Meet the gang!

[guidofatherof5]

Snap is looking good.

[kibakiba]

Who knew? Garters are good at helping you study for your GED!
Here's Mama helping me study the math section.






Between her naps she gives me good advice, like "hiss", "-flicks tongue-" and pooping on my leg.

[guidofatherof5]

It had to be math, as garters are good at multiplying

[kibakiba]

Indeed, she knows multiplication well... As does Snakey... But this math is harder than just that, after a while she didn't want to help me anymore.

[kibakiba]

Well I got a new one... It's not surprising. My mom found a baby, probably not older than a month or two. He looks like Tiny, only three times bigger. My mom made the mistake of giving him to me, and he had that cute little face that said "I'd like some food please..." and I couldn't resist taking him in. He's only a tad bit skittish if you move really fast around him but I was holding him for probably 30 minutes and he just hung out with me. I introduced him to his future tank mates and they all seemed to like him, they came up and "sniffed" him and slithered around him a little before he slithered under the log where Tiny was and coiled up with him. They look cute together. His name is Squirt and I'll have some pics of him maybe tomorrow. I'm going to let him get used to his new surroundings a bit.

[guidofatherof5]

Thanks great. Sounds like he should fit in nicely.
Please keep in mind implementing some kind of quarantine period for new arrivals.
It not only protects your current snakes but also protect the new ones.
I'm not trying to tell you how to raise your animals but I do know how much they mean to you and how much you want protect them.
A quarantine period helps protect them.

[kibakiba]

Yes, I wanted to but I really don't have anywhere to keep him that would be "snake proof" and I cannot get a new enclosure that he could stay in until next month. Even then I don't know if my mom would want to spend more money on tanks, or more places to keep the tanks I cant fit another in my room, but maybe in my bedroom but the temperatures stay around 85-60 in the winter and I'm not sure if that would be suitable for a garter.

[kibakiba]

My mom and I decided to let my crickets go free and feel the wind between their wings. The enclosure they were in is being washed and readied for "Squirt" the new guy. I'll keep him in there for a while, a good quarantine time would be 3 months? He seems to be happy with the others, but he'll be fine in his own little pad... instead of sharing a room with 2(or 3) girls and a boy

[guidofatherof5]

My mom and I decided to let my crickets go free and feel the wind between their wings. The enclosure they were in is being washed and readied for "Squirt" the new guy. I'll keep him in there for a while, a good quarantine time would be 3 months? He seems to be happy with the others, but he'll be fine in his own little pad... instead of sharing a room with 2(or 3) girls and a boy

That's great news. 3 months will work just fine.
Squirt will do great and this way you can give him some one-on-one time. He'll like that.

[kibakiba]

Yes, he's pretty tame for a wild caught baby, usually they're pretty feisty, biting, musking and all round going crazy when you pick them up. He didn't musk or strike at my mom, and he calmed down even more when he was in my hands. He doesn't seem to enjoy being away from his friends, he's been trying to get out of the enclosure since I stuck him in there! But at least this way I can keep my others safe, while getting him used to me as well. I had a hard time telling Tiny and Squirt apart, luckily I remembered that Tiny had pooped on herself.

Tiny seems to have grown overnight, I thought she was smaller than Squirt, but he's only slightly larger than he is, and he looks to have missed no meals haha.