New Blacknecks (w/ PICS this time)

[d_virginiana]

I posted a while ago about a couple baby blacknecks that I picked up. One was doing alright, but the other was a noneater. Since then, I ended up taking the rest of the noneaters from the litter temporarily to try and get them eating.

Nubbins (the larger one) and Knish (the smaller one) when I first got them. Knish was the one in really bad shape.
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Nubbins and Knish now. It's only been about a month, but they've both grown, and Knish has shed twice .
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This is a different baby I ended up assist-feeding for a week or so. Not my favorite method, but he had completely flattened out and was almost completely listless, so I didn't know what else to try. Taking his own food now and acting healthy, but I know organ-damage is a possibility with as bad as he had gotten. He may just end up being roommates with Knish, as I've gotten kind of attached to him.

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Still have two more babies from that litter that aren't really eating well, but not about to drop dead either. Since they are taking at least some food, I'm hopeful that they'll start eating well on their own.

[guidofatherof5]

Beautiful. Best of luck with the non/slow eaters.

[rickymar81]

Very cool snakes!

[d_virginiana]

Thanks They're very different from my easterns.

[joeysgreen]

Superb Next to the radix, I think these are my favorite garters.

[d_virginiana]

Easterns are still my favorite. Feisty, but I don't expect to bleed every time I open the tank.

The blacknecks have a nice temperament, but every one I've ever seen seems to have really bizarre feeding quirks.

[joeysgreen]

Do they do well with typical captive garter care? I was in their range once while driving from Denver to Amarillo and the field guides said they like the rocky streams and slopes typical of southeast Colorado. It's a neat area but I never did find any black necks; a baby elegans almost fooled me though

Ian

[guidofatherof5]

I had feeding problems with mine. Very shy to no eaters. Tried all the tricks I could think of.

[d_virginiana]

Sadly one of the two remaining non-eaters died earlier today

Yeah, of the three I've got eating so far only one of them will actually just take food; she's the one that's about five times the size of her siblings. One of the smaller ones will only eat silverside meat- no organs. The other will only eat pinkie organs- heaven forbid I try to feed him a leg. I've tried repeatedly to scent other pieces/types of food for those two, and they'll spit them out every time.

[guidofatherof5]

Sorry to hear about the scrub's passing.