At the bait shop I can buy a dozen minnows at a time. They ussually give you ALOT more than a dozen though. I give my garters 3 minnows every 3rd day. I tried freezing them to see if my garters would eat them after I thawed them and they did. my problem is, is there a better way to freeze them. I put them on a cookie sheet lined with baking paper so they would not freeze in a big lump and they flopped all over every where. am afraid they will flop into my freezer before they are to cold to stop. plus some of them flopped together and then i had to peel them apart. A snake can pee on me and I'm like "thats mother nature" but I really don't want to touch dead fish if i can help it