Mike's picture thread yo

[Millinex]

Currently only have 3 garters but what the heck I'll join the crowd and make a thread.
All 3 cuddling:
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//676/medium/DSCN4373.JPG
The only real tame one of the group:
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//676/medium/DSCN4374.JPG
The super skitso aggressive one:
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//676/medium/DSCN4375.JPG
The one that has been through hell, missing bit of tail, and the rest of the stub is pretty scarred up, escaped death!
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//676/medium/DSCN4380.JPG
All 3 again:
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//676/medium/DSCN4378.JPG

I believe all 3 to be T. elegans vagrans, but if anyone else can shed some light and confirm that would be great. All found at varying elevations in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

[GartersRock]

They look like vagrans to me too! Gorgeous little guys!!

[Stefan-A]

I agree, they all seem to be vagrans.

[Millinex]

As I suspected, such a diverse species, so many colors I've found and each one is so different.

I just hope the biggest one doesn't decided to turn her jumpiness into aggressiveness and take my face off lol.

We'll see what I manage to find after I go herping tomorrow, I finally found my first non-garter in the wild, a black racer, and fastest snake ever, barely got away..

Such a shame, I have 3 30 gallon bins to fill!

[guidofatherof5]

[quote=Millinex;111401]As I suspected, such a diverse species, so many colors I've found and each one is so different.quote]

Sounds like diverse attitudes also. Good looking group. Thanks for posting.

[adamanteus]

Some nice looking vagrans there, beware of their cannibalistic tendancies!

[Millinex]

Some nice looking vagrans there, beware of their cannibalistic tendancies!

I've kept lots of wanderings all my life, and from what I've seen, as long as I keep them all well fed and healthy, they do fine together, one will be released tonight so it will only be the 2 larger ones together, now to get them to take the fish I'm offering...

[Snaky]

That's a nice group :)

[drache]

yup
nice looking group

[Millinex]

Well bad news today, was feeding my bull and my garters some mice and I noticed the injured garter not moving around. I picked her up and she was slightly bloated and was only moving her neck and head. I felt she was suffering and did the right thing and put her down quickly rather then dieing slowly like she was. Upon inspection of her she had a few injuries on her head and several around her lower body, her vent looked healthy when I got her but she was really squirming and wouldn't let me get a good look. Seems she got into a bad fight with something and lost, her vent inside was caked with blood, and had a big hunk of her side damaged decently, seems nothing I could really do.

[Josh]

Jeeze that blows sorry for your lost

[drache]

sorry to hear
any idea how she might have come by those injuries?

[Millinex]

I am unsure how the snake received the injuries, they looked almost like burns, or she had been bitten up by something and barely gotten away. I could not however afford a bet and I figured it was better for her to be in my care with lots of comfort than a slow death in the wild.

Now I'm left with one, the cannibal here took 5 fuzzies and an extra pinkie that my nile didn't want.
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//676/medium/DSCN4398.JPG

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//676/medium/DSCN4397.JPG

[Millinex]

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y16/CapAnt53/DSCN4451.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y16/CapAnt53/DSCN4454.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y16/CapAnt53/DSCN4458.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y16/CapAnt53/DSCN4460.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y16/CapAnt53/DSCN4459.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y16/CapAnt53/DSCN4450.jpg

[Snake lover 3-25]

very pretty!!

[Millinex]

Was cleaning out the tank today in preparation for the male and the smallest female to hopefully go off to a new home tomorrow and had all 4 in my hand decided to take a picture:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y16/CapAnt53/DSCN4706.jpg
Still waiting on the biggest to pop and the second largest female is showing signs of being gravid as well... Oh boy!

[gregmonsta]

A nice handful :D