Why wont she eat her pinkies?

[adamanteus]

Jennifer, I hear you, but the net isn't always the best source of information... you need to sort out the rubbish from the facts....
A quote from a piece I read on the internet..."All snakes are poisonous, the danger is in their forked tongue". Okay...right! Not relevant to the current discussion, I know, but it goes to show how misleading the internet can be.
I don't 'Google', I only speak from knowledge I have gained through experience.... 40 years of it. Other people will have different experiences and different opinions.
If you ask an open forum for opinion, you're going to get a lot of conflicting answers, all you can do is use your own judgement and experience to decide which advice is right for you.

[Jenlang_79]

Ok I understand you..and I do not get my information from the net...I was just trying to figure out where you get yours. I have raised and kept many garter snakes over the years and I speak with experience. I understand that you prefer to believe the other way..and that is your personal choice..I do what I think is best for my snakes. I prefer not to risk any diseases from fish and worms. But I am not trying to fight with you, people feel very strongly your way too I guess...I just have never had a problem and many people will agree with me that this is the best diet..as I am sure many people will argue. Thanks

[beaniesmommy]

Wow, I just read this link... And honestly dekaybrown & adamanteus, I will take your years of experience & useful knowledge anyday. I didn't think either one of you were offensive at all. I was really surprised to see that it was interpreted that way. Hum is all I can say...

[Jenlang_79]

For adamanteus:

Oh and I forgot...I really do respect you for your experience..you have had more than me..I am only 28 years old and I am sure you know alot about snakes....I have fed mine pinkies for a long time.(about 15 years) without any problems....but I am sure that the way you feed them is very good. And maybe I am wrong and I will look into that. Take care and please people...don't think I am taking things offensivly...I see this as constructive critisism and nothing else...I don't take it personally and there was nothing personal to take...anyways..Have a good day..and sorry if I upset any of you.
(Please forgive my spelling errors)

[Loren]

If you ask an open forum for opinion, you're going to get a lot of conflicting answers, all you can do is use your own judgement and experience to decide which advice is right for you.

That is the bottom line on using the internet for any information- period. And if if you dont have good judgement/experience on a particular area, find many different sources on the subject and see what the popular answer is- dont just go by the first thing you read.
But nothing beats your own judgement(hopefully).