I just recently got my first litter out of my female codom hypo checkered, and like my other checkereds, most of the babies (90%) started off fine on unscented pinky parts. I think most terrestrial garters (Checkereds, wandering, radix, etc) aren't missing out nutritionally on an all-rodent diet. I'm very interested in trying the "trout gelatin" on blacknecks, however.