Hello everyone :)

[gregmonsta]

:) Greg here, just signed up. I'm in Garter mode as I'm finally a snake owner again after a 3 year break so I'll start by introducing my new pal .... Squiggles :rolleyes:


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[adamanteus]

Hi Greg (and Squiggles), and welcome to the forum.:)

[Lulu Bennett]

hi Greg and Squiggles
hope you enjoy the site.
Squiggles is soooo cute. thinking of getting 1.1 normal marcys myself to go with my albinos :D
Looking forward to more pics.
Lulu xxx
p.s not saying your not cute though Greg :o:rolleyes:

[Sid]

Welcome to the forum, Greg. Nice Garter.

[anji1971]

Hello, and welcome, Greg & Squiggles!! He's the cutest little snakey!!:)

[gregmonsta]

hi Greg and Squiggles
hope you enjoy the site.
Squiggles is soooo cute. thinking of getting 1.1 normal marcys myself to go with my albinos :D
Looking forward to more pics.
Lulu xxx
p.s not saying your not cute though Greg :o:rolleyes:

Well .... I can see it becoming an unhealthy obsession that's going to take up my flat if I'm not careful .... ;) I'll have garters everywhere once squiggles is old enough to be sexed .... ahem .... :p squiggles wins the cuteness factor I'd say ;)

[marty5150]

Welcome to the forum.

[adamanteus]

squiggles wins the cuteness factor I'd say ;)

I have to agree! I know a couple of good hairdressers if you're interested, Greg!;)

You said you came back to snakes after a three year break.... what were you keeping before?

What part of Scotland are you from? I lived up there for a while (a couple of times), on the East coast (Arbroath).:)

[Sputnik]

Hi Greg! Don't sell yourself short! ;)

And don't even think about using James' hairdresser, he is a little brutal with the scissors! The hairdresser, not James. Not in a Sweeney Todd kind of way though.


Eek, you must think you have landed in a madhouse... :D

[gregmonsta]

Lol .... My mum's a hairdresser :p and she's had nae luck ;) . Perth is where I choose to slither :) . And used to have a couple of Ribbon snakes between '95 to '05 which I missed soooooo much I've finally picked my hobby up again :) .... and I want more ;).
Nothing mad here that I can't cope with ;)

[EdgyExoticReptiles]

we all want more :) if you want more u could get a really pretty san Fransisco garter snake from Kuno (jewel dragon) its in the classified section

[adamanteus]

used to have a couple of Ribbon snakes between '95 to '05 which I missed soooooo much I've finally picked my hobby up again :) ....

I know that feeling, Greg. I left the hobby for a few years (untill Feb this year) but I found I was having nightmares about un-fed or un-cleaned snakes! I had to come back to get a good night's sleep!:D
Welcome here, hope you stick around.

[Lulu Bennett]

i don't know how i lasted 18yrs without my babies lol
i wouldn't give them up lol. i have 4 garters at the mo and getting a min of 6 more next year lol

[gregmonsta]

I plan too :) lots of good stuff on here ;) everything a Garter nut requires :D thanks everyone for the warm welcome.

[adamanteus]

Don't pretend you're only 18 Lulu....we all know you're older than that!:D

[Lulu Bennett]

i was four (i think) when my dad brought a garter snake home. the best pet ever but hadn't really done research and burried it when it was probably brumating lol poor lil thing

[adamanteus]

Be warned Greg... Garters are seriously addictive. I came back to the hobby in February (as I said) thinking I might enjoy a viv with a pair of Garters...... Ten months and 22 Garters later, I have major plans for '08!:rolleyes:

[Lulu Bennett]

Be warned Greg... Garters are seriously addictive. I came back to the hobby in February (as I said) thinking I might enjoy a viv with a pair of Garters...... Ten months and 22 Garters later, I have major plans for '08!:rolleyes:

Defo major lol off both Alan and from Hamm lol

i thought you were going to get your head down about 2 hrs ago anyway lol

That just proves how addictive this site is too lol

[zooplan]

Hello Greg,
there seems to be a garter virus!
After the renewing of the page in 2006 there are new members every week.

