Here's a thought....

Although our stats. say we have 3,000+ members, we probably have around 50 active members at any time. Maybe 50% of those are regular breeders of Garters. Each one producing maybe an average of 100 babies each year. But we're just the tip of the iceberg, there must be thousands of hobbyists out there, who aren't members of this forum, producing similar quantities of baby Garters every year.

When you start to do the math you realize how many babies must be sold/exchanged within the hobby every year. How big is the market? Who is buying all these baby snakes? If they are surviving, who buying them the following year?

I have no answers or theories, it's just a random thought for you to play with. But I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on it.