I want 1 Radix female! what is the best way to get one?

[Philminator]

ok so after looking at Steve's Radix Ranch for a long time here and there, I've decided I definitely want 1 as they are also native to Canada from where I spent some time growing up in Calgary, question is this, why do Steve's radix's look different than the ones I google? so far from the google pics I've looked at it's making me question wether or not some of my easterns could be radix's lol I'm confused, and secondly, how hard would it be for me In Ottawa ontario next to Gatineau Quebec would it be to obtain one of these?

[guidofatherof5]

Great choice.
I think T. radix is a hearty and easily tamed snake.
They seem to adapt well to people.;)

[Philminator]

indeed and they are the larger of the 3 species of garters found in it's region in canada as well :) and seem to be more eager to eat anything given to them vs some other species native to Canada, the problem is.....getting one :(

[guidofatherof5]

I must also admit that T.s.parietalis(Red Sided Garter) is an awesome snake.

[Philminator]

I must also admit that T.s.parietalis(Red Sided Garter) is an awesome snake.
funny you say that, i just messaged someone on this forum who has babies for sale if he could ship 1 or 2 to Canada :)
Radix, red sided, florida blue, giant, san fran, coastal, wandering, checkered, and pugent sound are some of my favorite Thamnophis's

[guidofatherof5]

funny you say that, i just messaged someone on this forum who has babies for sale if he could ship 1 or 2 to Canada :)
Radix, red sided, florida blue, giant, san fran, coastal, wandering, checkered, and pugent sound are some of my favorite Thamnophis's

Make it easier on yourself. Like them all.;)

[Philminator]

Make it easier on yourself. Like them all.;)

I really do because even though all I ever see are the common ones with yellow stripes when I go hiking for some odd reason it never gets boring over the years hunting and knowing I'll only find one of 2 snakes and it's usually always a garter :P it's still exciting each time.

[guidofatherof5]

I really do because even though all I ever see are the common ones with yellow stripes when I go hiking for some odd reason it never gets boring over the years hunting and knowing I'll only find one of 2 snakes and it's usually always a garter :P it's still exciting each time.

"Confessions of a true garter snake lover";)

[d_virginiana]

funny you say that, i just messaged someone on this forum who has babies for sale if he could ship 1 or 2 to Canada :)
Radix, red sided, florida blue, giant, san fran, coastal, wandering, checkered, and pugent sound are some of my favorite Thamnophis's

Houdini (my snake) strongly suggests you get a florida blue :rolleyes: Though I have to say all of those sound like good possibilities.

[Philminator]

would be nice but few people deal with selling garters in canada, and if they do it's a once every 3-4 year thing hence why I want to get into breeding even if I barely make any money and I break even with food over the year, first and foremost it's a hobby, second it's making money even though I'm dirt poor it would be nice to make a few $ and once I have a few different species of garters I can sell within Canada since most big time breeders like your scotts and such are all in the USA and shipping is triple the price of the snake itself.

[d_virginiana]

would be nice but few people deal with selling garters in canada, and if they do it's a once every 3-4 year thing hence why I want to get into breeding even if I barely make any money and I break even with food over the year, first and foremost it's a hobby, second it's making money even though I'm dirt poor it would be nice to make a few $ and once I have a few different species of garters I can sell within Canada since most big time breeders like your scotts and such are all in the USA and shipping is triple the price of the snake itself.

There's so many around here I forget there aren't very many on the market in Canada.. It'd be nice to see garters gain the sort of popularity that pythons and some other snakes have in the pet trade. It seems like you can find those almost anywhere.
I'm hopefully going to start breeding them in the next year or two as well, but same for me; it's just something I enjoy doing, and if I manage to get a little money off it then that'd be a bonus.

[ConcinusMan]

funny you say that, i just messaged someone on this forum who has babies for sale if he could ship 1 or 2 to Canada :)

I think we talked about this before. You don't simply "ship 1 or 2 to Canada". It's a lot more complicated (and expensive) than that. That's why you can't find many garters or morphs in Canada in the first place. It's not even close to cost effective to ship one or two unless you include them in with a much more valuable shipment of other reptiles.

Maybe you should talk to Spankenstyne. He got one of my garters into Canada. I shipped to a US address, and an exporter here put the snake in with a large reptile export going to Canada. We're likely going to do it again soon. Maybe he can arrange to buy or acquire some garters for you and get them imported. I don't know. Maybe. He knows more about importing (to Canada) from U.S. than I do. But I do know this takes months of planning and there is perhaps one shot each year to get some garters into Canada. If you don't make arrangements ahead of time, you "miss the boat".

[Philminator]

then I might have to wait and make a big order then as 3-4 months from now I will have about 1000$ to play with and I want to invest it in getting some nice garters over here since I still can't find Dr Phil Blais who is 2 hours from me who supposedly breeds and sells garters.