Hello, first time poster, I just got my first garter today, he is wild caught, and because he is my first garter, I was wondering what species he is, His/Her gender, and any tips on caring for Him/Her, as I have next to no experience keeping garters. Also on a side note He/Her seems to really like being handled, as well as eating earthworms in front of me.
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03-22-2019, 11:31 PM #1Hi, I'm New Here!
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My First Garter!
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03-28-2019, 09:24 AM #2Juvenile snake
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Where are you from? My guess is a radix (Plains garter snake)
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03-28-2019, 07:18 PM #3"PM Boots For Custom Title"
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Location helps when you want an id of species, theres 20+
Looks like a northwestern in the picture you posted. Thats my guess
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03-28-2019, 09:02 PM #4Hi, I'm New Here!
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Hi, I forgot to mention, I'm from Vancouver Island Canada, if that helps identify the species.
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04-03-2019, 04:24 PM #5"PM Boots For Custom Title"
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Yes that does help. Thats puts you in the range of the northwestern garter(Thamnophis ordinoides)
The other garter species in that range are pickeringii and maybe fitchi...not 100% on that so i could be wrong.
But do your research
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04-16-2019, 11:37 PM #6Never shed
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That’s 100% northwesters garter snake also looks like it might have parasites are those bumps on the sides of the snake or do they look like battle scars
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