Forum: General Talk

It has been about a year since I found this site and this has been a wonderfully fun and informative, so I was just thinking about some of the things...

Thamnophis sirtalis pickeringii "blue"- Still one of my personal favorite species, a wonderful snake to work with

I thought about putting this post in with my "Eating Styles" thread but since this snake is an adult I decided to give a new thread. I have a...

So my last garter to give birth so far has only had 1 baby but she looks very gravid still. Is this bad? I've seen 3 garters give birth in the last...

I have a little(10 months old) Radix who for the last 6 months has shown a strange head tic. Working with kids the way I have for the last 23 years I...

I'm about to go on a fishing trip to the lake, and it'd be great to get enough to keep my fish-loving snakes happy for a while! Only problem is...

I got home from vacation today to find that both Harley and Houdini had shed while I was gone. Better still, the blister-looking spots on Houdini's...

Normally when I offer food to Willow she snaps it right up. Today I was hand feeding her her favorite salmon snack and she was gingerly opening her...

I've been ordering frozen mice from rodent pro for years now, but a couple months ago I had just started saving what's left in the bag after all the...

I guess this year the litters are either giant or small for me, nothing in between.....yet, maybe the next litter will be average sized? Tonight my...

Well I'm super excited one of my 4 gravid garters gave birth 2 hours ago. Twice I posted pics about different garters and me thinking they were...

The other day I was feeding some salmon to some of my guests. I had been using a pair of hemostats to give out some small pieces to babies. I then...

A year ago Spring I found this male T.radixes while Herping in Nebraska. He has a severe spinal injury. I decided to take him home for some Ranch...

Hey I have an orange phase eastern garter and I'm wondering when her babies are born I think most will look yellow as Shannon stated in one post I...

Yesterday I found this little guy where I found Theif. He is not a Red-sided Garter Snake, so what is he? Based on the snakes in my state, he...

Could you guys post pics of your cages and cool hides? thanks! :D

Ok, last time I posted this you guys said there was nothing to worry about. It was just a nip on the back. This time... They bit eachothers...

Today while herping out near a garter snake nest, I found this little hatchling. I can provide more pictures if needed.

Had my first real bite from Sage today. Was feeding her by hand for the first time, was going pretty well until she overshot the fuzzy and hit the...

I reached into my tank and my girl came right to my hand and moments later she just laid there on it and started giving birth to 26 babies :D no...