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[Kantar]

Hello,

I am a long time garter keeper, love them, they are awesome pretty snakes and ACTIVE that's the best part. My corn snakes will just hide or just never move, my garters are like OH HAI!, let me introduce them

Frosty and Serpent (Reg and albino checkered), born Sept 09 same litter captive bred
http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/40645_459014694358_525334358_6283656_6250465_n.jpg
Here is a better look at serpents pattern
http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/33413_445840339358_525334358_5929835_3455196_n.jpg


and then there are these 3 clowns that I built a super enclosure for, lots of climbing space to avoid constant kerplunks. These 3 are wild caught as newborns, these 3 were about 5 inches upon capture

There is 2 year old Slider (eastern plains), got his name after being attacked by a cat and losing part of its tail and received gashes and punctures in its side
http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/267851_10150301468209359_525334358_9225914_2181294 _n.jpg

1 year old Pepper (eastern plains), the king of his enclosure, owns the hide at the top corner of the enclosure looking upon everything that's below him
http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/60577_471897729358_525334358_6605871_7342525_n.jpg

Then there is 4 year old Spot (red sided) got his name because he has 2 big black spots near his head and tail, my oldest garter but only about 18 inches long. This garter is very unique, super easy to handle, super active, comes to you when you open the lid, never musked unlike slider and pepper. Words really can't explain it but other garters would slip right out of your hands and potentially fall to the ground but this one will wrap itself around your fingers and loves to climb
http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/13040_215512844358_525334358_4100907_3527210_n.jpg

[Stefan-A]

Welcome aboard.

[snakehill]

:DOh my goodness! GORGEOUS snakes!!!!!! Oh sorry, Welcome!:o

[infernalis]

http://www.thamfriends.com/mat.jpg

[guidofatherof5]

Nice to have you on the forum.

Eastern Plains?

[BLUESIRTALIS]

Welcome to the forums!

[RedSidedSPR]

Welcome. Very nice snakes. What is eastern plains?

[drache]

welcome to the forum

[Kantar]

I may be mistaken. Always thought they were called eastern plains here in Manitoba.

[RedSidedSPR]

I don't think thre;s such a thing as an eastern plains...

[guidofatherof5]

It's probably just be a local name given to them.

[RedSidedSPR]

That's what i was thinking.

[Kantar]

This is spot, that unique garter I was telling you about. All other garters would fall off
http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/264193_10150302786624359_525334358_9239254_4602348 _n.jpg

[guidofatherof5]

Good looking snake.
Is that a scar on his back just down from his neck?

[Kantar]

not sure, the scales don't look deformed or anything, its just a black spot, has another one by the vent

[RedSidedSPR]

That's weird. Name fits :D

My garters hang on my fingers like that too. Love to climb.

[d_virginiana]

That's cute how he just hangs on like that :) Welcome to the forum!

[flickerfriend]

Welcome fellow snake lover :D

[Mommy2many]

Welcome!

The two Radix that we have from Steve also do that. They love to curl themselves around your arm/hand and almost get their tails knotted.

[RedSidedSPR]

Here ya go. Couldn't get them to do they same thing yours was...

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/chucknkelly/babe017.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/chucknkelly/babe004.jpg

And the baby (one of 'em)
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/chucknkelly/babe020.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/chucknkelly/babe019.jpg

[PINJOHN]

welcome to the site from sunny Liverpool, that's a great looking bunch of snakes

[flickerfriend]

Welcome!

[Kantar]

Reviving this thread to show a new aquire I chosen

This one had a stunningly bright stripe compared to the other dozen I caught and then released. Even have a video on my phone of a big 3ft garter on the gravel road, possibly pregnant. tried striking at me after wiggling my finger, so I picked her up and put her in a safe place away from the road.

This is my new one, this one is super sweet, still a little bit skiddish and hasn't accepted a pinky yet, but I anticipate soon
http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/226067_10150326717009359_525334358_9502208_5818436 _n.jpg

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/251653_10150325340859359_525334358_9486184_4343020 _n.jpg

Since posts only allows 4 pictures
Here is a couple more of my other garters

My favorites, Serpent and Frosty
http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/281447_10150326715329359_525334358_9502197_7230116 _n.jpg


And my oldest snake, Spot (slider hiding in the background)
http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/249319_10150326714489359_525334358_9502191_3540641 _n.jpg

[RedSidedSPR]

Awesome! She looks coo, love the others.

Spot reminds me of my first snake (out of 3, 4 tomorrow). He's a redsided male and looks a LOT like him. They're my favorite snake, and i love normals most. Awesome snakes!!

[guidofatherof5]

Good looking crew. Taking a shot here but I think your new snake is a male.
Any chance you could post a good focused shot of the under side tail?

[RedSidedSPR]

Looks male to me too...

[Kantar]

I can do that, today since I'm not doing anything I'll steal the weigh scale from work and give all my snakes a measure and weigh in and take pictures, just hope my non garters won't tip the half pound limit

[jitami]

Beautiful snakes! I really love the new addition :)

[Kantar]

Reviving thread to share some news!

a guy in my city is selling his albino checkered garter :D
I'm going to snatch it, he is also a member on manitobaherp.net

check it out

Snakes for Sale (http://manitoba.kijiji.ca/c-ViewAdLargeImage?AdId=303479536&ImageIndex=4)

[Mrs N1ntndo]

OMG I love the red eyes. THat is a beautiful snake. Nice score.

Your other snakes are awesome as well.

