How can I get my baby garter snake to eat?

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Originally Posted by toddnbecka

Toads have toxins in their skin, only North American snakes I know of that eat toads are hognose. I tried feeding a newt to a garter snake once, it started to eat it then spit it back out. Sometime later I learned that newts also have a bad taste as a defense mechanism. Feeder guppies in very shallow water would be a fair bet though.

Excuse me... Thamnophis eat toads. It's part of their natural diet.