Dream Snake [Archive] - Garter Snake Forum

Spankenstyne

07-13-2010, 11:17 PM

Same as Don, San Frans top the list but also Eastern Indigo, Yellowtailed Cribo, Mussarana, California Red Sided, Puget Sound Garters. I'd love Western Hognosed & Bullsnakes but we aren't allowed to keep them in Alberta as they're protected native species...

I do also currently keep many that were on my list years ago like Brazilian Rainbow Boas, Cape Gophers, Black Pines, Goins Kingsnakes, Northern Pines & a few others. Basically everything I keep has been a dream snake of mine at some time or other (and currently are). I don't see a point in me personally keeping anything unless it's a species I'm passionate about or find very interesting. I'm also easily impressed when it comes to reptiles though lol.

infernalis

07-13-2010, 11:44 PM

Tetrataenia!!!!!

Ditto.....

Already have everything else.

Snakeknot

07-14-2010, 05:39 AM

Tetrataenia????? Okay, that one I have to look up.

All my dream snakes involve either buying a rack ( cause I'm outta tank space! ) Or knocking out a wall and building a new room which may be problematic in a house made of American chestnut that dates back to the 1870s.

Anyway, my dream snakes are a bloodred and/or a stripe hypo corn with a really sweet temperment, a female paradox Kenyan sand boa, ( a wife for my Franco! I'm currently saving up for that! ) and a male wc garter that I find, not someone else finds for me, with a sweet disposition that I can name "Guido"! :)

Oh! And more blue garters!

Devon

Devon

infernalis

07-14-2010, 05:49 AM

Tetrataenia????? Okay, that one I have to look up.

Devon

San Fransisco Garter Snake.... They are an endangered species, Illegal to keep as pets in the USA, hence the status as "Dream Snake"

http://www.thamnophis.us/zombii/san.jpg

drache

07-14-2010, 06:06 AM

strangely enough, my dream snake is one of Hans' atratus - almost as unobtainable as the tetra

infernalis

07-14-2010, 06:08 AM

That would easily be second on my list Rhea.....

Snakeknot

07-14-2010, 06:59 AM

OH! San Fran! Why didn't ya say so???!!! ( Excuse me. I'm still learning the Latin names for everything. My Dad would be ashamed that I didn't already know that! )

Well, duh yeah! Blue AND red???? Of course I would want that! But I also like being a law-abiding citizen.

Devon

infernalis

07-14-2010, 07:14 AM

Next best thing... Infernalis (Cali Garter)

Have a group of them, Feisty but I'm in love... even if they do bite me every time I reach in.

http://www.thamnophis.us/cherry/infernalis2.jpg

Mix

07-14-2010, 08:14 AM

Silver Eastern.
One day... perhaps... :D

gartermorphs

07-14-2010, 12:28 PM

san fran definetly!

indigoman

07-14-2010, 03:16 PM

Eastern Indigo, Eastern Garter copper brown tan stripes,

adamanteus

07-14-2010, 03:32 PM

T.ordinoides. Varied group.

Mommy2many

07-14-2010, 06:09 PM

Silver Eastern, Puget Sound and a "Limon":D (aka Chinese green snake)

sirtalis01

07-14-2010, 07:18 PM

Tetrataenia top of my list

infernalis

07-14-2010, 08:23 PM

Silver Eastern, Puget Sound and a "Limon":D (aka Chinese green snake)

http://www.reptard.info/edits/Dewie.jpg

guidofatherof5

07-14-2010, 08:29 PM

In any post, always beautiful.

Spankenstyne

07-15-2010, 12:55 AM

, a female paradox Kenyan sand boa, ( a wife for my Franco! I'm currently saving up for that! )
Devon

:)
One of my '07 girls

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj267/spankenstyne/Sand%20Boas/nov272009para1b.jpg

Odie

07-15-2010, 09:49 AM

Concinnus http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/Felicia_021.JPG
Felicia, she slithers in to bed with me two days after escaping :D

Laura

07-15-2010, 09:53 AM

Kah (sp?) from jungle book

guidofatherof5

07-15-2010, 12:17 PM

Concinnus http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/Felicia_021.JPG
Felicia, she slithers in to bed with me two days after escaping :D

It's always great when they surrender without a fight.:D

adamanteus

07-15-2010, 12:37 PM

Kah (sp?) from jungle book

Kaa.;)
Voiced by Sterling Holloway.

tminc

07-15-2010, 01:59 PM

Sounds like a smart snake:)

ConcinusMan

07-15-2010, 02:19 PM

T.ordinoides. Varied group.

