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steinosaur
10-08-2011, 08:26 AM
Hello Everybody,

I saw the welcome thread, but I'm very familiar with forums and i know to look for the areas with the most traffic and general talk is that area. My name is Luca and this is my second snake. I had a snake as a kid, but i was young and my dad took care of it more than my sister and I did. He was a brown river snake, named Hero, unfortunately he died and ever since I had wanted another snake. About ten years later i know have a baby garter snake named Smithers!!! He is pretty awesome and I love learning everything about taking care of him. He is wild and was caught in a basement after hurricane Irene. My friend found him after the storm and brought him into work to get him checked out (he works at an animal shelter). The reptile expert told him it was safe to take him in, especially with the cold weather coming. So he was given to me, and I couldn't be happier. I came across the forum while researching and knew I had to join right away. Thanks for having me, I hope to learn a lot from everyone here and make some friends.

To start off can anyone tell me exactly what kind of snake he is? Here is a picture

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And here is a picture of smithers in his tank, a zoomed out version
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As you can see he is still pretty small, but he has grown since i got him about 3 weeks ago, he actually shed two day ago.

Thanks for the help!

dieselbaby
10-09-2011, 11:10 AM
welcome to the forum, and he is a cutie for sure.

snakehill
10-09-2011, 11:23 AM
Looks exactly like my WC Eastern!

RedSidedSPR
10-09-2011, 11:45 AM
Looks like an awesome garter.
Welcome to the forum!

EDIT ok, FYI from personal experience - I would replace that big hide. That particular hide has a fault in the design, and it won't be long until the snake finds it. Leads up into the "branch" part. Mine stayed up there for 3 days once. No way to get him out...

Or not just warnin ya.

joeyjoe9876
10-09-2011, 11:55 AM
looks eastern to me, a nice looking one at that!

steinosaur
10-09-2011, 12:41 PM
Yes, from researching more I thought he/she was probably an eastern, im glad it is now confirmed.


Looks like an awesome garter.
Welcome to the forum!

EDIT ok, FYI from personal experience - I would replace that big hide. That particular hide has a fault in the design, and it won't be long until the snake finds it. Leads up into the "branch" part. Mine stayed up there for 3 days once. No way to get him out...

Or not just warnin ya.

Thanks for the advice, just what i joined up for!

PINJOHN
10-09-2011, 01:15 PM
Welcome from a rain soaked Liverpool

guidofatherof5
10-09-2011, 02:52 PM
Nice to have you and Smithers on the forum.
Garter snakes are awesome.
Here's a link to the care sheet which should be helpful.
Garter Snake Care Sheet - Caresheets (http://www.thamnophis.com/caresheets/index.php?title=Garter_Snake_Care_Sheet)
Any questions not answered by the care sheet can be posted to the forum.

katach
10-09-2011, 06:05 PM
Welcome to the forum family! Very nice snake you have there.

indigoman
10-09-2011, 06:15 PM
Welcome to the forum, nice looking eastern!

tress29
10-09-2011, 08:42 PM
I would replace that big hide. That particular hide has a fault in the design, and it won't be long until the snake finds it.

Our gecko has the same one!

Anyway, welcome Luca and Smithers.

sirtalis01
10-09-2011, 08:45 PM
A beauty.....welcome from across the water ny

zooplan
10-09-2011, 11:13 PM
Welcome aboard,
enjoy our community.
Itīll help a lot and still does so for me!

BlueGarterz
10-10-2011, 09:35 PM
welcome, I like the name, *Smithers* its cute:)

Mrs N1ntndo
10-10-2011, 09:52 PM
Welcome to the forums. I too have Easterns. There awesome.