Forum: General Talk

My girl Onespot, daughter to Spot is near death. She has developed a swollen area near her heart. She has been off and on food for the last 6...

Hey guys, I know that garters have a average life span of 10-15 years but that is just "average". How old is you're oldest snake? Mine is 6...

:D whoop! what a cutie.. :D

My little red-belly snake is still doing well, but I'm having trouble getting it to eat. They're pretty much identical to Dekay brownsnakes, so I've...

I am confused and hoping that someone can help me with this. I'm wondering, what is the difference between Thamnophis proximus proximus and...

Some pics for you all to enjoy...

I was just thinking that maybe a thread dedicated to snake first-aid items might be good. A place we could list some of the common medicines used to...

Just got back from Raleigh and a visit with my daughter and her husband. We delivered a rescued Red Belly and got to handle some old friends:)

I thought a good thread would be all the crazy things we've done in the name and for the sake of our snakes. Here's mine. I recently started a...

Could you post some pics of spots where garters are found? Id like to replicate garter's habitat for my marcianus' vivarium. Cheers,Stubs

My husband recently got a job working stock in various Food Lions. So, I immediately thought of posts I had seen on here about people getting spare...

I am looking to buy a baby garter snake in Ontario. I am willing to drive a bit, but not too far. Can any of you recommend any places I can go to buy...

Hey everyone! I've had my Rita for almost two months now and have already seen a lot of growth, so I just wanted to show you all a quick little...

Eskerina, my normal checkered girl (from Pinjohn's 2011 litter) was starting to worry me. She hasn't shed since end of July (around her first...

Garter Snakes in Idaho home - Animal Planet 2011 - YouTube I'm not really seeing the problem here :P I'm sure many of us would be glad to have...

I have seen pics of the scaleless corn and some other scaleless snake, can't remember if it was garter or not, maybe ball python. Joe mentioned in...

I had a few worms left over tonight so I decided to feed them off to my T.s.parietalis(Red Sided Garter) group. My albino female is a worm vacuum so...

Hey gang! A local nature organization has been hosting talks with biologists and zoologists every two weeks. Many of these talks have revolved around...

Just got my baby checkered albino couple days ago. The first day it was terrified of me, would run to the other side of the cage if i opened it up to...