Indeed. Also by far the most common snake where I live. Flip a board and find a dozen.
http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/5274/gedc1462.jpg

I find it hard to believe that with all the networking and resources of people on the forum that we can't find a way to get them there along with other garter snakes that people want, but can't get over there.

But you lucky people can have S.F. garters. I can only view them in the wild when in that area. So close, but can't have one.

adamanteus

07-15-2010, 04:04 PM

I guess we could get them out here, I had a wild caught group years ago. It's just the expense involved in shipping them nowadays, that causes the problem.

ConcinusMan

07-15-2010, 05:17 PM

Yeah, to ship them it would be very expensive. What if someone in the U.S. was going to the UK anyway and wanted to bring some with him? I don't even have a clue how this works.

Laura

07-15-2010, 05:18 PM

Yeah someone sort it out please ;)

We're almost totally deprived over here!

ConcinusMan

07-15-2010, 05:21 PM

yeah, I'm more interested in what options there are so we can get some snakes there without spending thousands of dollars to do it. Giving snakes away for free is fine, but I sure as heck wouldn't go thousands in the hole to get them there.

Laura

07-15-2010, 05:22 PM

Simple, move here ;)

Problem solved.

ConcinusMan

07-15-2010, 05:32 PM

yeah, that would be much less expensive. I can't even afford to move across the street. If i moved there, you would have me, and my stuff. What I'm trying to figure out is what is involved if I want to bring my snakes with me.

adamanteus

07-15-2010, 05:37 PM

It'a a very real problem, there are a few species/morphs that we simply can't get in Europe. Also, the tetrataenia are in demand in Canada (from the UK) but the shipping costs are horrific!

bkhuff1s

07-15-2010, 09:09 PM

My GTP is my dream snake.

bkhuff1s

07-15-2010, 09:09 PM

starting to turn from Yellow to green at the moment

Flatti

07-16-2010, 04:09 AM

My dream snakes are silver Eastern, T.cyrtopsis ocellatus, anerythristic Radix, snow Radix, T. s.s.Flame.

I think thats enought for now ;).

My favourite gartner is in my tank now the Tetrataenia.
I have 3 little ones born 28.05.2010.

kibakiba

07-16-2010, 05:02 AM

I'd love to have a couple puget garters and florida blue garters. They both just happen to be in the range of my favorite colour.
I'd also love a snow boa, ghost corn, anery lavender corn and a blizzard corn. I'm addicted to snakes and I need rehab ;)

Laura

07-16-2010, 07:04 AM

Yeah, I totally dig the blue also :D

infernalis

07-16-2010, 07:33 AM

Blue snakes are awesome. ;)

neutron

07-16-2010, 03:22 PM

my (unfulfilled) dream

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/05/2536205/1280_6638343231383538.jpg

3.3 Th.s.pickeringii blue :D

another dream silver Eastern ....... may 2011;)

guidofatherof5

07-16-2010, 03:24 PM

Nice dream. Hope it comes true for you.

ConcinusMan

07-16-2010, 10:48 PM

I'm only 90 miles from nice blue pugets. Someday soon perhaps - weekend herp/camping trip?

kibakiba

07-17-2010, 03:31 AM

I'm about 100 miles from pugets, we must live near each other, ConcinnusMan. You might have to catch me one ;)

ConcinusMan

07-17-2010, 03:13 PM

Don't bet on it.;)

gartermorphs

07-17-2010, 11:21 PM

santa cruz! i love them!

mustang

07-18-2010, 06:50 AM

well allready got checker so id have to say an eastern hognose, malagasy speckeled hognose , and a red phase western coachwhip( wouldnt mind a pudget)

redspot

07-18-2010, 01:26 PM

I'm only 90 miles from nice blue pugets. Someday soon perhaps - weekend herp/camping trip?

I'd be careful about talking about breaking the law on the internet....

ConcinusMan

07-19-2010, 11:17 PM

Read it again.:confused:

infernalis

07-20-2010, 12:40 AM

I'm only 90 miles from nice blue pugets. Someday soon perhaps - weekend herp/camping trip?

I'd be careful about talking about breaking the law on the internet....

