Worms

[guidofatherof5]

I've had Glyph since the beginning of last October. He was eating rosy minnows and guppies in October and November.

I switched to worms and pinkies in the same week at the beginning of December. It took him a couple of hours to eat the pinky the first time, but since then I've had no trouble getting him to eat whole pinkies right away with tongs.

Worms took two or three times, I think. Also, I was cutting them up because they kept squirming out of the hemostats. Finally I just decided to try feeding them to him live by hand and he takes them with no trouble at all. I was a little worried about getting bit but they are long enough that my hand is a fair distance from his mouth, I just have to hold them by the other end!

I bought him from the pet store and I think all they fed him were goldfish...which you don't want to do. But that's what they recommended I feed him.

I think it was a good decision to phase the rosies out.

[angrygamer]

I think it was a good decision to phase the rosies out.

When I was first reading up on diet, the first couple places places I read said that they were fine. It wasn't until later on that I found out that they weren't good for Garters.

[JodiLeigh]

Thank you guys

So lob worms are safe?

The care sheet on this website also says not to use goldfish or rosy minnows.
That's bad that the pet shop advised feeding him goldfish!

[guidofatherof5]

Thank you guys

So lob worms are safe?

The care sheet on this website also says not to use goldfish or rosy minnows.
That's bad that the pet shop advised feeding him goldfish!

Very typical for that to happen.
I'm surprised they didn't recommend crickets or mealworms.

[aquamentus_11]

Very typical for that to happen.
I'm surprised they didn't recommend crickets or mealworms.

yeah, the pet store where i buy guppies told me to use goldfish and try to feed their garters and ribbons crickets when they're small...i tried to tell them about thiaminase and i ended up having to back off because they were bordering on being offended: "we've never had any problems"

[guidofatherof5]

yeah, the pet store where i buy guppies told me to use goldfish and try to feed their garters and ribbons crickets when they're small...i tried to tell them about thiaminase and i ended up having to back off because they were bordering on being offended: "we've never had any problems"

Of course they didn't have any problems.
They don't keep animals long enough to see the affects of a poor/dangerous/wrong diet.