My couple of garters has been with us for three weeks, now, and I waited some days before giving them their first meal; I was hunting for nightcrawlers, both because you people advice on that, and also because I did remember my first couple, long time ago, mostly ate those worms, and some beef meat cut in stripe, from time to time.

So, two weeks ago, I presented Mila and Shiro with some small stripes of salmon. The male gobbled one piece istantly, but the female was reluctant, so I made a mistake: i left about 10 small pieces of salmon on a dish, and went away. Fifteen minutes later, the salmon chunks were no more, and a distintive bulge presented on the male's belly. The female did not show much, but I could be wrong here. So, I presume he ate almost all of the salmon, and she ate "maybe" one piece.

One week ago, a bit less than a week, actually, I came on with trout, this time.
He ate one piece only, she ate the rest, seven pieces. I noticed that he was not going at it with the same gusto reserved for salmon.

Today I arrived home with some small fish..latin name is Atherina boyeri, and I heated them for 5 minutes at a bit less than 100° just in case.....
Well, she gobbled 2 big ones (next time, pictures), he simply ignored them.
And I took pain taking the female out of the viv for one hour, and left the male inside with his two fish...but no joy, they were found there, untouched.

Do I have to worry, or I'll go back to salmon asap? To my knowledge, the male's last good meal has been about 15 days ago.....I know they can stay without food for longer time..but....

Thanks for any advice, hugs to all!

Pg

PS the fish were taken by the female directly from my hand!!!