I'm not seeing easterns on any list as being native to manitoba and they are the most colorful ones that breeders are breeding. So that makes it a little bit easier to get certain snakes here. I want a little flame and an all black melanistic

Also there is a bait shop that holds live minnows and nightcrawlers all winter. They even have minnows in the 2" to 4" long range, so going to get a couple of those