best food for babies?

[HazAnga]

So I got a few new borns. And in wondering what's the best to feed them. I'm gunna try some yuppies tomorrow, what else could I try so they git a proper nutrition balance.

[kibakiba]

Cut up earthworms, guppies, silversides or pinky parts would probably be best :) Pinky parts are probably more nutritious than earthworms, but some babies are picky.

[Spankenstyne]

So I got a few new borns. And in wondering what's the best to feed them. I'm gunna try some yuppies tomorrow, what else could I try so they git a proper nutrition balance.

I'll have to try yuppies, let me know how they work. Might be tough to pry them out of the BMW though ;)


Otherwise what kibikiba mentioned :D
Earthworms, pinky parts, guppies.

[Holly]

I'll have to try yuppies, let me know how they work. Might be tough to pry them out of the BMW though ;)


Otherwise what kibikiba mentioned :D
Earthworms, pinky parts, guppies.

Yuppies would be too fatty and contain too many additives such as Bluetooth and Starbucks.

[ConcinusMan]

So I got a few new borns. And in wondering what's the best to feed them. I'm gunna try some yuppies tomorrow, what else could I try so they git a proper nutrition balance.


I'll have to try yuppies, let me know how they work. Might be tough to pry them out of the BMW though ;)


Yuppies would be too fatty and contain too many additives such as Bluetooth and Starbucks.

ROTFLMFAO!!

I vote that statement to be the "post of the month"

As a matter of fact, this entire page.

Oh man, that's rich! Get it? Rich? LOL!
:D

But no, seriously, I of course only have experience with northwestern garters, oregon red spotted garters, and plains garters. I would say that chopped night crawlers are an excellent first food for all of them. After they get to feeding on that stuff, It's pretty easy to introduce things like silversides and pinkies. I'm not buying into this thing that live guppies and movement is what is needed. Try different safe fish, night crawlers, whatever. Once you find something dead that they will eat, let them eat for a while and then start introducing new items.

[HazAnga]

How big of night crawler pieces we talking about? 1/2"?
And you just put it out like you would for a lizzard or something, in a dish

[HazAnga]

Lol I must be slow today Cuzz I just caught my spelling mistake... lmfao! I ment guppies not yuppies lol I'm posting using my phone so the touch screen has a mind of its own.

[ConcinusMan]

I still say let's try yuppies.:p

@ Haz: pieces about the size of their heads or smaller is what I do. Also, never let very young babies get overstuffed. Feed them small meals often, until they get a little bigger and their organs are better developed.

[HazAnga]

Ok. That could be why I had failure with a friends babies that were given to me. but that was just a reg garter

[ConcinusMan]

No such thing as a "reg" garter. I checked.:p

[HazAnga]

Regular garter Smartass lol like what you would see here, I believe that's the eastern garter

[ConcinusMan]

Babies need to have plenty of moist places too. That's another common cause of failure to thrive, being kept too dry. Also, much of the time, babies won't drink standing water at first. They need to be misted a couple of times a day, and they'll drink the "dew" But yeah, allowing them to overstuff themselves before their organs and digestive track get strong, can be fatal.

[HazAnga]

Well I cut up some worm and a pinkie and put it into a dish. One of the normal checkerds ate some from what I noticed. So 3 out of the 4 seem to be eating. The one that was acting weird has yet to eat.

[ConcinusMan]

3 out of 4 is a good start. Might want to keep a close eye out at feeding time. When one gets a good mouthful remove the snake. Do this one by one, to confirm which one's are eating. This is especially important when there are a lot of babies but equally important in this situation. You must be sure which ones are eating and be sure at each feeding, which one's ate. It's much easier to know if you remove the fed snakes as they eat, and move them to another container, giving the others a chance to get their turn.

[HazAnga]

It's a little difficult because they don't seem interested when I feed them. It's shortly after lights go off that they seem to be eating...