Theif The Snake

[Venti]

http://i1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd439/StormFly/Theif003.jpg
Relaxing on our porch on a chair during a warm summer afternoon.

This is Theif, my Redsided Garter Snake. He was wild caught from my neighborhood by me in May. He is about 2.9 feet long, and his girth is about an inch.

He is blind in his right eye, and when I found him he had scale rot, cuts, and all sorts of wounds. He is looking much better now, and I hope he has a speedy recovery.


http://i1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd439/StormFly/Theif006.jpg
A nice photograph of him looking out of his good eye.

I have found him to be a very good eater. I feed him earthworms, cricket frogs, chorus frogs, and today I fed him a rat pup.

Because of him being blind, he is a bit nippy during feeding time. Otherwise, he is the tamest garter snake I have had.


http://i1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd439/StormFly/th_Theif010-3.jpg (http://s1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd439/StormFly/?action=view&current=Theif010-3.jpg)
(Click for a larger image)

I have beeb calling Theif a "he", but I don't know his gender exactly. I am suspect that "he" is a "she", but I hope someone more advanced can help me out :)

Thanks for reading my first post, I'm glad to be here!

[RedSidedSPR]

That's a good lookin' snake! Awesome! Glad he's doing well. He looks very content on that table :D

I have a self-caught male Red Sided too.

[guidofatherof5]

Very nice looking snake.

Thief is a girl;)

[RedSidedSPR]

I thought so too... but i can never tell for sure, so i just let you bring it up :D

[Venti]

Thank you! He was very relaxed yesterday, so calm that I finally got to measure him with string.

Even though we have a light and a heating pad in his tank, I like to let him sit on the porch so he can get natural sunlight.

[Venti]

"She" is small though for a girl, which made we think that "he" was a male.

I dunno, I'm confused, maybe "she" is just a young snake.

[d_virginiana]

Nice snake! She looks pretty content sitting on that chair :)

[Mommy2many]

Very nice snake!

[Venti]

Thank you everyone for the nice comments, I guess Theif is offically a "she" now.

Right now she is in a twenty gallon tank, she seems to still be full from that rat pup :)

[Mix]

I would definitely say she's a girl. And a nice looking one, too! :)

[Venti]

Here she is chillin' in her setup:


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Her twenty gallon. (Click for larger image)

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A bird's eye view of her tank. (Click for larger image)


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Looking at her reflection. (Click for larger image)


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A close up. (Click for larger image)


The images are pretty bad, it's probably because of the lighting.
And I how should I clean her tank walls? I have been doing regular cleanings, with the substrate and furniture, and I wash the tank down, but the walls stay dirty.

[Mommy2many]

Thank you for sharing!

[katach]

She is very pretty!

[guidofatherof5]

Gotta love those parietalis';)

[ssssnakeluvr]

awesome looking snake!!! I love red siders!!! and I agree with everyone...definitely a girl!

[Plissken]

Beautiful snake. 35" is small huh? Here I was thinking Sage was a pretty good size at around 30", also a female red sided. How big are you hoping she gets?

[Venti]

Well, after seeing all these posts with pictures of huge female garter snakes, I'm hoping she stays around three feet.

Not that I would mind, but some other people in my house would. :rolleyes:

[RedSidedSPR]

My male (also self caught red sided) is 24 inches, and that's bigger than the average male. So to me, 35 inches is pretty darn big

[Venti]

Well, I'm pretty new to keeping garter snakes, so I guess red sided garter snakes are on the smaller side?

[kibakiba]

Red sideds can get pretty big. Northwesterns are one of the smallest garters. Females don't get over 2ft, usually.

[RedSidedSPR]

Well, I'm pretty new to keeping garter snakes, so I guess red sided garter snakes are on the smaller side?

Nope. They're as big as any. Yours will keep growing.