Forum: General Talk

Hello, I am a new member on this forum. A little about my self; I am a second year Vet tech student with a big interest in Reptile and amphibian...

Hello, I am wondering how the people who have been in the hobby for a long time feel about its current state? It seems that there has been some...

Picked this girl up field herping

I did not know that there were a silver red sided garter snake

here is a link to kingsnake .com of a ad for red plains 'with some showing red' but the pic looks like a black neck?? i could be wrong...... ...

I googled "hibernaculum" "north" then "hibernaculum" "south" then searched this forum for the same terms, and even had to look thru a very...

Hi, Does anyone know where I could find some trustworthy information about the switch from the Colubridae family to the Natricidae family (what...

Guys one of my life herping goals is to find a Leucistic Thamnophis proximus. I know this is a very lofty (as in outer space lol) goal. I don't...

I must be doing something wrong. I brumated my snakes and i paired them together and the bred. They been locked up twice and my females are not...

It's been a while since I've contributed an original post so I thought I'd share some pictures of the herp's I've been turning up. My first snake of...

I have a 10 yr old checkered garter and was interested in changing his diet up a little. He eats 2 pinkies once a week and is an avid feeder so I...

So I have a radix and a sirtalis which are separated currently. I am just curious if anyone has any experience keeping them both together in an...

Figured as I have more than one now I might as well make a topic of my own. The checkered is brumating in the basement, but little Bowie is...

What are the value of the golden red sides because i know the red sides in general are not anyones project

My snake was acting pretty weird just now. It was curled up in a ball and kept going around for maybe 5 minutes. I took some video too: It...

Hi I'm new to the forum but not new to garters. About 10 years ago i got a bunch from scott felzer and last month the last one died so i am on the...

Hey guys, you all have probably been wondering where I have disappeared off to lately! (or maybe you haven't!):p I haven't hardly been posting but...

This girl has locked up with my snow male the past week. Hopefully she will have some blizzard and snow babies in a couple months.

I purchased a melanistic eastern garter(Darth) in August, and when he arrived he was roughly the same size as my T. s. infernalis(Obi). As time...