Ok.. I was just in Petco, where I got my albino garter snake from, and they still have a albino checkered that arrived when I purchased my guy back in October.... Ok my guy is running about 22-23 inches long and is a great eater.. now the baby that is still there is a sibling to my snake and it still is teh same size that it was back in October. Looks too small to take Pinkies,.... and when I questioned one the store clerks on what it was eating he told me crickets and feeder fish... I told him that I would personally like to see a garter actually eat a cricket since that has never happened with my two and then cautioned him on the error of feeding only fish......

Now my question is what could cause the snake to not grow...... Literally it is the same size that it was almost a year ago.....