Scenting still not working

[RedSidedSPR]

My Red sided garter snake ever since I found him will only eat minows. (which apparently are bad for him)
I've tried scenting frozen silversides and other fish and worms(earthworms and nightcrawlers) every time I feed him minnows. I put them in the same dish and I've cut up the worms to fish-size(and some other tactics). How can I get him to eat something else?(no pinkies)

My parents only let me keep a garter (instead of corn snake etc.) because they didnt have to eat mice. Plus I dont have any localy owned pet stores near me and petsmarts pinkies are to expensive anyway.

[guidofatherof5]

Here's an idea that can be hard for most of us to do.
Let him get hungry. Don't feed him for a couple cycles.
Many times a picky eater will take almost anything when they are hungry. Just an idea.

[gregmonsta]

give it a go.

[kibakiba]

I have to agree, sometimes the best thing you can do is just let him go without food for a while then offer something.

[drache]

when he's good and hungry, put some other food items in a small dish with just one or two minnows - chances are he'll grab something

[RedSidedSPR]

Thanks, I was planning on doing that! Except... I'm not sure think it will work. I've kinda tried it before. But I will try.

[drache]

it's really hard to photograph specific detail on snakes

[mustang]

suggestions that have worked for me.
a)put in heat lamp
then!!!!
a) dangle his preefered food over him and he'll eat it
repeat for a week to amonth
the pinch a pinky and the other food source together and when he strikes he might grab the pinky(if you just dangle a pinky alone it still might work because he's used to food being dangled above him.)
DONT LET KIDS,GUEST,FAMILY,OR YOURSELF DANGLE YOUR FINGER ABOVE HIM!!

B) or just put him in a smaller enclosure and keep reheating food or putting fresh food out and when he eats (may take a few days...be sure to put him somewhere dark) then immediatly put hhim back in his original cage

i hope for the best

[RedSidedSPR]

HE ATE A WORM!!!!! I cut a fish size piece off as usual and scented with a fish, but this time I waited a week longer before feeding him and it worked! Now can you tell how many worms to feed at a time? Like if I feed him 3 or 4 fish how many worms? Or 2 or 3 worms how many fish?

[guidofatherof5]

Feed him until he has a nice bulge in his belly. Within 24 hours it should look normal again.
Glad to hear he's eating.
Congrats.