Thanks all, pretty stoked indeed about finding this gal. I catch and release, or see dozens of garters every year and I have never seen one this gorgeous. I'm giving her a POM treatment and when she feeds I will de-worm her, and if all goes well she will be clean as a whistle and fat going in to brumation and come out in the spring ready to make some pretty babies. I am definately going to be walking every day at lunch from now till snow, I just got new motivation to exercise at lunch consistantly. I run and lift weights in the evenings but walking 3 miles everyday at lunch helps a lot and it's good to enjoy the weather right now too, and if I see some garters...well that's just icing on the cake.