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Old 01-08-2007, 01:11 PM   #10
The BoidSmith
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Originally Posted by Suncoast Herpetological
Another possibility might be fresh hatched baby tropical fish. When I was a kid, I used to feed my garter snakes guppies. 1 to 3 day old fry should be proper size. Any tropical fish store should be able to set you up with a small group of some type of easy to care for live bearer.

The other thing to bear in mind is that the metabolism on these animals is very fast. You need to feed them frequently as babies to get any growth out of them. The first year that i bred them, I actually had 4 die of starvation on weekly feedings before someone clued me in to this. They really need at least bi and, if possible, tri weekly small meals.
Yes, I have used the "rosies" that WalMart sells in the past. They are of adequate size and very inexpensive.

Regards