Forum: Welcome Lounge

Hoping to add a garter snake (or two! or more!) to my home in the spring/summertime next year, so I'm just doing my research now. I find forums the...

Hello fellow Thamnophis owners, My name is Aiden Smith, I'm 13 and I just joined yesterday looking for info on my recently captured T. sirtalis. She...

I live way up in Northern MN. Nice to meet ya'll. I've been reading tons, trying to learn more about my T. mericanus. She's such an interesting...

Hi, a few weeks ago I caught what I believe is either a western terrestrial or common garter snake in northern New Mexico. I've always liked snakes...

My name is Vaughn and I live in Maryland. A few months ago I came home from school and saw a little Northern Brown/DeKay's Snake sitting curled up on...

Hey, I'm new here. I signed up a few weeks ago and although there are many informative posts I still managed to end up with a few questions. Good...

Just signed up. I'm hoping to learn something new, ask some questions and maybe even post some pictures if I can ever actually find a garter when I...

Hello, Have my first garter snake (and snake, period!) and looking to set up a planted tank for him/her. Still a baby so can't be sure. :) Any...

Hi, I'm Jacko, and I recently acquired a western terrestrial garter. I've been keeping reptile for the greater majority of my life, and I have kept...

Hello everyone! Glad to be here... My name is Madison. I'm a sci-fi nerd, collect oddities, and I've been keeping reptiles for about 15 years now-...

As a COMPLETE shock to me, my rescue eastern garter just gave birth! (she is a rescue bc when found, she had a jellybean sized intestinal lump on the...

So, basically my first ever garter snake was a big one my cat caught when i was like 8. It had puncture wounds and i loved to "rescue " animals as a...

New here. So a little back ground. We have three girls, 8,6, & 5... they love the trampoline out back. Problem...a garter snake moved in under the...

So, found one in the yard...just went outside to clean the cat box and found one giving up the ghost. No injuries that I could see, less than a foot...

Hi, there, as you may have guessed, I am from Germany and recently got into garter snakes :D I got a T.radix that is about 19 inches right now at...

Good morning all, I've been a quiet guest for a while now looking and reading all the fantastic advice people have put up, so having had a pair of...

Hi~I am brand new to snakes, I would have NEVER considered having a pet snake! Until I meet my first Garder snake, I fell in love. I am housing one...

Hello folks. I just aquired two baby albino checkerboard garters. My wife and I are new to snakes, but not reptiles, turtles and lizards. She is...

Hey! I found this forum, and hope it will be a large help in my future snake care. Tomorrow, I am picking up my first pet snake, a common garter...

proud owner of a T. Marcianus, checkered garter. born fall 2016.