Forum: General Talk

How many times have you purchased a garter and found that the vendor has the species incorrect? This has happened to me several times. Here is...

scored me a red sided garter yesterday at the hamburg,pa reptile show 20 points

I live in Ontario Canada. My 2 garters slowed their eating down at the end of Sept. Now they've pretty much stopped eating for the past 2 weeks. 1 is...

I finished the setup of my 55 gallon tank, now i need to setup another because i just got a pair of red spotted garters, and i also added some green...

i currently live right outside of philadelphia,PA this pring im gonna be looking for new herpin spots localy and far away . if anyone lives in...

Hello all, Well my baby T.s.pickeringii that I got are really testing me. After having to put down the largest one due to some sort of...

i currently live right outside of philadelphia,PA

Hey all, I noticed in another post that someone had in their sig. line they were a member of the European Garter Snake Association. Ummm,...

Hey, I'm new. I don't own any garters but have kept some for short periods of time and like searching for them. I thought I'd share some pics of some...

im gonna be attending the nothern berks reptile show in Hamburg , PA . i will have a few tables with my buddy and my g/f . if anyones local and free...

i was recently at a local pet shop that my buddy works at and in one of the tanks filled with baby water snakes there was a noticatly differnt snake...

ive had a local wild one for about ayear now and i can only get him to eat worms and salamanders ,considering its winter and its nearly impossibly to...

Hello all, Has anyone had any experiance working with or actually have any Maritime (T.s.pallidulus) garters. I've seen several pics on...

some of them are very nice!!:)

hi can anyone tell me what most placid species of garter is, and also what the smaller species are? i am limited for space as well as not liking...

What time of year is the best to start looking for garters. Is there a temperature that the air or ground has to reach? Here in Washington it's...

im trying to get some new ideas for a 55 gallon set up, if you could post some pics of your enclosers it would be greatly appreciated!

My T.s.pickeringii just arrived today!!!:D Wow are they tiny!!! Forgot, just how small baby garters can be......been a while. Actually only ordered...

I noticed a couple posts that reffered to 'phases' in reference to color in garters. Can someone elaborate? Does it mean that the actual snake...