Is my one year old garter not growing fast enough? (pics)

[EasternGirl]

I have an albino checkered male who is almost a year old...and I would say that she is a bit small...especially since females are usually larger than males...Hermes is bigger than your girl at 11 mos. I feed Hermes a whole pinky or the equivalent in fish and worms every 5 days. That is a whole small pinky. I would start feeding her a bit more.

[d_virginiana]

Pinkies and worms provide enough nutrition/variation. Plenty of people feed a worm or pinkie-based diet with no problems (though they do love fish). Also, if you're feeding prey that has bones like silversides or pinkies you don't need to worry about a calcium supplement.
I like to feed younger ones smallish meals two or three times a week as opposed to a single weekly feeding. My really old one seems to keep his weight up better when his weekly food is split up over a couple days as well. My year old female probably eats 1.5 pinkies and a worm or silverside each week, but not all at once.

[xStatic]

Pinkies and worms provide enough nutrition/variation. Plenty of people feed a worm or pinkie-based diet with no problems (though they do love fish). Also, if you're feeding prey that has bones like silversides or pinkies you don't need to worry about a calcium supplement.
I like to feed younger ones smallish meals two or three times a week as opposed to a single weekly feeding. My really old one seems to keep his weight up better when his weekly food is split up over a couple days as well. My year old female probably eats 1.5 pinkies and a worm or silverside each week, but not all at once.

okay cool! That was exactly what I was looking for I usually do try and split feedings up and before I would give 1/4 of a pinky and then a few days later I would give her an earth worm. I'll keep up with the twice a week feedings but I'm going to start increasing the amount of food I give her. I got some Tilapia today so hopefully she'll eat it.