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Elliot_H
10-20-2009, 12:45 PM
Hey, I just moved to Utah from New York about a month ago and just got into garters around the same time. Well I guess I have almost always been into them seeing as how as a kid I was always catching them(most common/easy to catch snake in NY). I've recently started looking into them again seriously as pets though. Anyone know of any garter breeders in the SLC area?
Stefan-A
10-20-2009, 01:19 PM
Welcome aboard. :)
ssssnakeluvr
10-20-2009, 01:26 PM
as a matter of fact I do......ME :eek:

Welcome to the forum!!!!
guidofatherof5
10-20-2009, 01:26 PM
Nice to have you with us. A great person to deal with in your area would be ssssnakeluvr(Don). He'll probably get a hold of you.
Charis
10-20-2009, 01:32 PM
Welcome from Idaho! Don's got some great looking garters, I've thought about getting some of his myself, just don't have the space right now:~(
Nice to have you on board!
Elliot_H
10-20-2009, 02:13 PM
I actually saw your tank of garters at the Wasatch show haha. Didn't even know of the forum then. I'm looking for a relatively cheap starter that looks good. I know a bit about snakes and actually have 10 at the moment. 6 ball pythons, 2 kenyan sand boas and two baby yellow bellied racers.
ssssnakeluvr
10-20-2009, 02:42 PM
HAHA!! I may have talked to you then!!! got some going cheap right now
gregmonsta
10-20-2009, 03:48 PM
Greetings :D
Odie
10-20-2009, 04:15 PM
Hie, from Oregon, Elliot :)
count dewclaw
10-20-2009, 04:48 PM
Welcome, welcome! :D
Elliot_H
10-20-2009, 05:28 PM
HAHA!! I may have talked to you then!!! got some going cheap right now


Eh I doubt it. I was talking more to the ball python vendors there. I definitely noticed the garters and even pointed out how they can be pretty (my girlfriend thinks they are boring). Would you mind PMing me some info/prices. Maybe we could work something out. :)
Mommy2many
10-20-2009, 05:33 PM
Welcome to the forum!
MasSalvaje
10-20-2009, 10:21 PM
Welcome Elliot! I talked to you on FHF, good to see you have good taste!

-Thomas
Elliot_H
10-20-2009, 10:53 PM
O yea! I messaged you a couple weeks ago about going herping. I don't remember finding anything too exciting that day anyway. Did you happen to see my late season post over there? There was movement that I know of still going on Sunday.


O and thanks for the welcomes everyone!!!
drache
10-21-2009, 04:35 AM
welcome to the forum, Elliot
your girlfriend thinks garters are boring???
compared to what? monkeys?
Elliot_H
10-21-2009, 11:27 AM
Compared to the ball pythons and tarantulas we keep. She thinks everything needs to be huge and really colorful. I've been trying to convince her otherwise, but maybe actually getting one will help.
ssssnakeluvr
10-21-2009, 11:32 AM
some of the garters can be really colorful!!!!
Charis
10-21-2009, 11:37 AM
Hopefully this link will work. Your girlfriend needs to check out these guys! http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/showphoto.php?photo=1060&si=infernalis
drache
10-21-2009, 12:11 PM
have you seen this?

http://www.zooplan.net/images/udo_karkos_tppp.jpg

available at a discount to thamnophis.com members
and let me tell you - the full size looks better
Charis
10-21-2009, 12:15 PM
This is the site with pictures that sold me on the Puget Sound. Check all of them.
Scott Felzer's Garter Snakes, specializing in aberrant garters (http://www.albinogartersnake.com/pricing.htm)
Elliot_H
10-21-2009, 12:31 PM
O I have shown her and she does agree to a degree, but I kind of doubt us being able to afford one of the really pretty ones.
guidofatherof5
10-21-2009, 12:42 PM
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Much of the beauty these animals possess isn't something you see with your eyes. It's what they do when our two world meet and interact.
If I may suggest. Don't make your first one, one you get because of it's appearance. Some of my best T.radixes(Plains Garter Snake)are what would be called normal in appearance. Nothing striking. No brite color or patterns. But they are priceless. I hope in your journey to find what you're looking for you find what you need.
Just my thoughts.:)
Elliot_H
10-21-2009, 12:51 PM
O no, I was planning on getting a normal. I think all snakes are beautiful regardless if they are bright blue or a dull grey. They will always be amazing animals to me. I was more or less saying it in regards to her.
guidofatherof5
10-21-2009, 01:34 PM
O no, I was planning on getting a normal. I think all snakes are beautiful regardless if they are bright blue or a dull grey. They will always be amazing animals to me. I was more or less saying it in regards to her.



Good for you.