Forum: General Talk

I am a new garter owner (1 Nebraska Albino & 1 Florida Blue). My breeder's site give instructions on what to do for hibernation mode... but I am...

Just a few pics of my girl Cinnamint. She's one right around now, so she celebrated with a very nice shed. :D

what are all the types of easterns???? i know that there's the melanistic... and the florida blue..... but what else???? pics please!!!!:D

I just noticed, thanks to Shanley's thread, that the availability of dens may greatly affect population size. I thought that the main reason I find...

Hi friends. At the lastw eek of august we go to the states again,to search and photograph garters (and other snakes and lizards) we start in ...

i was bored so i thought i would take a vid of george snatching up a worm :D you can watch it here ImageShack - Hosting :: crmv0009pj8.flv i...

Hello! I'm new to the forum. I have found a couple of very small (4") baby gaters. I have cut up some earthworms I found to try and feed them, but...

I took some pictures of Thamnophis hammondii yesterday. Because there are not that many pictures of this species, I did a little lookup of all...

okay... so i have lots and lots of baby toads down by the creek... so i'm planning on getting a bunch of them to feed them to sooty and the other...

There is a lot of talk about Humidity but how do you increase or decrease it. Does puting a live plant into viv and watering the plant do the...

This may have been covered before (heck, this may have been covered last week for all my memory is worth lately, lol) so if it has, forgive me. ...

ok well i really do wanna know what sex george really is so i finally got arund to taking some pictures, here they are thanks for your help...

just a quick question How often should a 2-3 year old garter shed and how long b4 i should get worried if it is not shedding

A couple of weeks ago I asked about housing my garters together. A few recommended against and some for...I decided to try it due to space...

Went out to the pool this am and guess what? There was my Big Eastern that I kept for a couple of months last year. It was so cool to see her again,...

Setting up to receive 15 het babies. all refusing feed. Any tips on how I can get these critters started?

last night george escaped the tank he is in right now has a plastic lid with some air holes in it but there was too much condensation in the tank...

Thanks for the kick into action, dearest James! I thought this would be a great idea while we wait for the big world meeting next year. Of course...

Found a tiny little valley garter (Thamnophis sirtalis fitchi) at my parents place yesterday, so I snapped several pics of it. This is the one that...

Garters. I am always asked that. "Why do you own those dinky little snakes?" i say because they are so exciting why do youi keep garters?