Hi!

[drache]

hi Sarahi
welcome to our forum
don't force the snake to eat just yet - especially not insects (they can't digest them)
they don't need to eat often, so getting it to settle in and relaxed is more important right now
the snake will probably eat when it's hungry and no longer stressed
nice to meet you

[Lori P]

Hi Sarahi! Welcome to the forum, hope we can help you to get your snake all settled in for you! :-)

[count dewclaw]

Hello and welcome, Sarahi!

[Snaky]

Welcome to the forum and have fun here. You indeed have some marvelous garters in Mexico...

[todaelaguadelmar]

dear Adamanteus:
i´d like to tell u i´ve found it, but in fact he found me, his owners got him (i never knew how or where from) and then, they got a puppy and decided that snakes arent´fun.
They just stopped paying attention to it, but the owner didn´t wanted to give it away...the girlfriend gave it to my friend, but he already got geckos and tarantulas, and he asked me to keep it; he couldn´t ID it either ´cause it´s quite different to our mexican species.
I hope we can help him and keep him healthy.

Greetings form Mexico.

[adamanteus]

Any luck with those photos yet, Sarahi? I'm interested to see what you got!
I think someone mentioned already, but I wouldn't consider force-feeding just yet.... not until it is necessary to save the snakes life. If you offer small, live fish, trout pieces, nightcrawlers and pinkies, and leave the food in with him overnight, he should be tempted to eat.

By the way, we have another member from Mexico....'DEKAN'

[Snake lover 3-25]

also you could try tilapia and salmon!!! Good luck and welcome!!!

[gregmonsta]

Greetings

[todaelaguadelmar]

We tried first pinkies, and he refused, we tried them for 3 days, and nothing, he spent almost a month with us without eating (we tried insects, frogs (small albine Xenopus) and they are now all good friends....), and he started loosing weight, that´s why we forced him. the only thing we missed is fish, we´ll be trying it this weekend and then i´ll get the photos, it´s been hard to me, ´cause i´ve hurt my leg and i can´t walk a lot .

[adamanteus]

Sorry about the leg. What happened?
Have you checked that all the other environmental factors are correct in his viv? You know..... temperature gradient, humidity, fresh water, availability of hides etc. Sometimes they can be put off eating if their environment isn't correct.