Babies!!!!

[Charis]

Your making me really want some of my own! Possibly will be getting a 1.1. pair of Puget Sound babies in the near future, it's going to be hard waiting!

[guidofatherof5]

Great looking little scrubs. I don't have any Eastern on the Ranch

[Didymus20X6]

I don't have photobucket, but I have adobe photoshop! Some of the photo quality was lost during upload and resizing, but the cuteness is still obvious

Might I ask, why are you saving them as gifs? Gifs are great for animated pics and simple graphics, like cartoons, but they're horrible for photos. Jpegs and 24-bit pngs are much better quality.

[Didymus20X6]

Actually, for photos, use Jpeg format, set somewhere between 80% and 90% compression quality.

[GarterGeek]

Might I ask, why are you saving them as gifs? Gifs are great for animated pics and simple graphics, like cartoons, but they're horrible for photos. Jpegs and 24-bit pngs are much better quality.

I used the "save for web" option to resize, and it wouldn't let me save it in any other format. Thanks though, I didn't know that the poor quality was because of the Gifs. I'll try something different next time.

[GarterGeek]

Okay now, how do I get the little guys to eat!? I've gotten 2 out of 13 to take worm bits, but that is it. How long can they go without food at this point? I know it's only been a day, but they're so tiny I feel like they could drop dead any second. I have guppies but don't know how to offer them. Should I just leave a shallow dish with water and a couple? Does it matter if the dish is not transparent? What is the standard time for them to start eating?

I've already become attached to every single one of these guys. It would be terrible if I lost them to starvation. HELP, please.

[Charis]

My experiance is over 12yrs old & the young garters were older & never had a problem eating, so this may or may not apply. We would take a snake in our hand one at a time & with the other hand offer it a guppie in a small plastic measuring cup. Would do that a few times until they had eaten 3 or 4 each.

[guidofatherof5]

Okay now, how do I get the little guys to eat!? I've gotten 2 out of 13 to take worm bits, but that is it. How long can they go without food at this point? I know it's only been a day, but they're so tiny I feel like they could drop dead any second. I have guppies but don't know how to offer them. Should I just leave a shallow dish with water and a couple? Does it matter if the dish is not transparent? What is the standard time for them to start eating?

I've already become attached to every single one of these guys. It would be terrible if I lost them to starvation. HELP, please.

You've got guppies you're almost home-free.
This is what I do when feeding guppies to newborns. I put 3-4 non-eaters in a ziplock container. I get 10 or more guppies, no water and toss them into the container. The flopping, flipping guppies will stimulate a feeding response in some of them immediately. Others will need some time. Once, one of the little scrubs has eaten 3 or 4 I remove them and put in another non-eater. This works really well for me and I hope it works for you.

[Mom2Four]

Awwww how cute.. ADORABLE