Try this, It's by far the easiest way....

Buy a frozen fillet of Tilapia or Salmon at the grocery store.

When PARTIALLY thawed, cut into strips.

Now freeze the fish in bags so that you can get out one or two strips at a time, and shake it in front of the snake with tongs.(thawed out of course)

Nearly all of my Thamnophis eat tilapia and salmon without any effort.(on my part)

You can order "extra small" pinks, and rub some of the frozen fish on it.

Another concept, I put 2-3 pinks IN the water bowl with a fish.

The motion of the fish will trigger a feeding response, and the snake will most likely take the pinks too.
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Regards,
Wayne A. Harvey
Thamnophis US
Dances With Reptiles

1.1.0 Thamnophis Infernalis- California Red Sided Garter Snakes
1.1.0 "flame" erythristic Eastern Garter Snakes
1.2.0 Melanistic Thamnophis Sirtalis Sirtalis
?.?.1 Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis Albino
2.1.0 Thamnophis RADIX - Iowa Snow
1.1.0 Thamnophis RADIX - Snow Het
0.1.0 Thamnophis RADIX - Snow/Nebraska Albino double Het
0.1.0 Thamnophis RADIX - Christmas Albino
0.1.0 Thamnophis cyrtopsis Easter Black Neck Garter "MoJo"
0.1.0 Thamnophis sirtalis Eastern Snow "Snowflake"
1.1.0. Thamnophis elegans vagrans Wandering Garter
2.1.0 Thamnophis sirtalis - eastern Garters
0.0.1 Thamnophis HybridAlbino Checkered Normal eastern"Mutt"
2.0.0 Thamnophis sirtalis - eastern Garters (xtreme orange phase)
0.0.1 Thamnophis butleriButler's Garter Snake
0.0.4 Thamnophis proximus orariusCoastal Ribbons
0.0.1 Thamnophis sirtalis - Eastern Garter baby
0.0.3 Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis HET Anerythristic
1.0.0 Thamnophis pickeringi - Puget Sound Garter "Sky" (adult, Sky blue)
0.0.1 Nerodia sipedon - Water Snake - "Aqua" adult WC Pink eater!
0.0.1 Amelanistic Corn Snake "CY" Sub-adult CB
1.0.0. Pueblan Milk snake "Oreo" adult CB
1.0.0. ASIAN GREEN SNAKE 3' WC Cyclophiops major"Limon"
0.0.1. Savannah Monitor "CHOMPER" Getting Huge!
0.1.0. Green Anole "Crystal"
0.1.0 Oscar (Astronotus ocellatus) - "Peach" (A Monitor with fins)
1.0.0 Ball Python - Python regius "Cain" Rescued from a crack house
0.1.9 Eastern MilkSnake WC "Carmella" adult super sweet temperment (Eggs all hatched!)
1.5.0 Storeria dekayi - Brown Snakes Casper, Xena, Athena, Copper, Sharon & others
1.0.0. K9 "ACE" Black Cockapoo
1.1.0. calico RATS
??.??.?? Mice - Feeder farm - Crickets / fish / Giant roaches
More herps than I could ever list out back on the land.

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