Rhea's garters and the occasional other beast

[drache]

recently I've been taking pics of some of the garters here and there
they're not great pictures, and my domestic efforts have been lax, particularly as far as glass goes
but heck, it's more about showing the snakes anyway

my only big girls out right now are Thing and Sammy, and Sammy's been very much in the background, with Thing being more active and out front

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3257/3118249999_5f7501f2df_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3253/3119003752_794a522be0_b.jpg

here's OJ, the only one of Sammy's babies that I kept

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3268/3119014290_2ceebc7f2b_b.jpg

here he is with Ember, the little flame from Tina

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3203/3118185627_9b0ec03233_b.jpg

this is Mesa, my infernalis girl from Tori

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3061/3119019414_4986a08307_b.jpg

more to follow soon

[infernalis]

Nice Garters Rhea, I simply love the flame.

[reptile3]

OMG! those garters get big? wow... very nice! The flame is very nice!:D

ohhhh I just love the infernalis

[adamanteus]

Nice snakes and nice pictures, Rhea.:)

[drache]

here's a couple from my boy's tank especially for you, James

Radix (yes, that's his name)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3242/3119009398_d16f5d88ff_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3249/3119006404_1a1a4c2c07_b.jpg

Orioski - fresh out of a nominal brumation

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3130/3119025760_61fc146cc3_b.jpg

[reptile3]

very nice snakes you have rhea:)

[crzy_kevo]

very nice you must give ember to me :D

[anji1971]

Nice pictures, Rhea. You've got some real lookers in that group. Ember is super-red. Love her!:)

[gregmonsta]

Gorgeous :D

[drache]

Nice pictures, Rhea. You've got some real lookers in that group. Ember is super-red. Love her!:)
him, yes, way red
thanks

[olive oil]

Nice Rhea, my fav's are O.J. & of course Ember!!!

[Aundrea]

WOW You got some very nice looking snakes!! That flame WOW!!!!! :D:eek:

[infernalis]

Is Ember related to Masubius?

Sure sounds that way.

[drache]

Is Ember related to Masubius?
if Masubius came from Tina, then they're siblings
btw - Ember is my current top escape artist
I'm pretty sure, I've got him permanently confined now, but he's good at finding the way out if there is one
thankfully he's never gone far and I've always found him before he went missing - like: what's that bright red thing over there? oh wow - him again
he's taught me a lot and I am really thankful that I found him before the cats did every time

[infernalis]

Yes Rhea, They are brothers.

[crzy_kevo]

lol its wierd my snakes never try to escape anymore even if i leave the top off then leave for 5 minutes to get their food ready when i come back they havent moved :D
i guess they are comfortable

[infernalis]

They like you Kevin

[Sid]

Really nice collection there, Rhea and good photos too. Thanks for sharing them with us.

[jitami]

Rhea, what gorgeous animals!!! I love Mesa & Ember... simply stunning...

[Loren]

Very Nice Rhea!



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[mtolypetsupply]

I love your babies, they're so pretty!

[Lori P]

They're all gorgeous, Rhea!! I love the pic with the flame, man, he just jumps out of that greenery!!

[Snake lover 3-25]

wow rhea i love them!!!:D

[drache]

well
I know it's way soon, but I thought the maritime male looks a bit thin, so I pulled him out of brumation
then I thought to bring Chloe in also, so they can hang out together, hm
here's Oliver

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3133/3124802771_e21c581aab_b.jpg

and here they are together

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3131/3124805833_a7c3e576f8_b.jpg

here's Spunky, my female radix

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3084/3125613096_c2fe64e9d1_b.jpg

she's currently housing with the big girls, and right at home

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3125/3125627638_1bc6b59da6_b.jpg

Thing is still the most out front snake at this time

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3235/3125622714_333b789d6d_b.jpg

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

Thing is my favorite snake of yours :D:D

that maritime male is gorgeous!

[EdgyExoticReptiles]

finally maritime pics :), good to see hes doing well, wheres the female?

[drache]

right now Thing is my buddy

here's a few more of the maritimes
Chloe

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3252/3125128899_6e836a18ef_b.jpg

can't tell whether that's some weird gunk, or just water on her chin
I'll have to check on that

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3284/3125124571_4f0a35df75_b.jpg

and here's the two of them, hanging out
very different colouring

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3222/3125132709_228360cc23_b.jpg

[infernalis]

Can anyone tell me, After looking at Rheas pictures, can this possibly be a Maritime Garter Snake or just a variation of an eastern.

Range appears to include New York State.

http://www.danceswithreptiles.com/garter/rustywawa.jpg

[Snake lover 3-25]

how can you tell the difference???

[infernalis]

Rusty just looks different. Makes me wonder a little, Rheas have maroon spots too.

[Snake lover 3-25]

i've found many with maroon checks and no/faint stripes..... but i can't tell the difference.... easterns vary too much....:confused:

[infernalis]

That's why easterns are so interesting.:D:cool:

[Snake lover 3-25]

lol i know:D

[drache]

I'll go read up on all the fine points, but so far I've not seen a maritime with a real dorsal stripe
there are however also easterns who don't have much of one

[drache]

finally maritime pics :), good to see hes doing well, wheres the female?
missed your post, Reed
Jade, the female from you, is still outside
I wanted to see whether I can get him to mate with both females, and my sense is that he's more chummy with Jade, so I wanted to give Chloe some time with him first
I will probably bring Jade in before the end of the year

[drache]

Spunky just shed

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3205/3131257756_45f9f54558_b.jpg

[jitami]

Aw, all shiny and new :) Beautiful Rhea!

