It's been a while since I was last on the forums, and I figured that I would share some updates on Cuddles and Scar.

Cuddles is now two years old and as tiny as ever. When I am home later this week I'll take a few pictures and post them up. He just shed less than a week ago, so his colors are nice and bright. He's turned into a bit of a brat. He doesn't like it when I handle him and I get musked every time, unless I trick him into my hand. But he's still my baby and I love him.

Scar is very calm. He eats well (sometimes too much - there were multiple times when he regurgitated one worm if he decided to eat more than one (I used to give him three halves of night crawlers, since he is larger). Since then I have limited him to one worm and there hasn't been any regurgitation. Worms and safe, live fish are the only things he'll eat. He tried the slugs, but for some reason they really upset him and he can't get his mouth around them. He did makes friends with a few though, giving them rides and wearing one as a hat inside the feeding box. Cuddles has an easier time with the slugs, and he's smaller.

Scar's scar hasn't changed much. The scarring is around his vent (for those who are unaware). It doesn't seem to have caused any problems with the vent since he goes to the bathroom just fine. I've never seen him musk, but I assume that is fine as well. The part of his tail that follows the scarring is weaker than the rest of his body. I have noticed that Cuddles can wrap his tail around my finger, but Scar's tail just kind of flops around. It's not dead, because he can move it some, but it is weak. He also continues to have trouble shedding. The shed gets stuck on the scarring and has to be coaxed off. This happens every time he sheds. I keep an eye open for his shedding phase so that I can help him when the time comes.

As some of you may know, Scar lived with my boyfriend for a time. I managed to get my hands on Scar when my boyfriend broke up with me. We have gotten back together and are working things out. In the meantime, Scar is now a permanent resident in my miniature zoo. I acquired him after my boyfriend fed him potentially toxic worms, after having been told thousands of times not to buy anything but nightcrawlers. This was the second incident. The first was when he forgot to check Scar and missed his first shed. I'm not sure how long the shed was stuck to his tail, but I was angry at the negligence.

I wanted to pose a question to everyone here on the forum as well. For the time being Scar will live alone, since he is quite big for his tank (in my opinion). However, I was thinking that Cuddles might be a little lonely. Is it okay to house two garters together? I know Cuddles lived with his siblings for his first month of life, but since then he has only had contact with humans (I assume - there was that one time that he escaped). Would it be okay to get him a buddy (a male buddy, that is!), or should I let him be on his own?

And that's all for my update on Scar and Cuddles. They are healthy, happy little garters