Please help me with my garter snake!

[RedSidedSPR]

He's not full grown. Live mice aren't recommended even for big snakes.

[Didymus20X6]

That's one reason why I don't feed mice to my snakes: they cost way too much. And since I never could get Little Dude to eat those I did buy, I'd rather not spend half a fortune ordering them unless I know she's going to eat them.

I really wish I could just find a place locally to get them as needed.

[RedSidedSPR]

Well, you can, but than it would be more expensive than online. Like, $10 for 6.

[amcutem]

Ok. I guess i wont feed him live mice. I just wanted to see him do that snake strike on a prey. I dont think he'll do that with the worms.

The pinkies were $12 for 5 pieces, i think i forgot to mention that.

Maybe later i will put a small chunk of fish meat on his plate.

Do you guys think it would be safe to leave the worms and the mice in the habitat for 2 days. I kinda dont want to waste the pinkies in particular. The worms are cheap.

[Didymus20X6]

Yeah, but considering that I've had no luck with them so far, I'd rather pay that than $50 for 100, only to have Little Dude turn her nose up at every single one of them.

The worms would probably be fine. The pieces tend to live for a while after being cut. But the mice, in my experience, they start to smell really bad after a day. An alternative would be to leave them out for an hour, then put them in a plastic bag and pop them back in the fridge for another try the next day.

[RedSidedSPR]

Here's something I've noticed: They know if it's alive. F/t silversides, little gentle strike. Bits of worms.. BAM!!

He will "live strike" anything that's alive.

If you want to see him hunt, feeder guppies. Not goldfish, not minnows. (they're bad) just guppies. Put them in his water bowl... So awesome.

[ConcinusMan]

Mine were probably high on all the coffee grounds they were fed

They wouldn't eat that. Night crawlers and earthworms to not eat compost/food scraps. They eat dirt which has already been broken down by bacteria. Coffee grounds will make the soil acidic. Not good for them.

I don't think anyone actually asked the OP where the snake was caught and everyone jumped on the northwestern I.D. without knowing where it was caught. Forgive me if I am mistaken about that.

[RedSidedSPR]

Well, it obviously is, so who cares where it's from. kidding.

[ConcinusMan]

Pics are in order. And I wouldn't feed any worms to your snake unless they are labeled "night crawlers"

[amcutem]

My profile is wrong.

I live in Richmond BC, Canada and i caught him while i was jogging by a dyke right near the fraser river.