stnick
06-08-2015, 05:02 PM
Hello from South Carolina!
I'm a long time snake enthusiast but I haven't kept any Thamnophis since I was a child. The first snake that my mom and dad allowed me to keep was an Eastern Garter snake. He had a great personality and was extremely docile. I used to carry him around the house in my shirt pocket. He would occasionally peak out but he would stay in the pocket as I did stuff around the house. I remember he got away once and he went into a crack in the wall. I was able to coax him out with a juicy nightcrawler. He came flyin' out with his out mouth agape. He was quite the character. I kept him for several years before he passed. That was over 20 years ago and I've kept many different kinds of snakes since then including many colubrids, pythons and boids. I've always loved Garter snakes because of that Eastern Garter I kept as a child, which I affectionately named Fred, started my interest in this hobby.
I just purchased a baby female T.sirtalis infernalis from Jeff and I'm very excited to receive her. My only regret is that I couldn't buy more of them at this time. =D
I'm a long time snake enthusiast but I haven't kept any Thamnophis since I was a child. The first snake that my mom and dad allowed me to keep was an Eastern Garter snake. He had a great personality and was extremely docile. I used to carry him around the house in my shirt pocket. He would occasionally peak out but he would stay in the pocket as I did stuff around the house. I remember he got away once and he went into a crack in the wall. I was able to coax him out with a juicy nightcrawler. He came flyin' out with his out mouth agape. He was quite the character. I kept him for several years before he passed. That was over 20 years ago and I've kept many different kinds of snakes since then including many colubrids, pythons and boids. I've always loved Garter snakes because of that Eastern Garter I kept as a child, which I affectionately named Fred, started my interest in this hobby.
I just purchased a baby female T.sirtalis infernalis from Jeff and I'm very excited to receive her. My only regret is that I couldn't buy more of them at this time. =D