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[gregmonsta]

Greetings

[Peet]

Thanks everyone.
I'll get some pics up Monday. My comp is on the frizt and I've hauled out an old one running Windows 98 - rock solid stable but it doesn't talk to my camera.

[Loren]

Hi Peet.
- Loren

[Peet]

Well I tried to post some pics but unfortunately with my camera at the lowest resolution possible they all still exceed the file size limit and I don't know how to compress them - The only on to go through was one very poor out of focus shot of one of my coast garters (hey I got the litter on the cage floor in perfect focus!)

[SpyrotheGartersnake]

hi Peter and welcome to the forum! nice Coast by the way
(i wish there were some on the eastern part of the u.s)

[Peet]

hi Peter and welcome to the forum! nice Coast by the way
(i wish there were some on the eastern part of the u.s)

Yeah some of our coasties rival some of the west coast sirtalis subspecies in brilliance and contrast. Others are pretty drab.

[Bay_area]

The ones still here are eating the minnows. Some actually grabbed them out of the water dish. Other ones I held in front of them with the 12" tweezers til they took them. Have to be careful, some are real aggressive. Will need to seperate them when feeding probly. Hopefully Loren & Mike will get down this week to take a couple.
Jerry

[Peet]

I tried again last night - no action with the guppies. I tried presenting them with forcepts and there was still no interest. I also tried a very tiny piece of salmon. That too was ignored by both. Guess I'll just keep trying every other day so as not to stress them out and maybe try worms one more time.

[Garter_Gertie]

DR. DEKAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! You're needed here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Get the babies to eat!

[Peet]

Well this is proving to be more difficult then I thought. I went looking for minnows since Jerry mentioned them (or some other fish slightly larger than a guppy just to try something diffferent) and no pet store within 30 miles had anything other than guppies and large goldfish. Since it's been more than two weeks since they were born I decided to try placing a small guppy it the mouth of each snake by gently rubbing it on the side of the mouth until the snake opened up. Well it worked with one of the two, which is great - it swallowed the guppy, and in my experience with difficult feeders once you get the whole swallow-digest thing going they start to feed readily shortly thereafter. The second garter, however, wanted nothing to do with the fish and spat it out. So, I'll keep trying but at least one of them has now fed. Geez - I thought this would be like coast garters where the biggest problem is assuring they don't try to eat each other...