[drache]

today I couldn't stand it any longer and brought Jade in also
so here are a few more maritime shots

there's your girl, Reed

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3210/3131678106_edb2e82084_b.jpg

here's the three of them

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3129/3131684844_3ccb267662_b.jpg

and then she went off and hid behind Chloe

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3241/3131689852_f45f9731a9_b.jpg

and Sammy is going into shed

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3248/3130865419_232861e998_b.jpg

and look at how beat up the side with her surgery scar looks

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3268/3131719788_f289cc0ce6_b.jpg

[stonyloam]

Wow! Rhea, Chloe looks great!! For those that don't know, Rhea, Mikihaila and Jeff stopped by on the way back from Niagra last year, and I gave them a couple of snakes. Unfortunatly Jasper has passed away, but chloe looks like she is doing just fine. Hope for some babies. This pittyful little beat up thing :( is Chloe the day she was found next to the pool. Looks like she has a pretty good home now.

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/little_green.jpg

[anji1971]

Chloe has come a long way! Cute to see her 'baby picture'!:)

[drache]

Chloe is really beautiful - photos don't do her justice
too bad there seems to be nothing going on in the maritime tank - just the girls hanging out together

here's a couple of my other beasts:
Sienna, a furry beast

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3200/3147941206_17ba678712_b.jpg

Lav, albino cali king

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3211/3147124073_728c6ccc28_b.jpg

[olive oil]

What a pretty kitty.

[anji1971]

Lav is awesome! He/she is so gosh-darned perky looking!!:)

[drache]

Lav is awesome! He/she is so gosh-darned perky looking!!:)
he was really happy to be out and about - cruising all over the place
he'd been winter resting for a while

[reptile3]

Sienna is a beautiful cat!!! & Lav, wow very nice looking, love the tongue!!

[drache]

oh man - my camera really needs a cleaning
notice the same constellation of dark spots in every photo? sorry about that
I shall tend to it soon, but they're still in this current batch of my concinnus

here's Jackson

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3239/3152240824_a1d131cf11_b.jpg

and Maya

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3029/3152237394_4b6c1147e7_b.jpg

[olive oil]

I love Maya's color! Wow.

[drache]

Jackson's going to shed soon
he's looking a bit dull right now
Maya was born at my house and besides the great colour she's also got a lovely personality

thank you all for your nice comments

[guidofatherof5]

Thanks for posting about Jackson's shed. I wondered if that was the case when I saw his eye cap area in the photo. Should be anytime now.

[jitami]

I looove Jackson! Maya's beautiful, too, but something about Jackson calls to me. Very handsome critters :)

[drache]

here's another non-garter beast
Layla, the black mexican king
she'll be shedding soon, I think

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3261/3153270477_54ae5f0409_b.jpg

closeup face

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3075/3153264415_07a663c127_b.jpg

coils

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3117/3153267545_0b90b1ab5d_b.jpg

Sammy just shed and looks all velvety

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3121/3153348995_f6e8ca9435_b.jpg

and Thing is going into shed also

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3122/3153352871_c3598090a6_b.jpg

[infernalis]

Nice Rhea, Very nice....

[guidofatherof5]

Great looking group. The black mexican king is awesome. How did you train them to shed all at the same time. I must know!

[anji1971]

Layla is the snake I want. She's absolutely amazing looking. :cool:

[drache]

Great looking group. The black mexican king is awesome. How did you train them to shed all at the same time. I must know!
you know how it is
a bunch of snakes living together, after a while their shed cycles synchronize
you see them all hanging out together in the moss hut (damp hide)

[reptile3]

wow Rhea, your snakes are sooo cool! Love their names...

that black snake, awesome!:)

[drache]

thanks for your nice comments
I love my snakes, and although I often covet ones I see, essentially I'm very happy with the ones I've got and there's not that much on my wishlist

[drache]

I have been so goofing off today, and you guys get to see the results

Thing shed this morning and so I had to take some pics

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3405/3177544330_bced2b493c_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3104/3177544352_28e5b93024_b.jpg

then I decided to try an experiment and put Whizzy and Slither, the other two parietalis, who'd been taken out of brumation a couple of days ago, in a fresh tank, and to add Thing once she was done shedding

Whizzy and Thing have housed together off and on since infancy
when I first put Thing into the enclosure, both of the others went nuts a little
then a bunch of stuff happened in relatively quick succession - every time I came back up after loading pics, the scene had changed

first it was the girls hanging out

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3309/3177544362_63aa690b80_b.jpg

then the girls kind of chilled and he was very active

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3508/3177544370_22a22e7dbb_b.jpg

next time I look he's with Whizzy

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3097/3177544384_016aee215d_b.jpg

so, I thought this was pretty much it

[jitami]

Ooooh, Layla is gorgeous!!! Thing looks great all shiny & new, too :)

[drache]

in the meantime the internet crashed on my computer, but the saga continues
yes
next time I look, Thing's out of the cave, and Slither getting very twitchy all over her, and you're only being spared the blow-by-blow pictorial, because I severely underexposed those pics, whereupon I overexposed the next batch a little to compensate

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3082/3177611006_cfa8061fed_b.jpg

now that seems pretty clear

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3334/3176780489_713abdfc45_b.jpg

he was pretty firmly attached, while she was whipping around all over the place

and now it's all over - a quickie, I guess

[Stefan-A]

Very nice series of pictures, Rhea. :)

[adamanteus]

Fantastic news, Rhea..... and very handsome parents-to-be.

