My snake NEEDS to eat

[ConcinusMan]

That's not what i've been told...

I guess you were told wrong. It isn't just a minimal risk either. Very high risk if you're feeding them tadpoles. It's safe to collect frog eggs, raise them up in clean uninfected water, and use those.

[RedSidedSPR]

right... gotcha.. and no not using them (apparently a good thing).

[Mommy2many]

I had tadpoles in my pool and my snakes wouldn't touch them. Maybe they knew better than me

[RedSidedSPR]

They really go for amphibians. It's their natural food source in the wild. They LOVE them..
not sure why yours wouldn't.. weird

[Mommy2many]

Like I said. Maybe they knew something I didn't. Our tadpoles were tree frogs that decided to make our blow up pool their breeding ground for 2 seasons. Wouldn't touch them and the 2 snakes I tried to feed them to were wild caught females from our backyard (same territory)

Those 2 girls actually took readily to salmon and pinkies. So no complaints here!

[RedSidedSPR]

Not the safest diet anyway.

[d_virginiana]

Like I said. Maybe they knew something I didn't.

I think my snake is like the reptilian version of Bear Grylls. Of all the things my 10-year old self gave him to eat he refused red wigglers, rosy minnows, and crickets. I know most garters won't even look at crickets, but I'm impressed with how he shunned the wigglers and rosy minnows. Funny thing is, he took right to nightcrawlers and other non-dangerous foodstuffs.

They probably know more than we give them credit for half the time lol

[guidofatherof5]

They are smart little beggars.

[Sonya610]

Of all the things my 10-year old self gave him to eat he refused red wigglers, rosy minnows, and crickets.

Okay, your garter survived amazing things and you managed to make the rest of us feel really really ANCIENT (well not all of us, but most!).

LOL!

[RedSidedSPR]

Wow.... that's pretty cool