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    Question Feeding pinky to garter snake

    After buying guppies for a while i thought i would try a cheaper option of using pinky mice, ive scented the mouse with dead fish and worms, ive placed it in his tub, i understand this is new food for him but he hasent eaten it. should i wait overnight? should i container feed him?
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    Re: Feeding pinky to garter snake

    Do you have a pair of hemostats you can offer the pinky to him with?
    Remind us again what species you are feeding and approximate size.
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    Re: Feeding pinky to garter snake

    I dont have Hemostats but i do have chopsticks, he's a western garter snake Thamnophis
    elegans and is about 10 inches long and a girth of about one inch I keep him in a plastic tub
    12x8x4 with a heat mat of 5watts the heat mat gets at its hottest of 84 degrees farenheight.
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    Re: Feeding pinky to garter snake

    10 inches long seems small. Is this an extra small pinky? Might be best to cut up the pinky and offer parts along with fish parts. I'm taking it the snake feeds well on the guppies?
    Have you tried night crawlers?
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    Re: Feeding pinky to garter snake

    This is a smaller pinky, I might feed him halves, he feeds very well on
    worms and fish, ive yet to see night crawlers though
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    Re: Feeding pinky to garter snake

    If not night crawler then what worms are you feeding?
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    Re: Feeding pinky to garter snake

    i feed regular earthworms i find in the woods nearby (not the red wigglers) i guess theyre nightcrawlers?
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    Re: Feeding pinky to garter snake

    You say tomato, I say tomato

    Are these small pale looking worms?


    Rosy-tipped worm (Aporrectodea rosea) | OPAL
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    Re: Feeding pinky to garter snake

    they MIGHT be except the head is much darker then
    the rest of the body, i usually find them in tree bark.
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    Re: Feeding pinky to garter snake

    Any chance you can post a photo?
    Worms in tree bark or do you mean under the bark that has fallen on the ground?
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