One thing for sure,I do collect gravid garter because I m sure that its dont matter if you doing thing the right way.Since 1987 i have garter 8 years old .

I spend so much time in the field,catching and observing garter,at one spot I know were the dens is were they feed ,were they sun bask were they give birth almost everything at this spot , everytime of year I know what they doing, almost my big vivarium.

They don't die I see those female year after year If iDont caught them.
And they dont seems to be in bad shape.they bask at the same spot.everyone seems happy.I give them couple toad ,frog,worms ,and release in wild.

Im selective with babies so i dont keep them all ,only 2 or 3 most red or orange.Other babies release were wild female give birth,after 3-5 earth worms...never mixt garter snake population.(pathogene...)
I don't know what other people do with gravid garter.Maybe its not good the way they do it. that why I don't encourage this ...
I only have 6 garter snakes here,3 are wc female,(not an obcession)
I dont sell any garter...Oh my god my english i so bad today i can't explain myself ....in this picture you can see the same female from my last post .picture take in smmer 2006 and i collect here again in 2008 .If i do something bad ,I do it well so It don't hurt too much!!!
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