Garter Diet Question

[Stefan-A]

I agree, but don't stop with the academic nonsense.

[lampy]

I feed mine a mix of pinkies and hopper mice at the mo , im going to see if i can mix it a little with some worms perhaps if i can find some clean ones

[Mommy2many]

I'm just going to throw my non-scientific two cents in. I have an inflatable 15' x 2' pool in my backyard absolutely full of american grey tree frog tadpoles in various stages of development. My three snakes have all been caught in my backyard within the last 3 months. I have tried repeatedly to feed them these tadpoles, believing as some do, that the natural prey in the environment that my snakes came from can/will/may do no more harm than what I can purchase from (who knows where that came from) the local stores. They have repeatedly and I must say consistently stuck their little snaky noses up at them and slithered away. Spoiled little snakes...

[DrKate]

They have repeatedly and I must say consistently stuck their little snaky noses up at them and slithered away.

Yeah, one of my boys won't hunt live fish anymore. He'll nose up to the water dish and watch his brother hunt (armchair fisherman?). But as far as meals go, if it's not already dead and dangling from tongs right in front of his face, it's just too much trouble.

That said, he's eaten everything I've ever offered on tongs, at least the first time, so I just have no experience with this epic struggle to find that one prey item they're holding out for. Obviously there are differences as to how well individual snakes adjust to a captive lifestyle...

[Mommy2many]

Won't fish anymore? I gotta get me a life like that! It's always amazes me that they all have their own little personalities and quirks.