[drache]

it's sure livening up my day and I am now very brazenly goofing off, with the justification that I've got probable cause to celebrate

[olive oil]

I hope they make beautiful babies for you.
I am still amazed at the size difference.
Thing has been a busy boy today:D

[Snake lover 3-25]

congrats:D hope you get lots and lots of little ones:)

[anji1971]

Yep, he definitely did what he was supposed to.:D
Good luck, Rhea. I hope they produce lots of babies for you.

[guidofatherof5]

Great news and photos. Hope you get many,many babies.

[crzy_kevo]

congrats the twon of them will make nice bright red babies for you

[Lori P]

They are just beautiful Rhea! They'll give you lots of lovely babies, I just know it. :-)

[drache]

the parietalis tank is like a love nest

meanwhile one of my other beasts just shed and her colours really pop
lystrophis pulcher - very pulcher indeed

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3111/3185665943_9fbf55e5ea_b.jpg

[Snake lover 3-25]

wow what is that??!!! it looks like a hognose with milk snake skin!!!

[drache]

it's a tri-colour hognose - a south american species

[Snake lover 3-25]

wow so i was right!!! that's a first lol jk sweet looking snake!!!:eek::D

[drache]

photo of the love nest

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3411/3191954859_38e844664e_b.jpg

both of my concinnus shed today, but while Maya was up for posing her new skin, Jackson was being shy, so Maya is all you get

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3334/3191973639_621860de92_b.jpg


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3108/3191957359_cc6f6e9489_b.jpg

[Snake lover 3-25]

yay some one posted!!! lol great pics!!!:D maya is beautiful:)

[drache]

Jackson came out for a few quick shots, but he wouldn't let me take one of the top of his head, which has a cool spot on it
oh well - here he is

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3333/3192958178_b8eaec351c_b.jpg

[Snake lover 3-25]

wow he's very handsome:)

[infernalis]

ich bin neidisch

großartige Photos

[drache]

wow he's very handsome:)
that's why he gets two ladies . . .

[drache]

that's why he gets two ladies . . .
actually he didn't, but he ought to

[Snake lover 3-25]

lol :D

[drache]

here's Momo, my anery radix girl

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3104/3216422595_7db4dd20a1_b.jpg

and another of Maya

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3396/3217285392_1924457631_b.jpg

and here's someone who's been through a major ordeal this summer
this is Drache, my PI king, showing off his surgery scars
there's three - the big on on top and two underneath

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3458/3216441751_fbd8c60a6f_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3109/3216439187_a84a710a67_b.jpg

and yes, he's got a bit of a sore nose also
I think it's because he's looking for the moss I took out of his hide

[Snake lover 3-25]

ooooo poor baby! SOOO glad he's better now!:D wow beautiful snakes rhea!:D

[olive oil]

Poor little thing.
I'm hope he is doing well, he is so beautiful.

[anji1971]

Awww, Drache has been through so much.
Hopefully he'll have better luck from now on, poor guy.
Momo is a nice looking snake, love the black eyes.

[infernalis]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3396/3217285392_1924457631_b.jpg


Very nice, I want one.

großartige Photos;)

[count dewclaw]

Drache does have quite the scars, must have really looked bad when they were active abscesses. What I want to know is, was he reading the Brian Jacques book or was someone reading it to him? ;):p

Oh, Momo is beautiful, Asmodeus and Zassaliss approve, they would like to meet her, or her daughters.

[drache]

What I want to know is, was he reading the Brian Jacques book or was someone reading it to him?
he was just looking for rodents

[jitami]

Love Momo :) Drache really doesn't look as bad as I would have expected. So glad he's doing well!

Out of the corner of my eye I notice movement and I have a juvie garter basking on a log, laying over part of it's tail and repeatedly tail flicking? Weird. I've never seen them tail flick before, either... hmmm... seems to have stopped... weirdo

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

Your snakes are all so gorgeous!!! And I wish you luck with little parietalis's!!! And I just saw the pic of my future infernalis.... now I REALLY CAN"T WAIT till hamburg!!!!

[guidofatherof5]

Great looking snakes. They have a good home.

[drache]

Your snakes are all so gorgeous!!! And I wish you luck with little parietalis's!!! And I just saw the pic of my future infernalis.... now I REALLY CAN"T WAIT till hamburg!!!!
that must be the photo I just sent you

today I took a bunch of critters for a presentation at Mikhaila's school for science day, and I'm pretty fried now

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

How long is she, rhea?

Im so happy to be getting an infernalis!!! you have noooo idea!!

I have reserved 1.1 het hypo's from scott felzer this season!!!

[reptile3]

Rhea, YOUR snakes are awesome!! Gorgeous!! That hognose, love it!

