Hello everyone! I'll just tell a little about myself, then I have a number of questions but I'll go post those in the right section. I've had garters before, but they were 3 WC ones we found when my brother was 12 & I was 10. Two were young, about 10"-12" when we found them & the other was 3' & as it turned out, female. My Mother doesn't like big snakes so she was okay with the little ones, but never did like the big one. It was quite neat, I'd watched a show on snakes that talked about live birth & sperm retention & about a week later walked into the room where the big one was & there were 11 little 5" baby snakes! We'd had that snake for a year, in it's own cage & would have been quite puzzled how that happened if I hadn't just watched that show! That however was the last straw for my Mom & all of them got let loose at the marshy area close to our house. I currently have 3 corns, one Classic, Tavi & two Phantoms, Vash & Stormy. I'd bought a really nice 10 gallon snake tank when I got the first corn & decided I wanted a snake that would be able to stay in this tank, so started looking at small snakes & I'm about 99% decided on a male garter. Sorry for the long post! I'll also apologize in advance for my spelling & grammar, I'm dyslexic & sometimes don't catch my mistakes.