Eastern not eating

[snakeguy]

I found a baby eastern garter a couple days ago. It's about 6 inches now. The cage has a heat rock and plenty of places to hide. The promblem is he/she is not eating, I've tried live small crickets and cut up earthworms. What should I do?:confused: Oh yeah, I'm new here hi all!:)

[Stefan-A]

Forget about the crickets, let the snake settle in (might take a week or two), keep trying with the worms and try fish as well.

[guidofatherof5]

Welcome. Your snake may need sometime to settle in like Stefan said. Bugs are not in there diet. Eartworms, nightcrawlers are more their liking. Live guppies are also a good food. Those flopping and flipping little beauties will drive most garters crazy. Check out the care sheet for more info. on keeping your new found friend.
http://www.thamnophis.com/caresheets/index.php?title=Garter_Snake_Care_Sheet

[Odie]

Hi, from Oregon, Snakeguy :)

[tornado63]

I have also have had the same problem !!
Do slugs include those small light brown snail looking critters that you find under rocks ?
Mine is about 13 " long. gave my Garder a nice home a heat lamp ,water , two guppies and a worm !!Has not gone after anything yet . He was cought on Fri .
What do I do ??

[guidofatherof5]

I have also have had the same problem !!
Do slugs include those small light brown snail looking critters that you find under rocks ?
Mine is about 13 " long. gave my Garder a nice home a heat lamp ,water , two guppies and a worm !!Has not gone after anything yet . He was cought on Fri .
What do I do ??

Be patient. It sounds like you've got a pretty good setup. Give him/her time to get settled in.
As far as those brown looking slug things go. If it has a shell it's a snail. No shell it's probably a slug. I don't know which garter snake you have so I don't know if slugs are on their menu. Most of my radixes won't eat slugs. I offer once in awhile more as a joke and they just look at me like "I'm not eating that!"

[Odie]

Hi, from Oregon, Tornado63 :)

[tornado63]

Hi, from Oregon, Tornado63 :)
Hi odie from Oregon ! Im from PA. I am trying to feed my Garder some small slugs , they are from the yard , They look more like snails without shells ! Will try some worms also , He has not touched the guppies yet .
This is my first pet snake ,Been doing alott of reading , I have the temp at 80 and 90 degrees in the aquarium . Guess ill give it a couple weeks to settle in ! ?

[mustang]

take out the heat rock snake could coil around it and harm itself! o hi im robert