gelshark
10-03-2008, 05:21 PM
So, yeah ....
I used to catch garters as a kid, they would always escape within a few days - I think my mom was glad about that. I never had a proper container for them. Some were nice and some were mean.
I have a couple of corn snakes and they are great, but...
I really wanted a garter snake (prolly for nostalgia). I mentioned to a co-worker (who always finds them in his yard) that next time he found one to bring it to me. He said that he would keep an eye out for me but that it has been a few weeks since he had seen any while mowing (seasons starting to change makes sense). Well three years ago he caught one and his kids wanted to keep it, and he relented and let them have it. His wife never cared for it and the kids lost interest in it. He was thinking about letting it go back into the wild but his kids were concerned that it might not do so well. So after my request for him to catch one for me, he mentions it to his wife and she says to give me Worf (their garter). The kids agree to let me have it, so he brought it to me.
Now i have a garter snake!
He thinks it's a male but not sure as he's just guessing that, and I am guessing that it's a plains garter. Anyone can correct me if they know better, I won't take offence.
So my goals with Worf are to
1. Tame it down a bit - it's a bit more skittish then my corns and it pooped on me yesterday (not sure if it was trying to get put down or it just needed to go #2) and
2. Get it to eat mice, he had always fed it fish and worms, and I am going to try to add mice to the diet (although today's attempt was unsuccessful). I will try scenting it next time and see if that helps.
If anyone has any helpful suggestions let me know and thanks for all the welcomes I am going to hopefully receive.
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/8150/worf2gk2.jpg
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/7111/worfkc3.jpg
I used to catch garters as a kid, they would always escape within a few days - I think my mom was glad about that. I never had a proper container for them. Some were nice and some were mean.
I have a couple of corn snakes and they are great, but...
I really wanted a garter snake (prolly for nostalgia). I mentioned to a co-worker (who always finds them in his yard) that next time he found one to bring it to me. He said that he would keep an eye out for me but that it has been a few weeks since he had seen any while mowing (seasons starting to change makes sense). Well three years ago he caught one and his kids wanted to keep it, and he relented and let them have it. His wife never cared for it and the kids lost interest in it. He was thinking about letting it go back into the wild but his kids were concerned that it might not do so well. So after my request for him to catch one for me, he mentions it to his wife and she says to give me Worf (their garter). The kids agree to let me have it, so he brought it to me.
Now i have a garter snake!
He thinks it's a male but not sure as he's just guessing that, and I am guessing that it's a plains garter. Anyone can correct me if they know better, I won't take offence.
So my goals with Worf are to
1. Tame it down a bit - it's a bit more skittish then my corns and it pooped on me yesterday (not sure if it was trying to get put down or it just needed to go #2) and
2. Get it to eat mice, he had always fed it fish and worms, and I am going to try to add mice to the diet (although today's attempt was unsuccessful). I will try scenting it next time and see if that helps.
If anyone has any helpful suggestions let me know and thanks for all the welcomes I am going to hopefully receive.
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/8150/worf2gk2.jpg
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/7111/worfkc3.jpg