No luck .

[GarterGuy17]

Never left overnight as this is only my second feeding and I have aspen substrate so im pretty worried about her swallowing it.

[guidofatherof5]

Agreed.

[GarterGuy17]

Well I just covered almost her entire tank with paper towels , still not sure if I should rise it though.

[guidofatherof5]

With all the substrate out do you see and whitish stains on the glass.
Many times garter like to sit on the glass and poop.

[GarterGuy17]

Well I actually didnt remove the substrate I just covered it.

[chris-uk]

I leave food in overnight for our blacknecks and checkereds overnight. One of the blacknecks will only eat when I'm not looking, so she doesn't get supervised, the checkereds will all eat while I watch (if they're hungry) and will generally tong feed. The blacknecks I just have to guess whether they've fed, although the female is getting better and I can watch her from a distance. It's the male blackneck that will only eat when we're not in the room, hence food gets left in overnight. It's not what I want to do, but a risk I accept to give him a chance to eat...

[guidofatherof5]

Your snake will drag food under the paper towel so you have gained nothing.
Paper towel alone is the way to go.

[GarterGuy17]

So I took out all of the aspen , now its paper towels. So I will be leaving the food overnight and see what happens.

[Mommy2many]

Ask Rhea how she was fed. She is new to you and is acclimating, so give her some time. It's also winter and the colder temps keep them from eating as often. Her brother eats maybe only every other day. I wouldn't worry. She needs to get used to her new home. She is a proven eater and that's good. Relax! She'll be fine. Can't wait to se more pics of her.

[GarterGuy17]

Well I left for a while and when I got back on of the pinky pieces was missing , yea so im guessing she likes to eat alone even though she ate infront of me the first time.