Baby garter advice (pic included)

[bradpitt786]

Just keep trying different things every few days, until something sparks her interest. My garter Deejay wouldn't touch guppies at all, but she loved small worms ,Sometimes it takes them a few days to eat, maybe even over a week I just gave it a worm which it ate only to throw it back up a minute later.
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BRAD

[janettesuzy]

I just recently got two baby garter snakes (no more than four weeks old. We got a terrarium and put the snakes, water, a fake tree and some very small crickets. Has anyone ever tried crickets before. I would rather not use mice if I can help it. My snakes are very small so we bought really small crickets. Should I just wait and see if they eat?

[adamanteus]

Hi Shannon, and welcome to the forum.
I'm afraid you've been misinformed, Garters don't eat crickets... or any other arthropod. In captivity you should feed them on pinky mice, fish and earthworms (nighcrawlers).

[Snake lover 3-25]

hello and welcome to the forum

[Stefan-A]

Welcome aboard, Shannon.

[anji1971]

Hello, and welcome!
Definitely ditch the crickets. Try nightcrawler and fresh trout or salmon pieces. Your snake will thank you!

[infernalis]

Welcome.....

I would rather not use mice if I can help it. My snakes are very small so we bought really small crickets. Should I just wait and see if they eat?

Ditto the above comments, (James and Anji) Insects are not garter food.

Luckily there are frozen pinky mice that you simply thaw and serve, No one here gives live mice to their snakes. However it will be a lot easier for you to start with some cut up Salmon or Tilapia from the grocery store or some cut up night crawler.

Sounds a little gross, but since garter babies are so little, night crawlers have to be cut into pieces with scissors.

Another alternative is to buy some feeder guppies (NO rosy reds or goldfish, They are bad for snakes to eat) and put them in the water bowl so the snake can "hunt" for them.

Best wishes and good luck.

Do you have any pictures to share? We love pictures.