hi

[Scaley.Jade]

hey im new around here im lookin into getting garters and in the future breeding a few i was wondering if anyone has anywhere with info and colours of the subspecies and morphs

dont know if you can get brightly coloured garters but it apeals to me

i would prefer a smaller subspeices but im not picky
:)
thanx in advance

[Zephyr]

Hello and welcome!
Many people here both keep and breed garters, such as myself, so I'm sure you'll have no problem finding yourself a leetle friend. Or friends. ;D

[adamanteus]

Hi Jade, and welcome to the forum.:)
Yes, you can get brightly coloured Garter Snakes... have a look through the photo library.
http://www.thamnophis.com/caresheets/index.php?title=Photographic_Library

[count dewclaw]

Hello and welcome, Jade!

[beaniesmommy]

Welcome, I have owned one for one week. He just shed last night and he is a wonderful tempered snake. I would recommend one to ANYONE! :)

[Stefan-A]

Welcome aboard, Jade. :)

[jeanette]

hello and welcome :)

[Sid]

Welcome to a great forum, Jade. I know you'll enjoy it here.

[Scaley.Jade]

wow thanx for the welcome does anyone know wether you can get more than one checkered or if there are 2 dif types of garters that you can put together (like with the corns you can mix the colours but still have a pure corn)
what sort of size are the checkered and do they eat well in general

thankyou so much for the help

[enigma200316]

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

[adamanteus]

Jade, there are three sub-species of Checkered, but you're only likely to come across one in the UK... Thamnophis marcianus marcianus. It's fine to keep a small group of these together, as long as they are of similar size.
They are average sized Garters (usually) around 36" would be a good size one. I've always found them to be very good feeders.

[Scaley.Jade]

im just wanting to find a sub speices that has differnet colours in there so that when i decided to breed i wouldnt know for def the colours i would get untill they popped out

[adamanteus]

T. ordinoides would be a good choice in that case.... But if you can find any in the UK, let me know, I've been looking for ages!

[Snake lover 3-25]

:D:D:D Hi and WELCOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lestat]

Wellcome to this great forum. There are a lot of Albino Checkerd's around. I was ofered one the other night from some one i got a Checkered from a while ago. They are very nice. I have 3 in my collection and they have all fed well so far.

[ScimitarX]

Welcome to the forum:)

[drache]

welcome to the forum, Jade

[anji1971]

Hello, and welcome!:)

[Odie]

Hi, from Oregon, Jade :)

[Scaley.Jade]

thanx again everyone lovely warm wlecome and this forum is already a big fave of mine

[el lobo]

This forum is a great place to start!!

[Jenlang_79]

Welcome!!! Wish you the best of luck..they are such great snakes...by far my favorite!!

[ssssnakeluvr]

wow thanx for the welcome does anyone know wether you can get more than one checkered or if there are 2 dif types of garters that you can put together (like with the corns you can mix the colours but still have a pure corn)
what sort of size are the checkered and do they eat well in general

thankyou so much for the help
theres only 2 types of checkereds.....normal and albinos. I did see photos of a hypo checkered, but not sure if they are going t0 breed it. they can get up to 3 feet for females and 2 feet for males. they do eat well.