afraid of my own snakes ...

[Tyrel26]

Lol thats garters for you, they each have their own personality. Which is what makes them so interesting and such great pets.

[drache]

training a snake, eh?
there's people who believe a snake is trainable?
that's a very novel concept to me
my approach has always been to watch them, and to move slowly, so I can learn to avoid spooking them - really, I'm fine with them training me in that sense

[ConcinusMan]

Lol thats garters for you, they each have their own personality. Which is what makes them so interesting and such great pets.

Every individual does have personality unique to the individual. However, certain species have a tendency toward species-specific disposition too.

That's why I say, T. radix is an excellent choice for someone looking for a pet garter but there are other species that are just as good. There are always exceptions (a mean or nervous one) among even the best pet species, and there is always a sweet one even among species with a tendency to be "wild".

Almost every wild CA king I caught turned out to be a tame and excellent pet. I've seen CB ones that were mean as heck. It doesn't seem to matter if the snake is WC or CB, handled often, or not.

Wild caught or captive born, they all have the potential to make great pets, it's just that some species have more potential than others. I noticed with concinnus, there's a big difference between the sexes too. males tend to be flighty and nervous, where females tend to be sweet.

[kazariel]

heres a small update ...

at the moment i'm not scared feeding them and i can handle them a bit, seperating for feeding is doing good. but if one of the snakes moves it head to my hand i start panicing ... but i ithink its getting better and better :>

[kazariel]

here i have some pics of the terrarium and one of the 4 garters ...

hole terrarium:



left side:



right side:



and this is Hugo, one of my two males: