Rodent diet

[drache]

rat pinkies! What a great idea. I'll try that.
I do have a kingsnake who will not take rats. Something about the smell?

[ssssnakeluvr]

I use rat pinkies a lot....I cut off the legs (they are frozen/thawed) andfeed them with fish to the smaller ones until they are big enough for pinkies. only the large adults eat adult mice. i do give fish also, i found a store that stocks rainbow trout year round so i stock up and freeze them after cutting into chunks.

[GarterGuy]

rat pinkies! What a great idea. I'll try that.
I do have a kingsnake who will not take rats. Something about the smell?

That wouldn't happen to be your PI king would it??? Mine won't take rats either!

[mikm]

Early on when I first acquired Garters, two different, very reputable breeders swore they had lost Garters after feeding them what they felt (afterwards) was too large a prey item (rodent). As such I have always erred on the side of caution and fed small fuzzies at the most. BTW my "Blue" Garter male will not take pinks, so much so that he does grab them from the bowl then spits them out. I put it back in with his fish, he removes it, lol ... Both of the girls however now readily eat the pinks as do my Red Spots. Actually all of the Garters I have owned converted to rodents, even the WC E. Black Neck babies I had converted from thawed leapord frog pieces to pink parts.

Good topic ...

[drache]

BTW my "Blue" Garter male will not take pinks, so much so that he does grab them from the bowl then spits them out. I put it back in with his fish, he removes it, lol

That sounds like a cat I used to have, who would pull pit the towel from under the food bowl and throw it on top, whenever I fed them tuna.

[drache]

That wouldn't happen to be your PI king would it??? Mine won't take rats either!

Precisely that one. He recoils the moment he gets near enough to smell it.