Hi I'm shanley!

[Snake lover 3-25]

hi i just joined this forum!:p

[enigma200316]

hello and welcome to the forum..............:)

[Tori]

Welcome! What kind of garter do you have? Tell us all about him/her, pics are always welcome....

[adamanteus]

Hi Shanley, and welcome to the forum.:)

[Sid]

Welcome to a great forum.

[drache]

hi Stanley
welcome to the forum

[Stefan-A]

Welcome aboard, Stanley. :)

[Odie]

Hi, from Oregon, Shanley :)

[drache]

oops
sorry about the name error
it's Shanley?

[Snake lover 3-25]

yes it's okay, thanks for the welcome! i will put up pics of my snakes asap

[Snake lover 3-25]

how do you post pics?
:confused:

[Snake lover 3-25]

Hi and yes it is SHANLEY but the name errors are okay, it happens alot i cant seem to figure out how to get pics on

[Snake lover 3-25]

o well i'll figure it out eventually... well here's my story anyway, i'm sory it's so long...

[Snake lover 3-25]

So... ever since I moved to my new house a few years back I've been fascinated by reptiles... I caught many smaller ones and kept them for a few days at a time, then I caught my first brown dekay's snake. I kept it for a year or so until it got lose in my house never to be found... I bought some corn snakes and I loved them... I put them into hibernation and unfortunatly they never came out and began to eat again... I was advised never to buy snakes again and that sience there were so many aroung that were free for the catching... I caught many others but they either didn't interest me or they wouldn't eat anything that was avalible year round. One day, on a walk with a bunch of my family members, my aunt screams I ask what's wrong and she says "snake". I look down and see a very large snake compared to normal ones that I usually find. I pick it up and it bites HARD she latched on and didn't let go. Meanwhile my relatives were screaming... after about ten minuites of trying to coax her off I just winced and riped her off quick... like a bandaid... she never bit me again let me tell you that. So I brought her home and I was mad at her so I left her in a cage for a few days. I tried to feed her a mouse and to my surprise she ate it! I had never been able to get a wild snake to eat a frozen/thawed mouse. So I kept her and eventually I was brave enough to hold her, I became very comfortable with her and she with me... about a month and 10 days after I caught her I came home and there were 18 tiny babies in the cage with her! I had suspected that she was pregnant because I had never seen a snake so fat! I kept the babies for about a week or so and after many of them wouldn't eat I reluctantly released them all except the few that took food, I released them over the next few weeks and finally I was left with one fat baby girl and the mother. The unexpected pregnancy was so fun that I hope to catch a male, hibernate them together and breed them both next year! :D

And that brings me to today... the fat baby girl named Willow and the mom named Meadow live together and are very content, Willow will turn two July 17! I am so overly attached to them and they are so at ease in my house... I will quite often put them in my huge doll house and leave them to roam... they will usually stay there and relax going from flor to flor of the three flor doll house. They love to sit in their hammic and warm up under their lamp.:cool: I will send pics of the doll house, the snakes and their hammic as soon as I figure out how...

[Sid]

Shanley, here is a link to posting photos.
Posting Pictures (http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/site-feedback-suggestions-questions/181-posting-pictures.html)

[anji1971]

Hello, Shanley, and welcome to the forum!
Nice little story........thanks for sharing your snake adventure, and hope to see pics of Willow and Meadow soon. :)

[Stefan-A]

Hi and yes it is SHANLEY but the name errors are okay, it happens alot i cant seem to figure out how to get pics on
Yeah, sorry. :D I have to blame Rhea (drache) this time. ;)

[Snake lover 3-25]

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/IMG_3909.jpg
This is the inside of their playhouse
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/IMG_3910.jpg
This is the outside of the playhouse
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/IMG_3914.jpg
Willow in playhouse
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/IMG_3912.jpg
Meadow in playhouse

[Snake lover 3-25]

Yay I did it!!! I'm so proud of myself!!!!

[EdgyExoticReptiles]

you have some very pretty snakes there, willow has some nice orange too

Yay I did it!!! I'm so proud of myself!!!!

[Sid]

Good job, Shanley. Those are great looking Garters. Thanks for sharing with us.

[drache]

those are so pretty
their colouring has a glow to it
and the doll house is cute

[Serpentine99]

nice snakes shanley, and welcome to the forum

[Lori P]

Those are beautiful, beautiful snakes, Shanley!! And what a great idea for a playhouse for them!!! Now that you know how to post pics, you'll have to keep us updated on them. Wonderful names, too. :-)