Quote Originally Posted by RatAtat2693 View Post
I don't go into pet stores for animals, food or otherwise. Working with rats, and the hundreds of dollars in vet bills, has taught me all about communicable diseases. I used to breed guppies, so if I did get a garter, I'd probably just break out that set up. Is there something particular to pet stores that creates it? And those I was thinking could be fed live. Would being fed after being frozen make a difference? Is there a way to add the right nutrients?
Most pet store employees don't know - or care - which feeder fish do and don't have thiaminase. Freezing doesn't affect it either. It's easiest just to avoid the whole problem and switch your snake from night crawlers to the smallest mouse pinkies you can find.

While mine were on night crawlers I did get some liquid calcium and put a drop of that on the worm just before it was fed to the garter, to make sure the garter got enough Ca for bone development.