:)

[Loren]

Very nice pics Rhea. Great looking snakes too. :)

[drache]

dumpy frogs taking a bath after their science day gig

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3092/3228776920_81f153f31d_b.jpg

[olive oil]

Those are some CUTE frogs :)

[drache]

that's why I ended up with them
I just needed to rub a rodent on one, and then he looked at me, and that was it
they croak really loud too, when there is a loud noise
the other day they were doing a back-and-forth with a car alarm

[adamanteus]

Cute frogs, Rhea. Are they Litoria caerulea?

[drache]

Cute frogs, Rhea. Are they Litoria caerulea?that's what they are
common name is White's tree frog and here they're often called dumpy frogs - cute name for cute frog

[anji1971]

Awww, I just love 'em.:D
I didn't realise you had that many. They sound like fun!

[drache]

Awww, I just love 'em.:D
I didn't realise you had that many. They sound like fun!
you know how it is - they needed a home and the one had room for buddies
the funny thing is - they have several of everything in their tank and they always end up all snugly crammed together in the same flowerpot hide

[Snake lover 3-25]

omg cute frogs lol:D

[snakems]

ooo thanks for posting those theyre very interesting :) Some of those guys look huge! .... my snake is so small by comparison lol :o

[jitami]

Awww, it's a frog pile :D


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3092/3228776920_81f153f31d_b.jpg

[drache]

so I thought, I'd throw some roach pics
I do have hissers too and b. dubia, but since you're all familiar with those at this point, I thought I'd show some of my blaberus species, since they have such beautiful shiny wings
this is a blaberus craniifer - death's head roach, and I could not get a shot from on top, but they are shiny and black

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3113/3237090297_cbb478b318_b.jpg

and here's a couple of blaberus fusca - dwarf cave roach

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3433/3237090309_6d086da1e4_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3506/3237090303_f6b559ba18_b.jpg

and no - they're not pets
and sorry about the lack of scale
they're 2.5" - 3" long

and here's one of Thing and the big girl gang

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3417/3218840674_2a45ca5e25_b.jpg

[charles parenteau]

Fantastic ,many many good pictures !!!Its very interresting.

[jitami]

That is a great shot Rhea!

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

I LOVE that shot!!!

[brain]

Wow nice shot.

I just got my new 70mm-300 zoom and am looking forward to getting a shot like that.

[drache]

Whizzy, my crazy wacko parietalis, who was only a blurry face in the adobe in the above photo, decided to come and be out front today

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3444/3241792663_bd55bc2275_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3316/3242621566_7d4a2b7faa_b.jpg

[adamanteus]

Rhea, your pictures are seriously good!

[charles parenteau]

yes really seriously good !!!

[infernalis]

Rhea, Nice photos. Getting better every time you post one.

[drache]

thank you very much for your wonderful compliments
it's all coming back to me now . . .
. . . I have a degree in fine arts photography
I kind of forgot, because it's never yielded me any income, and it seems like another life
back then I took photos of nude people, landscapes, drug addicts, and musicians - mostly - and I spent a lot of time in the dark room, feeling very alchemical
I was just never much into colour photography back then, so this is new

[adamanteus]

back then I took photos of nude people,

I think I speak for many when I say we'd like to see some of your work, Rhea!:D

[jitami]

LOL James :)

Lovely photos Rhea. You are quite talented and I'm sure your earlier work is fabulous as well. Would love to see some of it... you can send the naked chicks to James privately, tho :p

[adamanteus]

... you can send the naked chicks to James privately, tho :p


Okay. I can live with that.:D

[anji1971]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3316/3242621566_7d4a2b7faa_b.jpg

Now THIS is a fabulous picture. I love it!:cool:

[olive oil]

Very nice Rhea!!
Whizzy is a beauty:)

[ssssnakeluvr]

very nice photos!!!!

[infernalis]

LOL James :)

Lovely photos Rhea. You are quite talented and I'm sure your earlier work is fabulous as well. Would love to see some of it... you can send the naked chicks to James privately, tho :p


I see several very lovely "Naked" ladies right here in this thread:rolleyes:

[Hornets23]

Hey, who ever said they were chicks lol.

[Snake lover 3-25]

omg that one with all the girls is an awesome pic!!!!!:eek:

[drache]

thought I'd try a little available light shot . . .
turned out okay I guess

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3443/3254228892_b39c8d3c74_b.jpg

[infernalis]

Colour saturation and focus look impressive for no flash.

[Sid]

Very nice shot, Rhea.

[drache]

okay - sorry - it's not a garter
but he's very attractive, and sweet, and it looks like he'll stay, since our other cats haven't acted much put out over it
Mikhaila has been grooming him a lot, because he tends towards mats, but since he doesn't mind the grooming, it's not such a big deal
we only adopted him yesterday and named him Tundra
the first photo is the only one that shows his furry feet

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3209/3284020773_7c7209dd3d_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3500/3284023691_791a2de8b6_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3544/3284028653_c9bc78c1df_b.jpg

he's 18 months old and his previous owner felt that he was being terrorized by her other cats
he's a little shy and cautious, but very friendly - doesn't seem particularly afraid of our other cats either

[count dewclaw]

Nice looking cat. What breed has the rounded ears? It has been awhile since I checked out cat breeds.....

[GarterGirl]

actually he's an American curl. His ears are rounded but they also turn out, and it's very cute. :D

[infernalis]

Nice Rhea, I like that name as well.

