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    Adult snake stonyloam's Avatar
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    Re: Baby garter feeding?

    This is what seems to work with my babies (lots of babies): I take a nightcrawler and with a sharp knife (or razor blade) cut off the tail. Then I use the flat of the blade to squish out as much of the dirt (poop) as I can (this makes the whole job a lot less messy). Cut the worm up into bite size (2mm) slices (I cut the head into 2-3 mm chunks). Take a couple of frozen (or fresh) fathead minnows and cut them into 2mm slices (the head can be kinda big, so I split that in half). Slice off a piece of frozen trout fillet about 2mm thick and cut it into 2x2x3mm chunks. Mix the whole mess together and serve it in several portions on 2 inch paper squares. At first they went for the worm pieces, but now they seem to grab anything. I leave it in there for a while and what they don’t eat I just toss out and do the whole thing again a couple of days later. Doesn’t take too much time.
    Terry

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    Re: Baby garter feeding?

    Quote Originally Posted by DEKAN View Post
    Same here...so I bought some guppies to breed, for my luck its just a matter of days.

    For 3 weeks I put worms and trout but the babies just fool around smelling the food, but then nothing happens...

    Luck with your garters
    Just a helpful note... guppies have a gestation that varies with temperature. The mid 80's will produce the shortest gestation with good health for the parents.
    KitKat
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