Beach chips and Smelt

[lestat]

I have been keeping my collection on beach chips and feeding my 4 Young Floridar blues and Red spoted on smelt. When i got the above i was told not to keep them on Pine chips as it is bad for them. Just reasantly my Red spotted stoped eating and has now started spasoming. At first i thought it might be the beach chips so i put it into a small hagen tank on it's own and put it and all my other small ones on paper towels but now i think it must be the smelt as it is sea fish and only found this out at the week end when bying more. What can i do to save the little one.
What substrate can i use as i researched about substrates before bying snakes and thought Beach chips were ok.
Could it be small particals getting into there skin as other litle snakes on it stoped eating too.

[Stefan-A]

Both smelt and beech should be safe for garters. I don't think they're the cause.

[Zephyr]

I'm not sure if smelt is safe, but the symptoms could be thiaminase poisoning or impaction.
I thought smelt were freshwater fish. o.o

[Stefan-A]

I thought smelt were freshwater fish. o.o
The European smelt isn't.

[Zephyr]

Sorray. XD
I've fed my snakes freshwater smelt with no problems...

[lestat]

Sadley the Red Spoted passed away on Friday. It was my star as it's Couloring was lovely. When i saw it spasmodising i thought at once it was Them poisining as i saw it on Utube. I will try to get my little Florida's on something else as soon as possible.

[zooplan]

You should try to ad Thiamin to each food for a while.