Hello Tundra:D

[olive oil]

Oh my gosh, I love the second picture!!! Looks like he has a smile.
Such a cutie.

[Snake lover 3-25]

awww cute cat!!!:D great pic of the snakes too:D

[jitami]

Tundra is a beautiful cat :)

[misskris]

Tundra is gorgeous!! Congrats on getting him :)

[reptile3]

Rhea, those are some cute frogs!!!






dumpy frogs taking a bath after their science day gig

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3092/3228776920_81f153f31d_b.jpg

[reptile3]

Tundra is a beautiful cat!!! Love that second pic, looks as if she is smiling!!!:)

[Lori P]

Oh, Tundra is cute!! Those little round ears crack me up!!!! He's gorgeous. :-)

[drache]

thanks for looking
considering it's the first day, things are going pretty well
he's hiding a lot, and our cats are giving him the stare and us the hiss 'n growl
Mikhaila is grooming all his loose hair and mats out, so he'll be loosing that foreign smell pretty quickly, and once he smells like home, I doubt there'll be much of a problem
the frogs are very cute - and the croaking they do is really cool

[count dewclaw]

actually he's an American curl. His ears are rounded but they also turn out, and it's very cute. :D

Thanks. His ears are very cute. Like I said, it has been a long time since I looked at cat breeds, and I didn't remember any with rounded ears.

[drache]

thing shed

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3541/3298580412_3e572993db_b.jpg

I'd been worried about the bloody nose Whizzy gave her on Thursday, but I can't find any sign of it

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3606/3298583854_6462f4f35f_b.jpg

[adamanteus]

Looking good, Rhea. Excellent photos again.:)

[guidofatherof5]

Really nice photos, Rhea.

[drache]

oops - I thought I'd posted these already
Thing and Whizzy, my two parietalis females
Thing is the one on the left

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3663/3301316641_081485d51b_b.jpg

Sammy, my sirtalis

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3650/3301321477_b844fe2a8c_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3440/3302316834_5ab8c684cc_b.jpg

[Snake lover 3-25]

nice pics!!! sammy loooks alot like meadow:)

[guidofatherof5]

They look great. Thanks for sharing.

[drache]

nice pics!!! sammy loooks alot like meadow:)
they do look a lot like one another - I'd noticed that
and Sammy is wonderful

[jitami]

Beautiful Rhea. I'm loving your new camera almost as much as you are :)

[misskris]

I love that last pic of Sammy :)

[gregmonsta]

Great shots :) ... love those cheeky faces.

[drache]

the photographer sent me a few extra shots
in these you can see our efforts to make the snakes crawl all over us - very silly

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3434/3306801813_680b347f4b_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3396/3307632184_ff27a2ae78_o.jpg

both of these were taken by Angel Chevrestt

[Snake lover 3-25]

cute pics:)

[gregmonsta]

Those radixes are a fantastic size ;) .... grow my garters grow!!!

[jitami]

How fun Rhea! I'm sure Mikhaila will remember that for the rest of her life :)

[olive oil]

What a great experience
Who does Mikhaila have?

[drache]

Mikhaila has Drache, the PI king
and the radixes are actually two parietalis and an eastern
and it was kind of fun

[ssssnakeluvr]

those are some large garters!!!! I have a melanistic eastern thats about that size....

[Hornets23]

Nice pics rhea...looks like you two were having fun!

[infernalis]

Schön aussehende Schlangen Rhea:D

[EdgyExoticReptiles]

WOW those are giant!! and pretty

[drache]

thanks for the compliments - I'll let the girls know

[misskris]

Wow.. them are some beauties :) Great pictures, thanks for sharing.

[drache]

Ember and Blubabe

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3389/3332404940_649753b8e6_b.jpg

[gregmonsta]

Wow :) ... Ember is definately something special.

[guidofatherof5]

Very beautiful. Both of them.

[olive oil]

Rhea, I am so envious! I love the orange and red on Ember:)

[adamanteus]

Ember and Blubabe

Very nice, Rea. Which is which?;)

[drache]

Blubabe is the greenish one

[Snake lover 3-25]

wow beautiful snakes!!!!!:D

[drache]

I know you guys are saturated . . .
nevertehless - here's a snap-shot of my boys from a couple of days ago

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3580/3351647004_1f1e1f1224_b.jpg

and then I misplaced my camera and this morning after a bunch of searching I found it sitting right out in the open, so there . . .
have you taken a close look at my big girls recently?
those newspaper shots just don't show their handsome faces
1 x T.s.sirtalis - Sammy; 2 x T.s.parietalis - Whizzy and Thing

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3428/3350829547_0760edb9fb_b.jpg

hm - needs cropping, doesn't it?

[keelerskiddiecare]

Rhea, you have beautiful snakes, love the flame, wish I had one!!

[drache]

here are three other girls cohabitating
Spunky, the radix; Momo the anery radix; Maya, the concinnus

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3463/3368126945_7d680c6c6e_b.jpg

the radixes

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3581/3368141281_0b75dbc52a_b.jpg

close-up of Momo - what do you see?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3469/3368960764_9fbbc55939_b.jpg

Maya and Spunky

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3417/3368958966_2909a2c1e2_b.jpg

[anji1971]

What a great looking group, Rhea!:)
What size tank are you using for the 3 girls?