[guidofatherof5]

Nice find and nice looking snake.

[snakehill]

They are all beautiful snakes! I would want them all!;)

[ConcinusMan]

Hello,

I am a long time garter keeper, love them, they are awesome pretty snakes and ACTIVE that's the best part. My corn snakes will just hide or just never move, my garters are like OH HAI!, let me introduce them

Frosty and Serpent (Reg and albino checkered), born Sept 09 same litter captive bred
http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/40645_459014694358_525334358_6283656_6250465_n.jpg
Here is a better look at serpents pattern
http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/33413_445840339358_525334358_5929835_3455196_n.jpg


and then there are these 3 clowns that I built a super enclosure for, lots of climbing space to avoid constant kerplunks. These 3 are wild caught as newborns, these 3 were about 5 inches upon capture

There is 2 year old Slider (eastern plains), got his name after being attacked by a cat and losing part of its tail and received gashes and punctures in its side
http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/267851_10150301468209359_525334358_9225914_2181294 _n.jpg

1 year old Pepper (eastern plains), the king of his enclosure, owns the hide at the top corner of the enclosure looking upon everything that's below him
http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/60577_471897729358_525334358_6605871_7342525_n.jpg

Then there is 4 year old Spot (red sided) got his name because he has 2 big black spots near his head and tail, my oldest garter but only about 18 inches long. This garter is very unique, super easy to handle, super active, comes to you when you open the lid, never musked unlike slider and pepper. Words really can't explain it but other garters would slip right out of your hands and potentially fall to the ground but this one will wrap itself around your fingers and loves to climb
http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/13040_215512844358_525334358_4100907_3527210_n.jpg

I don't see a regular checkered. Only an albino checkered and a plains garter.:confused: Then a couple of easterns and a red sided. Good looking snakes you have.


Good looking snake.
Is that a scar on his back just down from his neck?

Looks suspiciously like scale rot.

[Kantar]

shhhh :) don't tell her she isn't a checkered

The albino checkered garter that went up for sale is officially in my hands and mine now :) It's a possible female, a year old and a foot long. It lived in a rack its whole life so its very skiddish and frightened, hoping to tame her down alot.

I don't think its scalerot, no scales are deformed and he would have been dead by now. It hasn't spread and its been 3 years. Its just a blotch of a different color

[RedSidedSPR]

Congrats on the new addition!

[Kantar]

Put pepper in with the new one, hopefully it helps the new one to relax a little bit, they are the same age and size

Now I just need to come up with a good name for an albino

[Kantar]

Should I be concerned if my new albino checkered sways its head side to side for like 5 seconds once in a while here and there?

[katach]

Can it see?

[Kantar]

yep its very alert and notices my hand waving from 6 feet away just now. Only other ones that did that was spot when he was younger and many years ago my sisters rat. Could they be dancing?

[Kantar]

here is the rat version for example

My rat sways her head - Critter City (http://www.sandyscrittercity.com/myratswaysherhead.htm)

[katach]

hmmm. Was is searching for something. Some of our snakes will raise their head and kind of wave back and forth when they are investigating.

[Kantar]

this snake was a rack snake so this is the first days in a year it has been in permanent light with glass surroundings

[katach]

maybe it's just adjusting to it's new surroundings then.

[guidofatherof5]

Could very well be. You'll probably see a change soon.

[RedSidedSPR]

It's a natural camaflauge. Ive noticed it especially with green snakes. But garters do it too. When they start moving after not moving for awhile, they'll sometimes sway like that as a way to look inconspicuous... like if they were in a bush, with the wind moving it a little, if they're moving a little, they won't stand out as much.

My adult does it all the time when he starts moving after sticking his out of the hide for awhile.

Trust me, if anything, it's good.

[kibakiba]

My babies do that around new surroundings. When I put them outside for a little bit, they were bobbing their heads and swaying their heads while exploring. I used to think when Snakey acted like a stick and was bobbing his head, he was trying to act like a piece of grass, but it wasn't the case. I was told (by someone on this forum, who I consider knowledgeable) that they have bad perception, and bobbing their heads like that helps them figure out where things are... Something like that.

[ConcinusMan]

Should I be concerned if my new albino checkered sways its head side to side for like 5 seconds once in a while here and there?

Both my checkereds do that. They're just triangulating for depth perception. Google "motion parallax"

[Kantar]

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/226067_10150326717009359_525334358_9502208_5818436 _n.jpg

This one didn't end up passing my month test. He only ate a worm scented rat pinkie once and turned his head away from most food offered. Even though he was super friendly I had to let him go, obviously he thrived better in the wild

[RedSidedSPR]

Shucks...

[PINJOHN]

enjoyed the new photo's, is your new snake parietalis?

[ConcinusMan]

Darn, sucks when you have to do that with such a good looking snake. Been there, done that. Had to release the only intense blue northwestern I ever found and that was a lot of years, and a lot of snakes before I found it. He was a lifer but wouldn't eat and was thin and weak.:(

http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/3221/northwesternblue021larg.jpg

[Mrs N1ntndo]

http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/3221/northwesternblue021larg.jpg

Beautiful snake. I want one of those. My hubby wants one really bad also. Thats something we dont see around here.

[RedSidedSPR]

That's something no one sees anywhere.:p

Lifer is right.

[ConcinusMan]

That's something no one sees anywhere.:p


Not true, it's just that odds of finding one that blue are astronomical. Green is also extremely rare.

[RedSidedSPR]

I know.. I was kidding.:rolleyes: