[katach]

I wouldn't use store bought eggs. The eggs you buy in the store are full of hormones and have been there a very long time. I gave fresh from the hen egg whites to my babies once, some took, some didn't. It was neither a success nor a failure, so I only did it the one time.

[kibakiba]

It's not something you want to do often. Yolks are fattening, and they shouldn't eat too much of it. A little bit of it as a treat wouldn't make much difference.

What food items have you tried? Try silversides, guppies or rosy reds before giving up on them. Keep in mind, though, rosies aren't good for a long term diet, you'll want to try to get them to eat something else after they start eating.