[Stefan-A]

Nice pictures as usual, Rhea. :)

[guidofatherof5]

Nice. Love those radixes.

[gregmonsta]

Beautiful :)

[Sid]

They look great, Rhea.:)

[GarterGeek]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3396/3307632184_ff27a2ae78_o.jpg

What kind of kingsnake is that? It looks a lot like my snake, which is an Appalachicola Blotched kingsnake (lampropeltis getula goini [meansi])
It's a gorgeous snake! :D

[drache]

What a great looking group, Rhea!:)
What size tank are you using for the 3 girls?
thanks
these smaller girls are sharing a 36"x18" enclosure; it's the one behind my head in the photo below, and that orangeish bump poking up in the bottom left corner is Mayas head
the bigger three (below) share a 4'x2'

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3396/3307632184_ff27a2ae78_o.jpg

What kind of kingsnake is that? It looks a lot like my snake, which is an Appalachicola Blotched kingsnake (lampropeltis getula goini [meansi])
It's a gorgeous snake! :D
Drache is a Peninsula Intergrade - L.g.getula x L.g.floridana, and this photo doesn't quite do him justice
would love to see a photo of yours; do you have other critters too?
have you posted in the "other reptiles" thread yet?

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

Such wonderful snakes, Rhea!!! I love your big red sided girl!

That infernalis may have fooled you, but he hasn't fooled me!! haha, he's not that shy, in fact he LUNGES at me for his pinkies!!!

[GarterGeek]

Drache is a Peninsula Intergrade - L.g.getula x L.g.floridana, and this photo doesn't quite do him justice
would love to see a photo of yours; do you have other critters too?
have you posted in the "other reptiles" thread yet?[/quote]

Now, I'm looking forward to seeing a photo that actually does Drache justice! Maybe, a close-up?:D
I only have the kingsnake and my two eastern garters. I'm hoping to catch an eastern milksnake this summer though.- I can't wait until it gets warm enough. :rolleyes:
No, I haven't posted in the "other reptiles" thread yet...I just tried looking for it but couldn't find it. Is there a link?

[drache]

since nobody bit the first time when I asked about the close-up of Momo, here's another one I took this morning; you have to look at the earlier one to see it, but it helps to compare

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3554/3369620217_d5e77476e8_b.jpg

[gregmonsta]

Ach nein!!!! Die grauen Herren!!!

[drache]

Ach nein!!!! Die grauen Herren!!!
okay you got me, Greg
what's that a reference to?
ohhhh - Momo - of course; yes that is what her name is from
but what's so cool about that first close-up?
can you see it?

[gregmonsta]

Momo ... :) ... the grey men in the book that are out to steal time :D

[drache]

Momo ... :) ... the grey men in the book that are out to steal time :Dthey're very contemporary, in that they don't outright steal it - they con people out of it in a way that there's no way to opt out

[gregmonsta]

True ... :rolleyes: but you can still say no if you're momo ... that little snake is destined to be a saviour :D

[gregmonsta]

Is the difference the totally black eyes or a pre-shed shot?

[drache]

the latter
when I looked at the photo I thought that it was cool how you could see where she was getting ready to peel at the nose - that little bulge at the tip where it looks like her face has a foreskin
when I went to look for the shed this morning I didn't see it anywhere, but they sleep at night and wake up when we do
I found the shed about an hour after we got up

[gregmonsta]

rofl :) they always look as if they're embossed before they peel. Clint tends to look like a dinosaur before she sheds.

[keelerskiddiecare]

You really are great with that camera ...... wonderful pictures....I hope that someday I can get pictures that are that good!

[Snake lover 3-25]

neat close up!!!! great pics as always rhea:)

[drache]

what's that on the tongue?
it's on none of the other photos I took of her with her tongue out

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3601/3507997235_638b411fdb_b.jpg

[Snake lover 3-25]

what's what? great pic btw

[count dewclaw]

Is that what it looks like when they shed?

[drache]

don't think so, because she just shed a week ago or so, and this is not showing up on the other pics
but it doesn't really look like light reflections, does it?

[guidofatherof5]

I would have to go with shed. Don't take any stock in my answer, since 2 months ago I didn't even know they shed their tongues.
I would say it's left over shed. That's my expert opinion:D

Of course, we all know what an expert is:rolleyes:.................. an "X" is a hasbeen and a "spert" is what come out of the end of a hose.:D

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

my guess is, just some extra saliva :D

[drache]

hey - I got babies today
from Scott
the photos aren't very good, because I didn't want to stress them a lot fresh out of the box, but well . . .

these two are a melanistic eastern and an anery parietalis - both males
a really awful shot and barely possible to tell which is which

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2465/3660429265_2d69ee3a41_b.jpg

this is a female myrtle beach flame

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2474/3660431589_bdab64135b_b.jpg

another flame and a nebraska albino - both female

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3302/3661233992_2e0d5c2828_b.jpg

gotta run
more later or next week

[Snake lover 3-25]

beautiful!

[guidofatherof5]

Very nice.
Awesome additions to your family.

