Any Day Now....

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

I wanted to introduce Whopper. Out of the many many garters I catch every year, I usually don't keep any, but something about Whopper did convince me to keep her. Right off the bat she didn't have that squirrely attitude that most wild garters do... she is calm, collected, and at feeding time will stop at nothing for the extra pinkies and worms and is one of those overbearing "lovers" that just won't quit climbing up your arm. She is a beautiful stripeless wih a solid rusty red color. In between her neck scales is flaming orange that turns blue as you go down her body. Whopper is due to have babies any day now, her being a big girl, I am hoping for 20is larger babies as opposed to 50 tiny ones. LOL.... it could go either way! last year, from where Whopper comes from, I found a GORGEOUS solid maroon reddish purplish female that... I don't know why I didn't keep her! I let her go... but I am hoping that the red tendencies from Whopper's locality will rub off and a few of her babies will color up nice, and maybe I will get my very own maroon/purply one!

Please excuse her messy face, she has just raided the worm container and downed 10 nightcrawlers. She is due any day now, having shed last week, and the weight has shifted towards the vent. She is one of those girls that is eating up until the last minute. Love her, even as normal as she is!

[RedSidedSPR]

Awesome! Shes really cool looking. Can't wait for the babies!

[BLUESIRTALIS]

I like whoppers! lol

[snakehill]

I know I should know this by now! What type of garter is she? By the way she is beautiful!!!

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

Whopper is a stripeless phase eastern garter snake. Looking forward to her babies.

[BLUESIRTALIS]

I know I should know this by now! What type of garter is she? By the way she is beautiful!!!

She is an awesome looking stripeless eastern.

[snakehill]

Wow! I don't ever remember finding a stripeless eastern! But then again my memory is not the greatest lol!

[Didymus20X6]

Wow! I don't ever remember finding a stripeless eastern! But then again my memory is not the greatest lol!

I caught this one a few years ago:


She looks small in the pic, because of the perspective of the bottle, but she was a little over 2 feet long (about the size Little Dude is now, which is 31 inches).

[brain]

Great markings

[d_virginiana]

Can't wait for pics of the babies! She's a good looking snake