trouble feeders

[dannyj]

Thought id post this on here,

I got myself a pair of blacknecked garters from a well known breeder in the uk,

I know they are one of the hardest of feeders in the garter world but need them to eat now.

Iv had them now 3 weeks and still not ate

they were fed live food to get them going when they was born i was told and now taking trout.


iv tried and tried with trout but to no avail, iv offered chopped pinkies too

any tips?

they are 09 litters and still very very tiny

[garterchick]

I have 2 pair of blacknecks and it's allways a crap shoot whether or not they'll eat at any given feeding.
Do you have access to live guppies? That may be your best bet. You can also try pieces of night crawlers, althought mine have never eaten any.

[dannyj]

i do have some nightcrawlers - i will give them a go tomorrow

guppies - i could go the fish shop - is there a certain type?

[garterchick]

You'll want to get feeder guppies, just to keep the price down. I'm surprized nobody else has chimed in with suggestions, surely others have more ideas you could try.

[infernalis]

When I got my Blackneck I purchased a known non feeder.

She would only eat live amphibians for the first two months.

Tadpole season was over, so I was forced to feed her newts.

Then she began taking live fish, I would drop a thawed pinkie into the water bowl, and she would eat them with the fish.

After a while all I had to do was put 2-3 pinks in the water bowl.

Now she is full grown, she pounds 4 fuzzy mice per meal, and not in the water bowl anymore.

[guidofatherof5]

Did someone say guppies?
Troubled eaters + guppies = Eaters(in most cases)
Guppies (fish) flopping around trigger a feeding response.
My baby checkereds and a few of my het. albino radixes refused to eat worms.
They now eat worms only because they think they're eating guppies.
Guppies are a must for troubles eaters. Guppies have saved many, many of my baby snakes.
As they mature they start eating worms and eventually pinkies but it's the guppies that got them there.

[dannyj]

so i just ask in fish shop for feeder guppies?

I did try worms but didnt eat them either - fussy bloody things

[dannyj]

heres the troublesome pair - told they was a year old - still tiny

[guidofatherof5]

Great looking snakes.
The feeding issues you are having are just them testing you.

[Spankenstyne]

The colours & pattern on that blackneck are stunning!