[gregmonsta]

Cute little things :D

[drache]

some day I'll get to spend some time with them
maybe tomorrow . . .
meanwhile - here's a pic of some of my boys

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3310/3661235024_111b72b318_b.jpg

[gregmonsta]

:D that's a great shot ;)

[drache]

oh - here's another one I took recently and never got around to posting
it's Chloe, my T.s. pallidulus (maritime garter) from Terry (stonyloam)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3319/3644635661_89c8a3116d_b.jpg

[stonyloam]

Hi Rhea: Wow Chloe looks great! Not a lot of snakes around this year, but did find a nice gravid female under the solar pool heater this afternoon, no pix, maybe next time. See ya.:D

[drache]

can you guys help me give names to my new babies?
some of them I got something for, but I've just not really had the head for that sort of thing
I even took photos of each single one of them - unfortunately through the sides of the critter keeper
so here is the anery parietalis male
he is the smallest and has taken a small piece of f/t silverside so far
a bit shy and skittish

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2447/3677005892_17fd513e14_b.jpg

this is the melanistic sirtalis male
he's a robust little guy - took a pinky strip off a plate as soon as he spotted it
Scott tells me these guys have never had rodent

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2614/3676196663_cbfc8fcf20_b.jpg

this girl - Myrtle Beach flame - took both pinky strip and f/t silverside right off my tongs
she's pretty curious also

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3046/3676201315_54e69df49b_b.jpg

the other flame is skittish - really hard to catch, hence the photo quality
she did also take pinky strip off a plate, but a bit more tentatively

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3577/3676203783_10eae27f07_b.jpg

this girl is amazing and I'm thinking of naming her Mango for the dorsal stripe and then some
she grabs pinky strip of my tongs like food is going out of style
and then she looks like this (again - lousy photo)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3594/3676210361_08eec1c68e_b.jpg

I've never seen a baby pack it in like this, it's quite something to behold

I am really happy with these guys

[DrKate]

That first one - the anerythrystic parietalis male - looks like a tire tread on a road bicycle to me. I know that's not very romantic, but it's the first thing I thought of looking at the picture. I'd probably end up calling him Schwinn - or maybe Bianchi, that's a bit classier. :rolleyes:

[drache]

thanks - those are fun names
I think I'll go with Schwinn for him, because he's too dark to be a Bianchi
oh good - one down, three or so to go
I do think Mango will be good for the nebraska
and I'm thinking Topa for the myrtle beach flame, because her colours remind me of the pink moment over the Topa Topa bluffs, which I always thought it was more orange than pink (let's see who gets that reference)
so there's really only two to go - the melanistic male and the other flame

[Snake lover 3-25]

beautiful babies!!

[drache]

I need to take new photos of the babies - they've grown
meanwhile I've got four new snakes
they have come to me from a friend beset by hardship
here's the male fitchi

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3526/3981697944_5ca629ed78_b.jpg

the female

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2478/3980914447_59bd80b36d_b.jpg

and I got two female easterns, one of whom does some amazing bluff display, which I'll try to photograph some time in the future; but here she is non-pissy

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2456/3981695908_f861702ff3_b.jpg

the other eastern is very mellow and I think she's quite beautiful

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2522/3980930755_3c20afa155_b.jpg

[CRIKEY!]

Awesome collection! Can I have your infernalis?:D

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

Awesome collection! Can I have your infernalis?:D

it's too late... I already have him!! haha, he is the male that I posted in that other thread :D

Rhea, you did say on the phone that the one eastern was very bright and you were right! that's a very pretty snake! And I of course, love the fitchii... and can't wait to see you at hamburg!!!

[guidofatherof5]

Great looking snakes, Rhea.
Anything coming to Iowa?

[sirtalis01]

wow....nice collection. love the red on the easterns.

[drache]

Great looking snakes, Rhea.
Anything coming to Iowa?
not this time
the idea of shipping them out again just seemed a bit too much, so I talked both Shannon and myself into a couple more than we had planned on
I am very happy that I am keeping these
once I realized that they were special to my friend, I decided to keep the easterns anyway, but I'd not known that they were so attractive as well
the fitchis were slated to become a science classroom display during the schoolyear, but when I saw them I could not let them go; besides, they are smallish snakes, and I decided to send a pair of more beefy young marcis to the science classroom instead

[GarterGeek]

The Fitchi (Is that species, phase or...?) is amazing! I love him. Your other snakes are pretty too. The "currently non-pissy" female reminds me of a temporary rescue eastern I had for a couple weeks over the summer. (Mine had less red of course :rolleyes:).

[ssssnakeluvr]

The Fitchi (Is that species, phase or...?) is amazing! I love him. Your other snakes are pretty too. The "currently non-pissy" female reminds me of a temporary rescue eastern I had for a couple weeks over the summer. (Mine had less red of course :rolleyes:).

thamnophis sirtalis fitchi, also known as the valley garter... ;) I breed them....actually have some babies available!! :cool:

[GarterGeek]

thamnophis sirtalis fitchi, also known as the valley garter... ;) I breed them....actually have some babies available!! :cool:

Is that one melanistic or just different? Are most valley garters that black?

Do you have a thread with pictures of the babies anywhere? I, tragically, :( don't have space for another garter, but I'd still love look. :)

[GartersRock]

Do you have current pics of the flame from Tina?

[drache]

Is that one melanistic or just different? Are most valley garters that black?

