Forum: General Talk

Woke up this AM to a nice squirming mass of babies :). A female double het snow was bred to a double het snow male. Don't have the exact count yet...

I took my kids out with me for my annual Cache Valley herping trip...lots of fun! saw tons of wandering garter, a few valleys, and a few leopard...

Immune snakes outrun toxic newts in evolutionary arms races : Not Exactly Rocket Science ;)

Hi everyone, Haven't posted in a long time, but I do occasionally lurk around the "nature photography" thread. For some reason I still get email...

This is the second time my snake has shed and the skins "head" gets stuck under something, or twisted around, or whatever, and the head is completely...

How about a thread for some of those things we see our snakes do that crack us up. I'll get it started. Tonight I was having some trouble getting...

I haven't seen my garter soak since last year when I first got him. Always read/heard that they soak alot. Is it a bad sign if they aren't soaking?

Two of my beauties.... One will be moving to germany in June, while the other is here to stay! It may sound really stupid, but I can't decide which...

I got a couple new snakes last friday.... a new mountain garter, with nice yellow...haven't gotten a pic yet. I also got from Joe (BUSHSNAKE) this...

Hey guys, a couple days ago my female gave brith to about 20-30 baby garter snakes. I've been trying to feed them but nothing is working, I've tried...

This is my first posting here so I figured I'd just plunge right on in. Been a herper in Florida since late seventies, early eighties. I've caught...

Picked these guys up from a guy names Brian Milhorn. These are from San Mateo County. They have a different look about them and bright flourescent...

I just found my garter snake dead this morning!!I kept her almost for 3 years my friend kept her for 2 years ,shed was wild caught so she was between...

You guys probably have seen a million pictures of Eastern Garter Snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis), but I have yet to post any pictures on this...

Check out this little radixes tail. She was just born moments ago. I had to pull the umbilical cord off this area as it was strangulating the tail....

I have two questions: 1. Are slugs a good food source for garters? I've read that they are, but rarely hear of them being used... I have a lot of...

I finally have some photos of my favorite garters! I did not take a new photo of Tiger since I don't think I can beat the ones that I already...

It must be springtime....these were out in my yard the other day.

golden albino.pic does not do it justice.This thing is bright yellow with reddish markings

Last night "Prince" my first ever captive garter slipped peacefully away from old age. I knew it was coming, snakes get a certain look to them when...