[Odie]

Hi, from Oregon, Greg :)
Squiggles is a fine looking snke dude :cool:
How old is Squiggles :confused:

[Snaky]

Welcome to the forum, enjoy it here :)

[enigma200316]

Welcome Greg, and very nice looking snake.................:)

[gregmonsta]

Hi, from Oregon, Greg :)
Squiggles is a fine looking snke dude :cool:
How old is Squiggles :confused:
Can't be sure ... but he was CB '07 and is approx 6.5-7" long ... been feeding trout until I'm certain he could handle a pinkie :). What does this make him??? I've never started them from this size before :eek: very squiggly to handle .... hence the name .... what do people suggest for this anyway ... should I leave regular handling until he is a little bigger? ... I received my first musking yesterday :rolleyes:

[drache]

welcome to the forum Greg and Squiggles
nice to meet you both

[Sputnik]

Oops, James, I just remembered who your hairdresser is. Do you think she'll forgive me? Shouldn't post late at night, danger of writing before thinking. :o

Lets see how long it takes Greg to get dragged along with us addicts. We are in a place where one more is never enough. :D

[tikichick]

Hi Greg, welcome to the forum!

I have 6 checkered garter babies, so when I saw your pics I exclaimed, "hey Squiggles looks just like mine!" Lol. Now my roommate thinks I'm nuts. :p

And so naturally, I think Squiggles is adorable, lol.

[gregmonsta]

Hi Greg, welcome to the forum!

I have 6 checkered garter babies, so when I saw your pics I exclaimed, "hey Squiggles looks just like mine!" Lol. Now my roommate thinks I'm nuts. :p

And so naturally, I think Squiggles is adorable, lol.

All the babies are just far too cute ... I'm secretly hoping not to encounter any more next time I visit the Herp shop :cool: coz I just know what would happen :D (imagines a car full of Squiggles) ...

[Odie]

Seems like a first yearling to me :o

[gregmonsta]

:) it will be soooooooo much fun watching it grow :)
GROW SQUIGGLES!!!! GROW!!!

[Lori P]

Greg, is that your band on your my space page? It scares me. LOLOL

[gregmonsta]

Yup :) it is my uplifting form of brutal metal ;)

[adamanteus]

'Brutal Metal'? Is that what it's actually called?

[Lori P]

Ok... I'll give it another go... no chance of my head exploding or anything, right? :eek::D

[gregmonsta]

I like to call it 'Scrap Metal' :D can be hard to classify thesedays.

[adamanteus]

I watched the clip. Are there any actual lyrics, or is your lead singer just growling at me?:rolleyes::eek::D

[Lori P]

Well, very cool that you have a band. My boss is lead singer of a band, but they do covers of 60's and 70's rock. I think he's so cool... vet by day, rocker by night. :-)

[tikichick]

That's too funny!

I had a vet that had a band, "Dr. Pete and the Heart Worms" lol.

[drache]

ever since I did the western part of my medical training I've thought "Eddie Bolus and the Swirling Chyme" would make a great band name
or "Hostile Mucus"

[gregmonsta]

I watched the clip. Are there any actual lyrics, or is your lead singer just growling at me?:rolleyes::eek::D
Lol :D he's growling in a very friendly fashion I assure you :p lyrics can be found on the music player on the page. My students always come away very surprised when they see the page. I'm no rocking vet :rolleyes: I'm a normally 'well behaved' English lecturer lmao.

[Lulu Bennett]

Lol :D he's growling in a very friendly fashion I assure you :p lyrics can be found on the music player on the page. My students always come away very surprised when they see the page. I'm no rocking vet :rolleyes: I'm a normally 'well behaved' English lecturer lmao.

Cool, I wish my lecturer was that cool lol mine stunk of BO :eek:

[CrazyHedgehog]

lyrics can be found ..........

..really?......no ...really really ?.....there really are lyrics to that? :eek:

sorry Greg sounds like growling to me too :confused: and I like some strange music mixes

[gregmonsta]

:D truly there is .... have you played it backwards yet? :rolleyes:

[drache]

:D truly there is .... have you played it backwards yet? :rolleyes:

oh man
I wish I'd spent my day here
it just suddenly got so much better
thanks Greg

[gregmonsta]

Ich wusste bestimmt dass Drachen es verstehen ;)

[drache]

what's there to verstehen?

[Lulu Bennett]

Ich wusste bestimmt dass Drachen es verstehen ;)

Ey??:confused::confused::confused::confused::confu sed:

[drache]

Ey??:confused::confused::confused::confused::confu sed:
it's german
translation:
"I knew that dragons would understand for sure"

[gregmonsta]

Dragons are reptiles ;) and reptiles love heavy metal lol :)

[Thamnophis]

Hi Greg, welcome here. :)