Do you have a thread with pictures of the babies anywhere? I, tragically, :( don't have space for another garter, but I'd still love look. :)

don't know what the others look like, but mine have a pattern on top that's quite black, their bellies being a turquoisey slate with orange speckles at the tail end
they are also amazingly small and delicate for adults, and again - I have not sufficiently read up on the species to know whether that's representative, but even the female is small enough that I don't feel bad keeping the pair of them in a 10G tank for a while - very different from my comparatively massive parietalis


Do you have current pics of the flame from Tina?
I will work on that before I send the camera in (needs a cleaning urgently)

[ssssnakeluvr]

thats a normal valley garter. I used to have a female almost 36" long!! my females are around 24-26 inches at this time. their babies are similar in size to red spots, around 8 inches long when born. I had 2 females give birth to 16 babies!

[GarterGeek]

Thanks! Valley garters are now tied for number two on my garters-to-have-before-I-die-list. :D (Number one is oregon spotted, number three is black-necked)

[ssssnakeluvr]

well....I have good news!! I have a bunch of cb babies available!!!!!

[GarterGeek]

well....I have good news!! I have a bunch of cb babies available!!!!!

I wish I could, but I can't. :( Thanks though.

[GartersRock]

I will work on that before I send the camera in (needs a cleaning urgently)

Yay! I am curious to see how he looks. :D

[drache]

thats a normal valley garter. I used to have a female almost 36" long!! my females are around 24-26 inches at this time. their babies are similar in size to red spots, around 8 inches long when born. I had 2 females give birth to 16 babies!
so is 36" unusually large for them?
my female is a proven breeder, and I haven't measured her, but she seems smaller than my '08 florida blue female sirtalis - smaller than many of my males


Yay! I am curious to see how he looks. :D
okay - here's a quick one
and sorry - it's a bit blurry, so I'm not making it big
you're probably mostly interested in the colour, and I must say - in a close-up it's almost a bit too much

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3516/3987655923_a3a0a95ba7.jpg

depending on your monitor he may appear a bit brighter than he is, but he's pretty damn red
that tail sticking out to the right belongs to another snake
he's still young, but I'm tempted to put him with a female to see what he does

[GarterGeek]

He's not really red - You just dipped him in ketchup! :p

[ssssnakeluvr]

36" is a rather large one, however a few years back a 48" female was found in the desert area in Idaho. I believe she was sent to Scott Felzer, but she passed away...that was a huge one. most of the females I have average around 24-26" next spring I will be looking for a couple Utah females....my Utah male is over 24" himself.

[GartersRock]

Awesome Rhea!! He looks just like my boy. I saw your baby in person before he shipped out and looked like my boy so I was curious to see if they still did. :D These are hot little snakes!

[Kelan]

:eek: Wow! That flame is awesome! I've got of siblings or relatives...something like that. Hopefully they will produce a couple reds.

[drache]

there are a number of females waiting for him to grow up

[GartersRock]

They should Kelan... Hopefully. lol!
That's what my male looks like.

[drache]

look
topa, the '09 nebraska albino radix female I got from Scott is developing orange birthmarks or some such thing

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2690/4447124193_b4123e0aa8_b.jpg

I asked Scott and he said he's never seen anything like this before
she's got a couple more smaller ones on her body

yeah - and please don't some smart*ss say it rubbed off the other one

[guidofatherof5]

It rubbed off the other snake:D Those water based paints don't stay on very well.

Beautiful snakes Rhea.

[gregmonsta]

It rubbed off the other snake:D Those water based paints don't stay on very well.

Beautiful snakes Rhea.

I second that :rolleyes: .... you should have sealed the paint with some good water-resistant varnish.

[drache]

hey - I got them from Scott, not some street vendor on Canal Street in Chinatown

[infernalis]

OK I'll refrain ;)

[drache]

thanks Wayne - I appreciate that
oh heck - go for it

[infernalis]

The others already did so first, why beat a dead horse now :)

Unique and pretty.

[jitami]

Well, of course, my first thought was that the other one rubbed off on it... look, there's even some on the corner of the hide :) I do think it's very cool, though. She's just accessorizing for spring :)

[drache]

here's a snapshot of my favourite group

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4096/4856110493_4c30ee45ea_b.jpg

[guidofatherof5]

They look beautiful, Rhea.

[Mommy2many]

I love the guy with the little red face! All look stunning!

[Snakers]

Those snakes are beautiful!Where did you get that one in the middle of Sammy?

[drache]

Those snakes are beautiful!Where did you get that one in the middle of Sammy?
she used to belong to another forum member who couldn't keep her snakes any more due to adverse circumstances
I found homes for her other ones, but this one I kept, and not just because I think she's pretty - she is also one of the most "out-going" snakes ever

[Snakers]

she used to belong to another forum member who couldn't keep her snakes any more due to adverse circumstances
I found homes for her other ones, but this one I kept, and not just because I think she's pretty - she is also one of the most "out-going" snakes ever
Thats really nice that you rescued her, now where did you get Sammy i my self think she is the coolest.

[drache]

Thats really nice that you rescued her, now where did you get Sammy i my self think she is the coolest.
thanks
Sammy is very much the coolest
and I got her from Scott as a baby five years ago

[drache]

It's been a while and the snakes aren't very active right now
he's still up though
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5003/5281204089_2fed4d9e24_b.jpg

[guidofatherof5]

Looking good.;)