EMERGENCY. Baby garter snake help

[Jason]

Been all over the net sence i found a baby garter snake in my desk, hes about 3" long and 1/4" wide , read thay eat fish,slugs,worms and mice eventually. The guy at my LPS said to try " pinkie parts" , if my wife came home and saw me a cutting board and a knife id have to get a lawyer lol. There are no bait stores in the City and i dont live near a park, so far i have small wax worms and a couple pinhead crickets in case he gets hungry enough not to care hes not a Insectavore. also have a small guppy in his water bowl... anyone have Exp with newborn garters? i know hes off his yolk because he regurged a slug after i put him in a Q tank.

[JohnEDove]

I,ve bred Garters, Guppies and Rose Reds for the fish, small earth worms of chopped up night crawlers (chop them in thirds or quarters so they still wiggle. Small bits of canned tuna can also work sometimes in a pinch for new borns like yours.
Give it a large water dish it can get out of and feed the fish in the water bowl feed dead prey/tuna or trout on a plate or lid..

[Jason]

ill have to hit up a few pet stores out of my area. all the feeder fish thay have are wayyyy to big for him right now. looks like im getting earthworms. Problem is thay have been spraying for Wood beetles everywhere last few years, hope i can dig up some clean ones. Thanks for your help John

[JohnEDove]

Whatever you do DO NOT use feeder Goldfish, they contain high levels of an enzyme called thiaminase which destroys vitamin B (thiamine). Feeding a diet high in feeder Goldfish will cause neurological disorders and death.

Because of the nature of worms and fish you'll need to feed it at least every other day until it gets large enough to start eating day old pinks.

[LadyParvati]

Been out of state & without Internet access, but one addition--you can feed larger fish (not lots larger, but a little larger) by chopping them up. Just be sure to include guts--the snake needs some of the nutrients and other things the guts contain.