Little Cutie!

[Raptor]

I feel that this was a sign that life goes on. After Tonya's (my old Garter who just passed) small funeral and burial, I went for a walk to clear my head. I walked really far into my back woods near the swamp area and I stumbled upon this little cutie. He looked hungry so I fed him a couple of Tonya's leftover garden worms and he gobbled them right up. I think its a male by the coloring but i cant say for sure. I just thought you'd enjoy how cute he is :)484448464845

[mikem]

He is a little cutie! You keeping him?

[Raptor]

No. He didn't take well to his tank mate, so I put him back where I found him in the swamp. He's probably chasing the little frogs that are everywhere out there

[kibakiba]

Colour isn't a valid way of sexing them, the way their tail is shaped, showing where the hemipenes are (or aren't), however, is a valid way of sexing them.


Though, one thing I have noticed in my area is most males have a yellow to orange stripe, while most females are brown and white. It's not always true though. Males are a lot harder to spot when they are orange and black, since they blend right in with the dry grass and dirt.

[Raptor]

Around my Area, Usually the females are green and black, and the males are the same except with bits of orange in their checkered pattern and a bit of orange in their eyes. My little female also took a liking to him but he lashed out at her for some reason.

[kibakiba]

Some garters cant stand being around others. Snap doesn't like the boys I have, the only one she was around ever without freaking out was Ember... But he sadly passed away.