Delilah the checkered garter.

[Rushthezeppelin]

Lol she's gotta be hungry right now. In fact she slithered up and looked straight at me with her head up and stuck her tongue out a few times. I swear she was saying "But I want a worm" lol.

[Rushthezeppelin]

Tried cutting the pinks 7 ways to sunday and dousing in more worms guts and more dangling/dragging. No dice. She got another small crawler and went back to her viv. Here in another 2-3 days I'll give it another shot. Does being persistent one this usually pay off or are there just some that will never take a pink (short of forcefeeding which I am def not interested in).

[guidofatherof5]

Put the food dish right at the front of her hide or better yet put it under the hide. I've had to do this for a few snakes along the way.

[Rushthezeppelin]

Wish I could just put it straight in her viv but I'm using eco-earth atm and don't want her nomming her substate. I figure next time I'll probably just put her in the 10g with some plants and a scented cut up pink and leave her there for the day.

[liveunderoath]

Tried cutting the pinks 7 ways to sunday and dousing in more worms guts and more dangling/dragging. No dice. She got another small crawler and went back to her viv. Here in another 2-3 days I'll give it another shot. Does being persistent one this usually pay off or are there just some that will never take a pink (short of forcefeeding which I am def not interested in).

I just got both of my checkereds to start eating pinkies by scenting them with a tilapia fillet. I had a bunch in the freezer and I don't care for tilapia, so I figured I would try it, and they took it immediately. I've tried scenting with worms before and had no luck.

[d_virginiana]

lol I don't know why I didn't think to recommend scenting with fish! It's by far the strongest-smelling food stuff out there

Glad she took the mouse though. You might have to keep scenting for a couple feedings, but she should start taking them plain pretty quickly.

[Rushthezeppelin]

Guess I'll have to see if I can find any clean tilapia next time I get groceries. Wouldn't be bad anyway for some diet variety. I'll update you guys on if the fish works.

[d_virginiana]

Guess I'll have to see if I can find any clean tilapia next time I get groceries. Wouldn't be bad anyway for some diet variety. I'll update you guys on if the fish works.

I don't remember if you've been around for any of the discussions about fish, but even species without thiaminase commonly contain preservatives that can be fatal to garters if you buy it from the store; even when it's fresh. I don't feed fish, so I don't know the specifics, but it might be good to ask around with people who do before feeding anything from the grocery store.

[guidofatherof5]

Wish I could just put it straight in her viv but I'm using eco-earth atm and don't want her nomming her substate. I figure next time I'll probably just put her in the 10g with some plants and a scented cut up pink and leave her there for the day.

Set a piece of cardboard down, then the food and then the hide.

[Qwerty3159]

I bought frozen tilapia for my previous snake, and I am now almost positive that his unfortunate passing was caused by added chemicals. I foolishly just bought it from the counter where there were no ingredient labels on the back. I was lurking around and found some discussion on here about a particularly foul chemical commonly found in frozen packaged fish. It's late now but I'll search for it tomorrow.