2007-03-10 04:26:17 · 5 answers · asked by benitopapa01 1 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
The babies generally won't eat until after their first shed, which could happen hours after birth or 6-10 days later. I feed mine peices of night crawler (still wiggling works best), or you can try small mouse pinky parts scented with fish. Some people suggest small minnows in a water dish, but I feel the risk of parasite infection is too high especially when they are so young.
2007-03-10 06:14:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Earth worms (maybe), small fish (no larger than the new snakes middle), small frogs or toads (if available). I have never had any Thamnophis (Garter snake) or Nerodia (Water snake) eat crickets.
You can set up a "self feeding" environment by using an aquarium and declorinated water for the feeder fish to swim in and have several dry areas for the baby snakes. USE AN ESCAPE PROOF LID !
2007-03-10 16:14:43 · answer #2 · answered by hotsnakes2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Small red worms/ small night crawlers, maggots minnows, all of which you can get at a fish bait store much cheaper than places like PetCo or the like. Don't feed your garters an all fish diet as this can lead to a severe vitamin deficiency. Mix things up with worms, maggots, meal worms, minnows, eventually pinkie mice. etc. Don't bother trying crickets. The snake usually won't eat them & even if you manage to get the snake to eat some, they carry almost no usable nutrition for a snake.
2007-03-10 08:51:11 · answer #3 · answered by preacher55 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pet stores carry small crickets, you may also want to try small worms until it is old enough to eat fish. Talk to your local vet or petstore.
2007-03-10 05:08:22 · answer #4 · answered by specklesanne_13 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
earthworms(as small as possible) guppies (small also) tadpoles frozen brineshrimp(thawed) small feeder fish
2007-03-10 08:06:50 · answer #5 · answered by flyingfishsj 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