New to garters, not so new to snakes. Hi there!

[gregmonsta]

Greetings

[Odie]

Hi, from Oregon, Taylor

[Floof]

Don-- So that was you at the expo! You have some GORGEOUS snakes. You're my first stop at next year's expo, for sure. Can't get anymore snakes for now, though!

Charis/Tavia-- Hey, I know you! Great to see another CS.com'er here!

[ssssnakeluvr]

Thanks!! the Pugets were the biggest thing at the expo!! everyone loved them! could have sold 50 babies the first day! come on by me table next year!! will have a bunch! if you want some babies later this year or so, send me a pm....have a nice group left over, can make you a great deal!

[Floof]

Thanks!! the Pugets were the biggest thing at the expo!! everyone loved them! could have sold 50 babies the first day! come on by me table next year!! will have a bunch! if you want some babies later this year or so, send me a pm....have a nice group left over, can make you a great deal!

Haha! Understandably so--they were absolutely stunning!!! So were those Oregon Red Spotteds (my fave)... Can you say drool! And, will do! The moment I come up with money, space, and a way to convince the housemates to agree to more snakes, you'll be the first to know... lol!

[drache]

welcome to the forum
a little more about the co-hab issue
I do have a couple of garters that seem to do better in the company of others. I am thinking of one in particular who will strike at any movement outside the tank when housed alone, yet is mellow and to all appearances relaxed when housed in a group.
I believe that often in the wild, smaller animals that tend to be popular prey, also tend to feel safer in numbers, and that this could also be true for garters

[mustang]

welcome

[Floof]

Hello, Robert and Rhea! Thanks for the welcome!

welcome to the forum
a little more about the co-hab issue
I do have a couple of garters that seem to do better in the company of others. I am thinking of one in particular who will strike at any movement outside the tank when housed alone, yet is mellow and to all appearances relaxed when housed in a group.
I believe that often in the wild, smaller animals that tend to be popular prey, also tend to feel safer in numbers, and that this could also be true for garters

Interesting observation.. I was thinking last night that perhaps a baby garter would eat better when fed along side others (monkey see, monkey do), but the "strength in numbers" idea never crossed my mind. It's certainly interesting to think about.

I will never be remotely convinced that co-habbing is okay with non-Thamnophis snake species... But these "communal" garters have me changing my opinion about cohabbing Thamnophis already. lol. In any case, I guess I can't truly understand any of this until I've owned my own garters. So, we'll see what it comes to...

[radtad]

welcome to the group

[HazAnga]

Some may think I'm dumb... but because of housing issues I had. My male checkered and a female okeetee corn together in a 36"x18"x 18" tank for several months before then introducing 2 albino checkered females. Only till shortly after adding the albinos did I notice the corn seemed stressed and at that time seperated her. Took her a month to git her back to her old self but now have a male for her.
I had no problems with them (same size) untill I added the other 2 females. So that's my experience.