Hello all -

I have just (about 3 days ago) acquired a very tiny (about 6-7 inches I'd say) garter snake from a friend of ours who basically "collects" them....his yard and surrounding nieghbors yards are overrun with them....so he basically does a resuce and relocate although he has kept several.

I personally have not seen any garter snakes in our area since I was a child, and since moving further out into suburbia (I'm in the Chicago area) I've seen several. I had a snake as a child and LOVE them and always wanted to get another,, but just never did.

My snake is not "officially" named yet, although my children have come up with several, but none to my liking. So far the little guy or gal has chowed down on some earthworms chopped to size yummmm! And he seems to be adjusting nicely to his new surroundings.

Looking forward to meeting other snake lovers.....