ok, so i was at the minnesota reptile show last sunday on the 15th in bloomington, mn, and aside from not really seeing any type of "non"-python/boa/rat/corn snake, there was one garter. This guy who was selling pythons and boas and baby caimans which i thought to be quite odd, had one snake that immediately caught my eye. He had a baby florida blue eastern, which he was from florida. Anyways, i looked at it and immediately was flabbergasted at the fact that he had it in this smelly little round container with about a dozens small crickets, i told him that insects are not part of their natural diet and he said.."well you are just the customer, and i am the breeder, and i'm also experienced so i'm not gonna take your word for it"...and he shut me out, i was like wtf!!! so i bought it to rescue it from probable death, and i told him that you must now expect to have dead garter snakes on your hands if you continue to keep them with these "ill-informed" practices. The baby was wild caught and is very shy and i had to result into force feeding it in order to save it as it was malnourished. It is doing alright, and it also was infested with mites so i'm battling them as well , but... happy that i got a new snake, i will post pics when i get the chance...man some people i tell you