Forum: General Talk

I found this guy and wanted some opinions. There are three possible candidates either Western garter, Northwestern Garter or Common Garter. I...

I found a few orange and reddish easterns where I live in MA. One or two of them dropped about 60 babies one night and the next day a third dropped...

Figure it's about time I make a thread for my snakes. Babs has come a long way since I got her at only a week old, she's grown like a weed as of...

Hey everyone I’ve finally caught my first couple of wild caught garters. Was wondering if anyone could tell me what are they. Looks pretty cool. Look...

Who is producing what this year? I have a high blue Similis female who should be dropping any day now! A few more litters possibly brewing too.

Would like to know when female juvenile T. sirtalis pallidus would begin to outgrow males of their age. Let's use Maritime Garters born in...

I also wanted to introduce my new addition to our Zoo Mr Lefty. He had an accident with some gorilla tape and lost a couple scales and his eye ball....

Always regretted giving up on the pastel granite project.

I've got two snakes that I'm not sure about the sex. One is Creek (who we're pretty sure is a Northwestern, despite his unique appearance). We've...

I just got my two girls Apple and Spearmint. I'm not sure how old they are. Spearmint is roughly 22.5" and Apple is 26.5". Any ideas on how old they...

When I got Boop I thought he was a male. Then I decided to check this forum and checked the guide and I still think is male. As a final check,...

Hey! I recently rescued three Western Aquatic Garters, and I was hoping I could get some help sexing the little cuties! I was told they are all...

Okay, so I know that Garter snakes do eat frogs in the wild, but I can't seem to find anything online about what species. I do not currently have any...

These little guys are northwesterns from my backyard in Gresham, OR. I went out to find worms for my littlest snake and happened upon one on the...

I apologize to the mods if the wanted section is more appropriate, I'm not quite in the stage of really asking for anything specific, so I'm posting...

I bought a container of red worms at the bait store to fees my garter and northern brown snake. Are these worms ok to feed my snakes? I've been...

Good evening! I've had corns and kings for years, but I just purchased what was represented as 2 juvenile garter snakes, but turned out to be adult...

The ery flame eastern and normal plains garter basking after a meal. (Always fed under supervision or in separate containers.)

Hello hello! Long time no see, everyone! I know I only hop on here every couple of years now, but my life has been too hectic to be around much....

My wife and I have a 29gal tank and are wandering how many adult garters can be kept in one or if it is only big enough to hold one? Any in-site...