not eating - calcium?

[ephemerata]

Hi - what was this snake eating between the time you rescued him and this summer? If there was something -even goldfish - he was taking, then I'd try that again rather than force-feeding. You might then gradually be able to shift over to something healthier.

Do you have a photo? You're sure it's an eastern garter?

Hope things get better.

I'll un-liberate a goldfish from my pond soon. Back before I knew goldfish weren't the best diet, we used to have a snake act (along with a hoop jumping cat trick) for visitors to my in-home museum where I would hold the fish from tail and Sugar the snake would eat it in a few seconds. The kids loved it. Maybe he will remember that and do it again.