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[crzy_kevo]

Hello everyone i found this site looking for information on which fish contain thiaminase and i found out that i can feed my new garter certain minnows and bass fillets since i fish alot
anyways onto my garter i found him just over a week ago when i destroyed his home moving a railroad tie to the fire pit in my yard
he didnt seem to like it very much so i made him a new home out of the old fish tank i had altho at the moment it is a bit small i will be going out in about a week to get him a much larger tank
im not sure exactly what breed it is so i will post some pictures
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/1084/picture7pm7.jpghttp://img502.imageshack.us/img502/3418/picture5id2.jpg
Anyways thats him hes got a silver ishy greenishy stripe down his back if any1 can tell me what breed he is that would be great

[adamanteus]

Hi Kevin, and welcome to the forum.:)
I think you have an Eastern... Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis. Perhaps if you told us where in the US you are, we could confirm this.
Here's a link to help with your Thiaminase question... http://www.thamnophis.com/caresheets/index.php?title=Thiamin,

[crzy_kevo]

thank you do u know what kind of garter this is

[infernalis]

Welcome Kevo!

Clearer pictures would be nice too, the markings look very much "Eastern"

[el lobo]

Welcome to the forum Kevin! Looks like an eastern to me...those aren't it's actual colours, are they?

[Stefan-A]

Welcome aboard, Kevin. :)

[crzy_kevo]

sorry my webcam does change the color a bit i am in southern ontario in canada his colours are brown on top with that silverish stripe down the back and more of a golden part on his lower side i will get some clearer pics when my GF comes home she has the camera anyways thanks for the info guys

[adamanteus]

Southern Ontario, I would say it's an Eastern then. Looks like a pretty one!

[Garter_Gertie]

Welcome, Kevin!

[crzy_kevo]

im sure its a male when i first picked him up he urinated and when i picked him up again it looked like the was sominthing sticking out of the cloaca i think he will shed in a couple weeks the scales near his tail are starting to dull

[adamanteus]

From the photo, I wouldn't like to guess at the sex. Sometimes, when a Garter musks you, they can evert a section of the cloaca... male or female.

[crzy_kevo]

oh i didn't know that so how would i be able to tell of the sex
and ive done some looking on google and it does look like an eastern at least the pattern does but all the pictures ive seen they are mainly green and it is brown but location is right
anywho thanks for all this information

[adamanteus]

Eastern are REALLY variable in colour... more than I could begin to list here.
If you could post a photo of the cloacal region and about half of the tail, taken from the side and also one from above, I think we could probably tell you the sex.

[adamanteus]

anywho thanks for all this information

You're welcome, Kevin. That's why we're here.:)

[Sid]

Welcome to a great forum, Kevin.

[crzy_kevo]

one thng i love about george is i have had him since wednesday last week and i can already just sit a watch tv or at the computer and he will just sit in my hand and not try and leave

[ScimitarX]

Hi and welcome. Sounds like George is settling in well for you, he certainly is pretty:)

[ssssnakeluvr]

its an eastern garter, as James said, quite variable in patterns and colors...

[Garter_Gertie]

Iye-Yye-Yye-Yye! Don't start with the anthrapormorphizing (did I spell that rite?), Kevin! We've snake nerds here that really know their stuff - inside out, backwards and forwards. Real crainial folks that are logical. But even though they think with their minds - and not their hearts - we love them! They are the ballast for us creatives that think with our hearts.

It's nice to have you here. A very pretty garter. Hug and kiss her/him for me!

[jitami]

Great looking snake Kevo! Welcome!

[ssssnakeluvr]

oh, I forgot...welcome to the forum!!!!! :D

[anji1971]

Hello and welcome, from just a short distance away!!:)

[Jenlang_79]

Pretty snake you got there..congradulations on your new pet..this is your first garter I take it? Welcome..I love it here..people are very cool..:-)

[drache]

did I say welcome to the forum in the George thread?
not sure
welcome to the forum, Kevin

[crzy_kevo]

thank you everyone and anji we should go herping some time as i mentioned i found this guy in my Gf's mom yard i know there is a pond in the forest area past the back yard so it would be a great place to go herping.