new here.

[Squeaky10199]

hey i just wanted to say I'm new here and hoped I'm welcomed. here is a picture of my fav snake Spot. i love garters!
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee250/squeaky10199/spiders005.jpg
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee250/squeaky10199/animals006.jpg
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee250/squeaky10199/dfjsldfj002.jpg
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee250/squeaky10199/gggg001.jpg

can anyone tell me the kind of garter i have. i want a checkered garter because they are really neat looking but i live in Wisconsin and i don't get those here. any help.. and i would love comments on the pics.

[Sid]

Welcome to the forum and nice photos. I believe Spot is and Eastern Garter Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis. You'll meet some great people here and always ready to help if you have questions.

[Stefan-A]

Welcome aboard. :)

I think I have to agree with Sid, T. s. sirtalis, but there's something about it that makes me want to say T. radix, as well.

[ScimitarX]

Welcome here:)

Spot looks really nice.

[drache]

hi
welcome to the forum
Spot looks just like Boyfriend, my male sirtalis

[enigma200316]

welcome to the forum, we love pics here they are kind of manditory.....;)
and your snake looks great, I would deff. say it is an Eastern-T.s.sirtalis...

[GarterGuy]

Howdy and welcome to the forum. Spot's a good looking snake and yeh, I agree.....T.s.sirtalis. Though I can understand what Stephan was saying too. I kind of thought T.radix at first as well....but looks like the side stripe is on the 2nd and 3rd scale rows....not 100% sure though, pics are a bit blurry.

[Snaky]

Welcome to the forum and have fun here :)
I'd also say Th. sirtalis sirtalis.

[gregmonsta]

Welcome to the forum :)

[anji1971]

Hello, and welcome!! Spot is very nice, and I'm going with Eastern for type -- he looks a lot like the garters I see around here.:)

[adamanteus]

Hi Nicholas, and welcome to the forum.:)
Yeah, Spot does look a lot like a radix.... but she isn't, she's an Eastern.

[Squeaky10199]

well thanks for all the posts! thanks for the comments too. so what should i do about the feeding? she hasent eaten for four months except once like a month ago and that was like 3 fish. she wont eat anything i try to give her and i cant get worms because it is winter here. she wont eat pinkies either.

[EdgyExoticReptiles]

Heres a link to where some1 is selling checkered garters
kingsnake.com Classifieds (http://market.kingsnake.com//detail.php?cat=6&de=571413)

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

Spot looks to be an Eastern garter!

[Squeaky10199]

you know how big he is going to get? he is already like 15-20 inches somewhere around there.

[Stefan-A]

If it's a "he", he won't get much bigger than 20". Possibly a bit over 25. If it's a "she", she might get twice as long.

[adamanteus]

She's a she.;)

[drache]

which photo did you get that from, James?
I went back to look . . .
is it in the other thread?

[Squeaky10199]

well i believe he is a she also because i was told their tail from the butt hole to the end of the tail is longer then its a female if its shorter than its a male. spot's is pretty long so im thinking its a she. so i might have to change the name. i had like ten garters last year and two of them were pregnant and i gave them away. they were fatties. they ate like three worms a day! Ill be getting more garters soon when the weather warms up a bit.