Why wont she eat her pinkies?

[jeanette]

SUCCESS!!!!!! i warmed up a pinky, cut a worm open and scented the pinkie with the insides of the worm then pierced the pinkies stomache. Celie ate it!!! she couldnt get it down fast enough. Im so pleased See if it works for you bulrush and dashnu

[Stefan-A]

Great news.

[jeanette]

Great news.

It really is im afraid my kids now think im nuts because i was ummmm a bit enthusiastic over it

[dashnu]

SUCCESS!!!!!! i warmed up a pinky, cut a worm open and scented the pinkie with the insides of the worm then pierced the pinkies stomache. Celie ate it!!! she couldnt get it down fast enough. Im so pleased See if it works for you bulrush and dashnu

Wow! Your like a mad scientist !! I Got a pinky under warm water right now, I'll let you know. Great idea.

[jeanette]

hope it works for you too dashnu

[Lori P]

I've finally realized that it's all just a head game our snakes play with us... they convince us they loooooooooove something and then the next time you offer it, they won't go near it. And they snicker about it to their pals. Then, two months later, they devour it again as if they'd never stopped....

[Loren]

I've finally realized that it's all just a head game our snakes play with us... they convince us they loooooooooove something and then the next time you offer it, they won't go near it. And they snicker about it to their pals. Then, two months later, they devour it again as if they'd never stopped....

Ha ha Lori. Yeah, some snakes are like that.

Personally, once I get snakes to take rodents, thats generally all I offer them- for the very reasons described in this thread. I have not seen any adverse effects to a rodent-only diet, although I guess it takes a snake lifetime to know for sure(my oldest garters are going on 5-6 years in my care), also, I dont breed them.
I do use scenting often to get them started- primarily treefrogs and guppies, although it sounds like worms work well too(I have never actually fed a worm to a garter).
At first, I rinse the pinky off good and scent it heavily, then over time, with each feeding, rinse less and scent only the front half, to allow them to slowly accept the mouse-taste as food.

[anji1971]

Since we're on the feeding topic...........
Chili finally decided she likes rainbow trout! I offered her a piece for the umpteenth time last night, and this time she snapped it right up. She ended up eating half of Deejay's dinner, so that Deejay, my little snugglebug, tried to eat me when she didn't get enough. It was quite funny!!

[jeanette]

I've finally realized that it's all just a head game our snakes play with us... they convince us they loooooooooove something and then the next time you offer it, they won't go near it. And they snicker about it to their pals. Then, two months later, they devour it again as if they'd never stopped....

hahahaha you could be right

[bulrush]

Glad something worked.