Forgive me if I seem out of line, but since when has camping & herping been illegal in any state??

nowhere in either of those two posts was any mention made of gathering or anything illegal??

just wondering where the reply came from??

mustang

07-20-2010, 10:08 AM

Forgive me if I seem out of line, but since when has camping & herping been illegal in any state??

nowhere in either of those two posts was any mention made of gathering or anything illegal??

just wondering where the reply came from??
i think that concinnus man is in a place where its illegal to keep native snakes ...

infernalis

07-20-2010, 10:52 AM

i think that concinnus man is in a place where its illegal to keep native snakes ...

the word "keep" never appeared in those posts.;)

mustang

07-20-2010, 11:21 AM

well if hes gona go that far he probably would(i wold)

ConcinusMan

07-20-2010, 12:37 PM

i think that concinnus man is in a place where its illegal to keep native snakes ...

Not illegal in Oregon but it really doesn't matter where you are, or are from, it would be illegal to take wild pugets from WA, yes. However, I made no mention of it. In fact, when kibakiba said "you might have to catch me one" I did say "don't bet on it."

I think this is just a case where Nate (Redspot) made an assumption without carefully reading what I actually said. No biggie.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to tend to my Marijuana crops, clean all my automatic assault weapons, stalk my ex, and blog about killing elected officials.:rolleyes: Gotta be ready when wildlife enforcement shows up at my door in riot gear and a warrant for my car, house, office, storage, computer...

ssssnakeluvr

07-20-2010, 01:28 PM

LOL!!!!! :cool: I'll be watching for the headline news!!

ConcinusMan

07-20-2010, 02:58 PM

You'll know about it before the reporters do, Officer Belnap.

Spankenstyne

07-20-2010, 05:04 PM

Interesting, it's also illegal to take them from the wild in BC.

ConcinusMan

07-20-2010, 06:13 PM

All of Canada.^^^

America is broke up into a jigsaw puzzle of laws that vary by state, county, species, etc.

Spankenstyne

07-20-2010, 10:38 PM

It's not illegal in all of Canada.

Every Province has their own regs, with some municipalities and cities adding their own restrictions.

drache

07-21-2010, 05:12 AM

and then there is Brooklyn, where in some people's minds "legal" happens along a continuum ranging from legal to illegal via "not as illegal as that other one", "legal as long as they don't catch you", and "legit"

Spankenstyne

07-21-2010, 08:12 AM

:p
Sadly that's not limited to Brooklyn.

It's funny I never noticed you're actually in Brooklyn. I always notice the flag first and just assumed you were in Germany lol

infernalis

07-21-2010, 08:36 AM

After thinking this one over, I have 56 garter snakes now, so really there is not much left to dream of.....

mustang

07-23-2010, 10:12 AM

56!? wow thats a lot

ConcinusMan

07-24-2010, 01:26 PM

I have 13. Two are on hold to be shipped in August. Most are under 20 inches but I have 5 really big concinnus around 3 feet long. 3 of them are gravid females due any day now so I'm sure my total number is going to be going up dramatically, at least temporarily.:rolleyes:

mtolypetsupply

07-26-2010, 05:47 AM

My dream snake would have a 7 figure salary, be an excellent cook, clean the house, and babysit my daughter, LOLOLOL!!!!!

mustang

07-26-2010, 07:04 AM

My dream snake would have a 7 figure salary, be an excellent cook, clean the house, and babysit my daughter, LOLOLOL!!!!!
clever clever

Snakers

07-26-2010, 07:06 AM

I've got two pregnant eastern garters what else can there be to ask for?:D

Tyrel26

07-26-2010, 08:13 AM

three? lol

Snakers

07-26-2010, 08:18 AM

three? lol:mad:................

mustang

07-26-2010, 10:31 AM

lol you found his weakness....more snakes

Mommy2many

07-28-2010, 07:48 PM

Sounds like he's gonna have a bunch more snakes soon:eek:

Mommy2many

07-28-2010, 07:49 PM

My dream snake would have a 7 figure salary, be an excellent cook, clean the house, and babysit my daughter, LOLOLOL!!!!!

When you find that one, see if it has a sibling!

Mommy2many

07-28-2010, 07:50 PM

Though, now thinking back a bit, that kinda snake may not be the kind we would want to curl up with...it may be human:rolleyes:

ConcinusMan

07-29-2010, 01:31 AM

Well, if I died and had my choice of animals to be reincarnated as, I'd choose garter snake, in the care of one of you guys. What an easy life! But watch it steve, I might not bite, but you can be sure I'll musk you once in a while and nip a little bit.:p

guidofatherof5

07-29-2010, 06:56 AM