Frogs?????

[FunkyRes]

You live in California, therefore Thou Shalt Not Feed Native Frogs to Your Snakes. Between bullfrogs (these you can feed to your snakes) chytrid, agricultural runoff in the central valley and habitat destruction, there is not an frog in CA which is not in danger of extinction, other than introduced bullfrogs, kill them with fire if you can.

Not true.
Pacific Treefrogs (Pseudacris regilla) are in absolutely no danger and are regularly fed upon by garter snakes in the wild.

[jitami]

Kady, how are the snakes doing? Any luck getting them to eat? Have you done things like wash the rodent pro mice with soap and water? Sometimes the different smell will throw them off even if it's the same type of prey. After washing, you can always try scenting with the tree frog or a feeder fish. Braining the mouse may get you a better response, too. If they were eating mice before I would assume they are just on a hunger strike and while completely annoying they're likely fine. Like someone else suggested, check environment, but you're probably just going to have to wait this one out... I'd start by washing the pink & cutting it in half to see if they respond to that. Good luck. I know it's frusting. It gets our 'mommy instincts' kicked in to overdrive wanting them to eat, but they'll be ok.

[k2l3d4]

I always rinse the mice off and I did give Hudinie a tree frog and he ate it..... now i am hoping that he will finish off the feeder fish. Then I have picked him up a package of the expensive mice for if he keeps going against rodent pro mice.

[jitami]

Glad he ate something for you. If you notice him in feeding response going for the feeder fish, try dropping a thawed rodent pro pinky in with the fish and see if he'll accidentally hit the mouse and continue eating... they usually will. If you want to continue using the rodent pro mice, don't give up on them. Scent them with the more expensive mice, feeder fish, even another tree frog. Long term it will be worth it.

[Mommy2many]

Like you stated before "Spoiled children..." Glad Houdini ate something for you. Good luck getting him onto the generic brand of mice. My kittens do the same thing (so to speak) I have one that will eat the Walmart brand, the other will eat it and then promptly throw it up on my rug. Not my wood floor or linolium floor or tile floor. No, we have to pick the rug. UUGGHHHH!!!

[mustang]

Like you stated before "Spoiled children..." Glad Houdini ate something for you. Good luck getting him onto the generic brand of mice. My kittens do the same thing (so to speak) I have one that will eat the Walmart brand, the other will eat it and then promptly throw it up on my rug. Not my wood floor or linolium floor or tile floor. No, we have to pick the rug. UUGGHHHH!!!

well atleast urs dosnt crap unless u pick it up , put on carpet, or on bed!!! i know i heard it snickering!!!!

[Brewster320]

I have given my garter a few salamanders and a toad before. Only reason hes gotten those for is because my tricolored hognose actually needs them. They can live on a diet of mainly rodents but they need amphibans once in awhile or else they can get a liver disease and actually die. its been bugging me though becuase he will not take the any of the toads/salamanders hes offered but he will absoultely anything else including rats, mice, fish fillets, try for fingers, himself... So I just give the toads and stuff to my garter so they don't go to waist and he seems to enjoy them.