Forum: General Talk

Okay, I am sure you guys have noticed this. many garters have large round eyes with not a whole lot of expression, makes them seem happy-go lucky....

This is my garter collection. (you can click on the names to go to a neat webpage on each species) T. s. fitchi - Valley Gartersnake T. a....

Just how do I tell the difference between a garter and ribbon snake? I hear they look very similar. Will the ribbon snake musk me when caught?

Well, finally some pictures of my cyrtopsis. The sun was out, so I decided to weigh and 'shoot' them. They didn't eat from mid december to 28....

As some of you may know, I made it to the Intel ISEF this past week due to my project on cockroach barriers. This year I'll be doing a series of...

The other week i went to my usual pet store for some pinkies. The shop owner said she could now get Checkered's. I said that i had a few already. I...

The month of May is clearly a month in which many garter snakes are born. The matingseason is over. now it is time for births. The garter snakes...

Does anybody know New York State's regulations on keeping and/or breeding native garter snakes (i.e. Eastern garters)? Or do you know where I need...

okay is it a natural reaction that when u are going to pick up a garter snake they try to run because i've had my garter snakes for five months and...

...is it OK to feed my Green Anole and my Gecko those flying grasshoppers I find in my yard? I assume they are not much different than a cricket??

so Sooty the snake i've had for 1 week today has some kind of injury... when i first inspected him about a day or so after i found him i noticed a...

Here is my new wild caught eastern, about 14 inches long. This guy is pretty nervous. Are males typically more nervous about being held? All he wants...

YAY!!!!!:D i found him peeking out from under a rock in my garden!!!!:eek: i caught him and grabbed some worms... he ate those and then i defrosted...

hi garterfriends... yesterday i had an exhibition at Roosendaal The Netherlands.... here some photo's from me and my stand :D

Do male or female snakes tend to be more calm when handled? Or is it more an individual thing?

So I finally got all my photos to my computer, and there were few pics of Kakara too. And if someone older and wiser (well, not necessarily older)...

this snake was found in new jersey which has been released in the woods at a lake can you please help id he is about 8 or 9 in long a baby

Here's some pics of my 07 female blue stripe from Scott Felzer. This girl is almost what I'd call a cotton candy blue :) The feeding pic of her...

a garter snake now.. guess it's been long enough after my little No Feet passed on... I want one thats not a baby but not an adult eather... don't...