ID this snake

[Invisible Snake]

7583

[hjelte]

That would be a T.Sirtalis Concinnus, or an Oregon red spotted garter. You won´t have trouble finding info about it here, there is even member under the name of Concinnusman:)

[katach]

That is a Concinnus. Where did you get the little fella?

[-MARWOLAETH-]

conncinus nice looking one as well:cool:

[Invisible Snake]

Hey guys thanks. I saw the picture in a post yesterday with the following..
"1.1 pair of red sided garters...cb '12...feeding great on tuna right from the can!...only $40 for the pair..."Of course I corrected him, but then he said.. "i feed them minnows, guppies, small frogs AND TUNA...not just tuna...lol"

He also posted that he got them in a trade and wanted to move them quickly and then someone posted "because garters are way boring"

Then I sarcasticlly posted "Yeah garters are boring, they don't sit in a ball 24/7 and you can't make any money off of them"

Anyways to make a long story short he sold the pair of garters to a nice woman who I directed to this forum and caresheet so hope fully she joins because she likes garters and in addition to this duo she just purchased she also has "a baby red sided"

[Lisa4john]

Wow...

[kueluck]

AWESOME!! Love a happy ending.

[Greg'sGarters]

DEFINITELY an Oregon Red-spotted Garter, they are commonly sold as Red-sided Garters. I bought mine as a Red-sided and later found out that it was an Oregon Red-spotted.

[katach]

Glad they went to a good home. She will find lots of help and support here.

[guidofatherof5]

Good looking female. Needs to put on a little weight though.
Love to see an under the tail photo to confirm the sex.

[ConcinusMan]

Feeding on canned tuna? :eek:

Where was the ad?

[Invisible Snake]

Feeding on canned tuna? :eek:

Where was the ad?

It was in a FB reptile group, the OP was from Florida.

[ConcinusMan]

AWESOME!! Love a happy ending.

Not going to be a happy ending if the new owner keeps that diet.

[kueluck]

Awesome that the garter got into the right hands is the meaning to that post.
Not going to be a happy ending if the new owner keeps that diet.

[ConcinusMan]

Yes, I realize that, but did the snake get into the "right" hands is the question.

[Greg'sGarters]

Canned tuna shouldn't be the staple diet for any garter, raw tuna fillet pieces would be better. Try getting him to go on earthworms, pretty hard to go wrong with earthworms.

[Steveo]

Unless the canned tuna explicitly says "no salt added", it's far too salty for a garter.

[ConcinusMan]

Canned tuna shouldn't be the staple diet for any garter, raw tuna fillet pieces would be better.

Not necessarily. Cooking fish helps to remove some of the mercury. Tuna fillet is rather expensive and is much higher in mercury than say, farmed tilapia. I would be concerned about the heavy metals content of raw tuna fillet.

[SilasBannook]

Tuna is on the list of fish with Thiaminase. From postings about that, I would suspect we should never feed our snakes tuna. Here is the link: Thiaminase (http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ca/volume_6//volume_6_1/thiaminase.htm)

[EasternGirl]

That looks exactly like my little concinnus, Bella. Glad you responded to the stupid posts and glad that the little one found a home. I hope to see the owner here on our forum.