My two little Albino Checkered's

[Andy]

Here's some pictures I took earlier today of my first garters:D

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t124/mrsmugglebear/garters/garter01.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t124/mrsmugglebear/garters/garter08.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t124/mrsmugglebear/garters/garter10.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t124/mrsmugglebear/garters/garter13.jpg

[guidofatherof5]

Beautiful snakes. Thanks for posting.

[indigoman]

Very cute, take pictures often because they grow quite fast!

[Andy]

Very cute, take pictures often because they grow quite fast!

Will do:)

[infernalis]

Good looking little scrubs...

[Snakers]

very cool

[mustang]

awesome i love the one with 4 stripes behind the head

[Andy]

Thanks guys:)

Pleased to report that both are eating well on Cod & Salmon:D

[ConcinusMan]

Very awsome checkereds.:)

Be careful where your cod & salmon are coming from and see if you can get them on f/t pinky parts. Wild alaskan salmon is really the only acceptably clean salmon to feed them. Others contain pollutants that can have bad effects on growing nervous systems. Some "safe" fish isn't even safe for humans to eat more than very few servings per month. I think that pinky parts would be best for them IMHO.

Health Alerts - Seafood Selector - Environmental Defense Fund (http://www.edf.org/page.cfm?tagID=17694)

Also, watch for retained sheds - know the signs. Little guys seem to have issues with that at first.

[Andy]

Very awsome checkereds.:)

Be careful where your cod & salmon are coming from and see if you can get them on f/t pinky parts. Wild alaskan salmon is really the only acceptably clean salmon to feed them. Others contain pollutants that can have bad effects on growing nervous systems. Some "safe" fish isn't even safe for humans to eat more than very few servings per month. I think that pinky parts would be best for them IMHO.

Health Alerts - Seafood Selector - Environmental Defense Fund (http://www.edf.org/page.cfm?tagID=17694)

Also, watch for retained sheds - know the signs. Little guys seem to have issues with that at first.

Cheers for that:) Just replied on my other thread about cutting pinkies up and mixing with a bit of cod. I'd like to get them on pinkies as soon as i can:)

[ConcinusMan]

Cheers for that:) Just replied on my other thread about cutting pinkies up and mixing with a bit of cod. I'd like to get them on pinkies as soon as i can:)


Sounds like a plan. Sometimes it's not even necessary to scent though. Cut the pinkies up when they are frozen, add just a dab of water and let them thaw. Sometimes the bloody smell is enough to get them eating them. Of course if that doesn't work, a little fish or fish "juice" mixed in usually does the trick. After they get some pinky meals "under their belt" you can usually stop the scenting and they'll continue to eat them anyway.:D

[Andy]

Cool...cheers for that:D

[HazAnga]

I had no problem gitting my babies eating pinkie parts. Only one runt is stuck on only eating guppies. I was so happy when I found my maybe 13 month old females had a perfect birthing, 6 and 4. Very nice albinos and they'll turn out beautiful as they git bigger :)

[ConcinusMan]

And then there's a few of my concinnus babies. The last litter of 7 born huge. Those little spoiled brats won't eat anything else! To stretch the pinkies I have to chop them up frozen, let the blood flow and soak some pieces of night crawlers in there. Even then, some aren't fooled and will only eat the pinky parts.

Never before have I seen such picky concinnus. Won't touch fish, won't touch worms, won't touch anything but pinkies.

Spoiled brats!:p

They are of different genes than the rest of my babies. I know it's not a controlled study or anything like that, but I swear to you, there must be a genetic connection to food preferences, not just a localized one based on available food like I thought.:confused:

That's why regardless of species, some are harder to get eating certain foods, than others are. I think it's in their genes in some cases. I mean, spoiled meat smells like perfume and perhaps even smells appetizing to a dog but not to us. Know what I mean? Still, generally speaking, it shouldn't be hard at all to get checkereds to eat pinkies even if they don't take them unscented at first.