Hi. My name is Brook. I live in western New York....right now. In the next week we'll be moving to Washington state. I joined this site almost a year ago, but puters died and the bookmark along with them. I'm back now and plan on it staying that way. I just want to let you know how much I like this site. It's very informative and not full of stupid leading stupid just waiting for the arguments to come. I don't have too much experience with garters, but my boyfriend and I have been researching them for about 2 years now. We kept a few w/c last spring and released them back where we found them in August. It was a fun experience. We got an albino checkered garter from BHB reptiles about a month ago. We're enjoying her very much. We have a large collection of various snake and lizard species......and my Chilean rose hair tarantula. lol I've always been fascinated with reptiles and am getting my 7 year old daughter to see the wonder in them also. Anyway, It's nice to meet you all. We'll talk soon.