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    Young Garter Not Eating

    Hey everyone! I'll post on the forum later so you can meet my babies, but I have a problem. I've had my garters for about two and a half weeks. I got them from a reptile convention, but I don't know who the breeders were so I can't ask them what they were eating.

    Both of my garters have the same set up (it's a two compartment small cage with a heater, water bowl, lots of aspen shavings, and some fake plants) but the Eastern Black-necked (Jack) is eating and doing fine while the California Red-sided (Calypso) is not eating. Calypso seems a lot more skittish than Jack. I originally tried pinkie pieces but they were scared of the tongs and ignored the food when I left them in a tupperware with it for about 30 minutes. I am currently feeding them live rosy minnows (I know you don't recommend them but I'm desperate to get her to eat) by leaving them in their water bowls. I recently added meal worms in another bowl to see if Calypso would eat them, and I am getting earthworms tomorrow to see if those work. I've already force fed Calypso once, because the minnow was about to die cuz the water had evaporated, but I don't want to make that my regular feeding method cuz it will stress her out. How can I get her to eat?

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