Is my garter pregnant?

[Sehayes1982]

Try earthworms instead. Different snakes will react differently to various food items after being born. My plains garters took earthworm parts 3 days after birth.

Congrats. Some babies don't eat for days or sometimes weeks. I wouldn't get too stressed about it. Wait a few days then offer again.

[slipknot711]

agreed, cut up some earthworms. the wiggling the worms do may stimulate them enough to eat

[SaytaSora]

Update: the tilapia fish still weren't working so I cut up some dew worms for them (bought from a store) and a few ate without problems, for the remainder I put in tiny earth worms from my garden in the containers as well as the dew worm pieces which caused them to first eat the tiny ones then immediately eat their dew worm piece lol. It seems that they just needed to realise how to eat first, or they're just stuck up and want an appetiser =P

[SaytaSora]

So thank you for the suggestions! You guys are a huge help =)

[SaytaSora]

I regret to be posting here again but I have another issue... With 1 baby garter snake. All the babies have eaten now except for one, and the one who hasn't eaten is very thin and short compared to it's siblings... Today I noticed that it doesn't look like it has very much energy, it barely squirms when I reach in and when they had bath time today it just floated there instead of swimming around like the others. I feel like the little snake will die soon if it doesn't eat something, do you guys have any advice on how to get it to eat? I've tried fish pieces, small earth worms, and a dew worm piece. I'm about to try cutting a piece off of one of mom's pinkies once it's deforested as well.

[snakegirl909]

I'd say to try to get some small feeder guppies (not minnows), and put the snake in a small container with a few fish (and a little water). This has worked for me before.

[SaytaSora]

Update: pinky piece didn't work. At least I was able to give the rest to the mom haha. Where do you find feeder guppies? I've tried a couple pet stores and none have had them so far. Just feeder goldfish. I was wondering if I could try assist feeding, but its mouth is so small! How would I open it?

[snakegirl909]

My local pet shop has feeder guppies. They just look like small grey-ish fish. I'm not sure if large stores like petco/petsmart have them...
I'm not too sure on assisted feeding (I've never done it), but I'm sure one of the more experienced members will be on soon. Good luck with him/her!

[guidofatherof5]

Many shop sell a feeder fish called Gambusia. They are safe for garters.
Gambusia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[snakegirl909]

Many shop sell a feeder fish called Gambusia. They are safe for garters.
Gambusia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Yep, I'm pretty sure that's what I was referring to... My snakes love them!