"Goldfish are better than mice".

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I don't totally agree with you....I do give a variety but they do just fine on a diet of rodents. Wandering garters do take a lot of rodents in the wild. A lot of the areas I find them in have lots of field mice and not much else.

I'm with Don on that issue. My biggest monster eastern (W/C) that I just got certainly did not reach the size she is by eating night crawlers.

She refuses anything BUT mice.

I found her in a big open meadow far from any fish.

I'm sure toads were also part of her diet, but I won't be feeding her any toads.