Ssssssso glad to find this awesome forum!

[dannijean]

I was so happy to find this forum just for garter snake lovers! I had always wanted a snake and had been trying to decide what kind to get when my nephew told me he was getting rid of his snake and did I want it. It was a WC garter and I had never really considered a garter, but decided to give it a go. Man, am I glad I did!!! I absolutely love my little guy (at least I think it's a guy:), he is sweet natured, curious and lots of fun to watch. I have done lots of reading on this forum on how to care for them and much to my dismay my nephew (he is just a kid) had been doing just about everything wrong. Sand substrate, goldfish feeding (shudder) and the like. I quickly bought him a large cage, put down papertowel substrate, gave him a bowl of water, a hide, and a branch for climbing and crawling on. I'll also be buying him a heat light next pay check and I've started feeding him pinkies, which thankfully he took with no problem, although I think he is big enough to eat fuzzies, My concern at this point, is will the effects of eating those crappy fish work themselves out now that he is eating right, or is it a case of once they eat them they never get rid of thethiaminase? I don't know if it makes any diffrence but he is a Western Terrestrial Garter Snake and he is about 23 to 24 inches long. Thanks for any help or advice, I will really appreciate it!!!

[Stefan-A]

Welcome aboard. :)

[drache]

welcome to the forum
to my understanding the thiaminase does not stay in the system long, and if your little buddy is on a good diet now, he should be fine
it's nice that he's taking rodents readily
congrats

[guidofatherof5]

Nice to have you on the forum.
Great to hear your new buddy is getting proper care. Shoot us a photo. We'd love to see her/him.:)

[Selkielass]

Hello and welcome!
Sounds like you've got a sweetie there- I'll second Steve's request for pictures!

[infernalis]

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[Odie]

Hi, from Oregon, dannijean :)

[dannijean]

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Thank you all for your welcome, I appreciate it! I am (hopefully) attaching a pic of my baby and a couple of pics of his/her tail. Is it a boy or girl? I hope it's a boy because I named him Murdock (love the A-Team!)

[dannijean]

welcome to the forum
to my understanding the thiaminase does not stay in the system long, and if your little buddy is on a good diet now, he should be fine
it's nice that he's taking rodents readily
congrats

Oh good! That makes me feel much better! Thanks!

[infernalis]

I named him Murdock (love the A-Team!)


Cool! I have a snake named BA:D

and he lives up to that name well.

[Mommy2many]

Welcome to the forum from Connecticut!

[Hollis_Steed]

Welcome to the forum from Northern Utah!

[Charis]

Hello, fellow Idahoan! Whereabouts in Idaho are you? I live in a little town about 25 miles from Pocatello, in Southeast Idaho.

[dannijean]

Hello, fellow Idahoan! Whereabouts in Idaho are you? I live in a little town about 25 miles from Pocatello, in Southeast Idaho.

I'm in the Boise area, nice to see another Idahoan! I'm originally from Texas but I really like Idaho and have no intention of ever moving! :)

[adamanteus]

A little late but...... Hi dannijean, and welcome to the forum.:)

[dannijean]

Thanks James, I looked at your site and I'm just a little, ok....a lot, jealous of your amazing vivaria! I might just have to build my own! Love the look of the slate!

[ConcinusMan]

Yeah, very nice. Show off!:p

[dannijean]

Hey Stefan-A my grandma was full blooded Fin, so that makes me a quarter, do I qualify as a Fin! :)

[ConcinusMan]

Hey, that makes you the second fin I saw today. The last one was on a fish as it was going down the throat of one of my snakes.:p

[adamanteus]

Thanks James, I looked at your site and I'm just a little, ok....a lot, jealous of your amazing vivaria! I might just have to build my own! Love the look of the slate!

Thank you very much.:o

[dannijean]

Hey, that makes you the second fin I saw today. The last one was on a fish as it was going down the throat of one of my snakes.:p

Sigh! There's one in every crowd!:D

[Stefan-A]

Hey Stefan-A my grandma was full blooded Fin, so that makes me a quarter, do I qualify as a Fin! :)
As far as I'm concerned, you qualify as a Finn, if you are or were a Finnish citizen. :p

[mustang]

I'm in the Boise area, nice to see another Idahoan! I'm originally from Texas but I really like Idaho and have no intention of ever moving! :)
why the hell did you leave texas its awesome hear....tempature wimp!:rolleyes:sarcasm:rolleyes:

[dannijean]

As far as I'm concerned, you qualify as a Finn, if you are or were a Finnish citizen. :p

Well poo! My grandma was a Finnish citizen but not me! :( and the fact I can't even spell Finn automatically disqualifies me! :D :D :D

[infernalis]

Thanks James, I looked at your site and I'm just a little, ok....a lot, jealous of your amazing vivaria! I might just have to build my own! Love the look of the slate!


The man does build very nice housing for his snakes, I wish he lived a lot closer so I could hire him to build a few for me.

[dannijean]

why the hell did you leave texas its awesome hear....tempature wimp!:rolleyes:sarcasm:rolleyes:

Yes Robert I am a temperature wimp! I come from a long proud line of TM's. Knowing that if I find some shade it will actually be cool there, and not just a darker shade of hot, does my heart good! So while I do miss Texas on occasion, you couldn't blast my cool shade lovin' butt outta here with a bid ole stick of dynamite! :D :D :D

[dannijean]

The man does build very nice housing for his snakes, I wish he lived a lot closer so I could hire him to build a few for me.

You and me both! :)

[Spankenstyne]

Welcome aboard!

[ssssnakeluvr]

Hello, fellow Idahoan! Whereabouts in Idaho are you? I live in a little town about 25 miles from Pocatello, in Southeast Idaho.
and what town would that be?? I was just up in Idaho Falls and Shelly filming a video for animal planet.

[Charis]

The bitty little town of American Falls, which doesn't even have a pet store. It is a one stop light town! LOL
But it is bigger than the other two closest towns, Aberdeen & Rockland.

[Hollis_Steed]

The bitty little town of American Falls, which doesn't even have a pet store. It is a one stop light town! LOL
But it is bigger than the other two closest towns, Aberdeen & Rockland.
American Falls! Where the wind blows ALL of the time!:)

[Charis]

Yep! I can see you have some experience with this fair city!?

[Hollis_Steed]

Yep! I can see you have some experience with this fair city!?
I live in Logan so I'm not too far from AF. I've done my fair share of running around between here and there!

[ssssnakeluvr]

The bitty little town of American Falls, which doesn't even have a pet store. It is a one stop light town! LOL
But it is bigger than the other two closest towns, Aberdeen & Rockland.
cool! was not far away from ya! one stop light? gee....Cascade still doesn't have one! heck, the only paved road is Main Street! Highway 55 comes thru town, then the hospital road out to the lake is paved...but all else is dirt! :cool:

[dannijean]

Welcome aboard!

I lived in Canada for a little while, many years ago, near Toronto. I've also been to Victoria and it is one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen!

[Jlkelly88]

welcome!