Forum: General Talk

I ask this question only having worked with T.radix(Plains Garter), T.s.parietalis(Red-sided Garter) and limited time with T.marcianus(Checkered...

I know that this is not a holiday celebrated around the world but giving thanks is universal. I hope everyone has a great day. I'm thankful for many...

I went back-packing for the first time in 2007. It was in the Russian Wilderness in Siskiyou County (NW CA). We found a wonderful little alpine...

Hey guys I'm new here and I just wanted to find out a few things before i get my first garter snake. I'm planning to keep it in a 20 gallon...

alright.....I know everyone has been chomping at the bit waiting.....time for some new photos. I have been busy with working on the kitchen and now...

Recently got back into reptiles & want to breed garters.However all the shops I've been to don't have any.Having never Bought a pet online or had one...

my snake only moves around at night how do i make him dinermal like the rest of the garters? wierd little dude

Hi guys, I haven't been on the forum in over two weeks due to midterms....I actually had to block myself from going on. :p ...but after many, many...

As some of you know, I have a single, tiny baby sirtalis that is about 2 months old. He has been growing well, but I haven't held him much. He's just...

Every once in a while I actually find the time to post some of my field pics on the forum. Here are some of the garters I discovered during this...

I haven't been having too much luck lately, mostly due to not getting out much, but I did get out yesterday afternoon and this morning for a few...

HI i hope anyone can help me. is this Thamnophis ordinoides or Sirtalis Pickeringii blue I think its a blue Pickeringii

i'm new here but have had a great garter, Fuzzy, for the last 10 years this summer she stopped eating mice (she was feed exclusively mice for the...

In my jurisdiction we are limited with what types of Thamnophis we can import and keep. Sirtalis are out (unfortunately), amongst others. In any...

I finally found a rather nice way to photograph my animals indoors. Since the sun sets at like 4pm, and it's cold out, this is a necessity! I did...

Had some spare time and took a few more photos last night of some snakes that were in shed the last time I wanted to take their pics! But first......

Today, Gabby and I got up early and made the 2.5 hour drive to Des Moines. I was sharing a table with my good friend Mark and his wife Rita. I took...

My beautiful, juvenile red-spotted (Cholula was her name) died suddenly today. She had appeared in perfect health, had been eating almost every-other...

yup - I had an incident today, and will have to add some security features to an enclosure one of my newly adopted snakes, a good size eastern...

These group is so calm and used to me. They didn't mind at all that I was disturbing them. This is a very large group and it will be hard to release...