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[ConcinusMan]

Well I had known that there were different morphs of them I hadn't seen the white one, though. But none of those look like the ones I had caught. Imagine Mama with a sky/light blue dorsal stripe, that's what it looked like. I can try to get a better picture of her if she decides to rest while I handle her. Her sides are a tan/light brown, which is what the blue snakes I found looked like. What I meant with the blue comment was, their dorsal stripe and sides are blue (or white), they look to be the same colour, right? The ones here are differently coloured Although I could understand that perhaps it was a different puget type? Another thing is, the pugets in the picture have such vibrant black colouring, the ones I had found varied from a slightly dull black to sort of brownish (like Mama). The one my friends dad had was pregnant and it was a deep brown with a blue stripe and tan sides

I'm a little confused but pictures help. The "white" puget you are referring to is not actually white. It's more of a yellow/greenish color. Only the stripes and face tend to be blue or greenish on pugets. The basic background color is always black or very dark. Side stripes and back stripe are always the same color. Northwestern garters have highly variable background color and the 3 stripe version (many only have a back stripe) usually has the side stripes a lighter or different color than the back stripe, like the one's you already showed us.

Deep brown with a blue stripe and tan sides does sound like a northwestern garter. A "common" garter in Washington State. actually, the most common reptile in the Pacific Northwest.

[kibakiba]

It shows up as white for me, bright colours put a strain on my eyes so most of the time its a little distorted for me . But the blue garters I had found do look like the snakes I have in my care

[ConcinusMan]

Pics. more pics. Get your tail outside and catch some of your local garter snakes and show us some pics. Would love to see them!

[kibakiba]

I've been looking around, no snakes in sight Hmm... Are there any pure black garters that would be in this area? My mom found one in early June that was pure black (according to her, she has bad eyes) I caught a glimpse of it and it wasn't normal. Hadn't thought about it 'til now. Perhaps if I wake up early enough I'll take a few laps around the field and see if I don't fond a couple snakes. The only problem with that is I might get attached

[ConcinusMan]

With the warm weather, you can be in the right place at the wrong time very easily. In the place I go where the garter snake population is about to bust, go mid morning on a sunny day about 70 degrees... Nothing. Go in early morning when the sun is just starting to shine... nothing. not a single snake.

Go between 6pm and 8pm on a sunny day with a high of 80 or so, and you are practically tripping over them in the same area where I found nothing at other times of the day. Go figure.

[kibakiba]

Ahh now I know when to go for when I need a new buddy for the day when Mama is doing nothing but pooping on me
... Though they may not welcome me as a friend and end up pooping AND musking on me.. Hah.

[ConcinusMan]

They are just testing you. Some of my favorite and most loved garters musked very much and squirmed, and some even bit when we first met. Those turned out to be the tamest and nicest, and most wonderful pets I have now. Just took them a month or two, and several feedings to come around.

[kibakiba]

Oh it was like that with Mama, she HATED my guts it seemed haha, but now she's probably the tamest garter I've seen. She loves to sit on top of my head, on my shoulder, in my shirt, on my legs... And she is even gentle with taking food from me even when its from the tweezers. She won't take it from my fingers, she'll come up and look like she'd take it but then she examines my fingers and backs off. She's such a sweetie
She even appears to try to give me kisses, she comes right up to my lips and taps her nose on them and backs up a bit haha.

[kibakiba]

I got quite a few shots, Snakey's just too adorable.. Too bad he thinks the camera is something to cuddle with.
I got a couple of snakey, one of his shed, him and Mama being frisky.... Lol. and one when they were being extra cute, they were laying with their faces looking at each other. Unfortunately 1 moved when I took the pic

[guidofatherof5]

Garter Snake Math
Most of the time, frisky snakes = baby snakes