How many Snakes?

[abcat1993]

I did a poll already on how many snakes per cage you have, but now vote on how many snakes you have.
PS: I notice now that the max is 20 Boots

[Snaky]

I have 8. 6 thamnophis and 2 Lampropeltis.

[Gijs & Sabine]

I really lost the exact number, but we've got about 120 garters. Those are 15 different sub species and morphs.

And this year a lot more besite the babies we expect, yahoo !!!

[abcat1993]

[quote=Gijs & Sabine;2799]I really lost the exact number, but we've got about 120 garters.quote]

:eek: :confused: :cool: :eek: AAAAAGGGHGHH! How do you keep track of all of those snakes? It's hard keeping track of when I last fed my three pets.

[Snaky]

You should see their room where they keep them, *drool*;)

[Thamnophis]

I have at home:

1.1 T. a. atratus
1.1 T. hammondii
1.1 T. s. sirtalis (black)
1.1 T. s. sirtalis (normal)
1.2 T. s. tetrataenia
0.0.1 Natrix maura

[Markus18]

i have:

thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis "florida blue"
thamnophis sirtalis parietalis
nerodia fasciata


3 pantherophis obsoletus
4 pantherophis guttatus
but i gave them away because i was not more interreseted on these snakes:(

[GarterGuy]

Only a few right now,
2.0 T.s.concinnus
1.1 Lampropeltis mexicana thayeri
0.1 Lanpropeltis getulus getulus X L.g.floridana

....collection should grow this year with more Thanmophis and breeding the thayeri's.

[Boots]

PS: I notice now that the max is 20 Boots

Yep, It took a while, but I finally found how to change the max number of options for polls. Would have been nice to have found the setting the day before I was setting up the contest polls. :( But it is now set higher to allow more entries for the next contest.

Jason

[abcat1993]

Jason, how many snakes do you have? The only snake I've seen of your's that I can remember is your avatar.

[Boots]

Jason, how many snakes do you have? The only snake I've seen of your's that I can remember is your avatar.

At the moment....0. :( While I have had many snakes in the past, I had to give them up when I went back to school. Over the summer I started to get the bug again and was trying to track down a checkered Garter to start my collection. When I got my first garter, a Texas checkered garter, they were sold in local stores but no pet stores in all of Edmonton carry garters now. So I started to look online and could not find a forum dedicated to garters so I create the forum instead.

Which might not have been a good idea since now instead of wanting a checkered garter, I am hoping to track down a pair of San Francisco Garters. Know of anyone selling any? :)

Jason

[ssssnakeluvr]

I have around 40 garters, 1 desert kingsnake and 2 yellow bellied racers....

[CrazyHedgehog]

22 garters of various ...
2 leopard geckos
2 cats
1 hamster.
1 monkey ...oops I mean son

[Elliot]

I'm only allowed to have one snake, so obviously I voted one. Wish I could get another, though....

[Sid]

My current collection:
15 Sirtalis sirtalis (7.8):D
2 Conissus (1.1);)
6 Rough Green Snakes
2 Eastern Chain Kings
1 Western Hognose
1 Black Rat

Sid

[abcat1993]

I'm only allowed to have one snake, so obviously I voted one. Wish I could get another, though....
Same situation with me. Although my mom is convinced that I'm getting rid of my snake after it reaches 2 feet (yeah right)

[Cazador]

Matt, this is your dad. I've been secretly monitoring your posts, and you're grounded young man! Now go tell your mom you're sorry. :) heh heh heh :).

[Markus18]

@sid

can you post some pictures of your rough green snakes??
im very interesseted in this snakes!but everytime the people say they are hard to handle!whats your impression?

[abcat1993]

Matt, this is your dad. I've been secretly monitoring your posts, and you're grounded young man! Now go tell your mom you're sorry. :) heh heh heh :).
Then my dad certainly knows a lot about garters

[GarterGuy]

@sid

can you post some pictures of your rough green snakes??
im very interesseted in this snakes!but everytime the people say they are hard to handle!whats your impression?

I've worked with and actually bred Rough Green snakes before. I don't think they're all that hard to care for as long as you start out with healthy snakes to begin with. The biggest problem with them is feeding. Usually though, they take crickets very well and I offered mine cabbage worms too, which they loved ( I grew them myself on plants on my deck) they may take silkmoth larva as well, but never really tried them. They're almost like keeping some of your smaller lizards (like anoles), just with out legs!:D

[Sid]

@sid

can you post some pictures of your rough green snakes??
im very interesseted in this snakes!but everytime the people say they are hard to handle!whats your impression?

Markus,
When first pick up the Green Snakes do get some what hyper. Simply handle them gently and allow them to slither throuth your hands and they calm down very quickly.
I feed mine crickets and other insects.

Sid
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/Rough_Green_Snake.jpg

[El Nino]

2 Thamnophis ordinoides (wild caught)
1 Grey Banded Kingsnake (Lampropeltis alterna)
2 Felis domesticus (1 silver tabby, 1 orange tabby)

[El Nino]

I would love a green snake.....I should go back east to catch one.

[Cazador]

El Nino,
How about posting a couple pictures of your T. ordinoides? Please include at least one close-up of its head.
Rick

[Markus18]

thanks sid for posting a picture!
in summer 2005 i saw rough green snakes in canada!i maked a photo.next time i post it up in here!
markus

[suzoo]

I have 7 common colored Eastern Garter Snakes. My children & I catch and release many non-venomous species during the warmer weather, but we raised the Garters from a wild caught Mom and released her and most of the babies. We kept 4 female babies. And caught a baby male the same year. Plus we had 2 babies from a different Mom from the previous year. They are kept in a 55 gallon vivarium.

[El Nino]

El Nino,
How about posting a couple pictures of your T. ordinoides? Please include at least one close-up of its head.
Rick

I will get a pic as soon as I get a camera.

The two Thamnophis were wild caught in central Kitsap Co. near the town of Chico on Erlands Point (This is the face shaped peninsula[nose pointing east] jutting north into Oyster Bay, NNE about 1/2 inch from thr Bremerton dot)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Kitsapcounty-wa.png

The person who identified them as T. ordinoides was a local herp breeder who works with Elaphe, Lampropeltis, rarer Pituophis, et. al. She did not indicate anything about T. ordinoides as to imply rareness, just that it was nice not to see just another T. sirtalis again:confused: .

It sparked a re-interest in Thamnophis though (as much as I hate to say, my original plan for catching wild garters was to feed my Gray-Banded Kingsnake).

[jewel-dragons]

1.5 Th. Sirtalis Tetrataenia
0.1 Th. Infernalis
1.2 Thamnophis Marcianus

that makes 10 totally,bu i have more bearded dragens..... :=)

[Cazador]

Hey El Nino,
I'm sure you've made a few people squirm on that one. I thought, "yikes," but kingsnakes have to live and eat, too. Anyway, you're right. T. ordinoides aren't rare in your area, they're just not real common in the pet trade. There are a couple of differnt morphs, and I just wanted to have a look at yours. Hope to see them soon. Thanks,
Rick

[El Nino]

Don't worry y'all...my L. alterna is happy and well fed on pinkies now (although I had to rub them on the garters at first, that step is now unnecessary). I did get him a Green Anole for his birthday though:D .

[suzoo]

I have 7 Garter Snakes right now. I hope to have more soon. I'd like some Flames, but they're expensive, I need to sell more puppies. I raise Shih-Tzu & Chihuahuas. lol

[Tori]

2.1 Thamnophis sirtalis infernalis - California red-sided garter snake
4.3 Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis - Eastern garter snake
1.2 Thamnophis marcianus - Chequered garter snake - albino
1.1 Heterodon platirhinos - Eastern Hog-nosed Snake (Yellow Phase)
1.1 Pantherophis guttatus - Corn Snakes (Male is Green-splotched snow - Female is Anery Motley)
So, 13 garters.

Tori

[wisema2297]

12 corns (various morphs)
1 black rat ( hatched from wc egg)
1 meahllmorum
2 eastern kings
3 balls
2 BCI het snow
2 western hogs
1 wc eastern garter

[abcat1993]

So what's your favorite snake out of the types you own? Mine is obviously a garter snake (my only snake).

[Sid]

My absolute favorite is my Red-spotted.:D Harder to tame than my T.s.s., but far easier to manage in every other way.

Sid

[suzoo]

2.1 Thamnophis sirtalis infernalis - California red-sided garter snake
4.3 Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis - Eastern garter snake
1.2 Thamnophis marcianus - Chequered garter snake - albino
1.1 Heterodon platirhinos - Eastern Hog-nosed Snake (Yellow Phase)
1.1 Pantherophis guttatus - Corn Snakes (Male is Green-splotched snow - Female is Anery Motley)
So, 13 garters.

Tori

Hi Tori,
Please forgive my ignorance, but what is the numbers? How can you have 1.2 snakes?

[abcat1993]

I think it means one male and two females. or other way around.

[suzoo]

OOOHHHH! Silly me! Thanks!

[zirliz]

I've two garters one is green with black stripes and the other is black had red markings and yellow under side since looking through the images I'm convinced that the names they were sold under was wrong, I'll put some pics

[Tori]

suzoo: It is usually read: first number for males, second for females, and if you see one with 3 numbers like 1.2.4 it means that four haven't been sexed yet.

zirliz: I would love to see pics and to know what each were sold as being.

[zirliz]

Digits sold as Common Garter snake- http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r314/zirliz/Photo67.jpg
and http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r314/zirliz/Photo68.jpg

Heart throb- Red-sided http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r314/zirliz/Photo57.jpg