Hello from Oregon

[AlbinoSquiggle]

Hello Everyone!

My name is Jake. I have lived near Eugene, Or my entire life.
I have always been facinated by all the little critters that inhabit the world with us.
Only within the last 6 months or so have I become even more interested in snakes particularly because of a discovery I had made in my garden... A little albino garter!
At first I thought it was a male so I named it Gary Garter. I did some online reading and I kept him for about a week then put him back in my garden.
After spotting him several more times, I decided to keep him as he might make an easy target for some other critter.
Curious of the group he would belong to and how to sex him properly, I began more online searching. After coming across this forums Sexing post, I believe Gary is actually a female. So that said I still have been calling her Gary for lack of imagination on my part for names. :P
When I first found Gary I caught many other garters (30+) from our rock pile and kept the 3 that were most unique. Many of the others looked like they were from the same litter, almost identical patterns on almost all of them and all similar sized.
I believe all 3 that I kept are female. The one that is darker colored with the yellow stripe has already escaped (I have since gotten a locking screen top) and I found her outside!! The red colored one loves to climb branches and hangout at the top of the tank. In the spring I will attempt to find a couple males similar to Gary and maybe breed her.
My goal is to keep her genetics going and so far I have found a lot of great information on these forums!

See ya all around!