Where do you reccomend buying garters?

[RedSidedSPR]

I'm thinking about buying a second garter snake, and wondering where the best place to buy them is. Online? Breeder? pros and cons of each would be nice. Like the fact that the price of shipping's so freakin' high!

Also how do you find breeders in your area? I cant find any.

[guidofatherof5]

Post your city here and see if any breeders are close.
You are right, shipping is the big price.

[ConcinusMan]

You could probably pick up a concinnus or two from me. I have a few left I can part with. I don't charge much at all for the snakes themselves and I can usually ship for less than $30. If you can afford $60 I can ship you a pair of 2010 babies or a pair of 2009 hypoerythristics. If you only want one it would still cost you about $45

But seriously, off course, it's late in the season for buying garters but I'd say the best place I would say, at least for me, would be to get them from breeders right here on the forum. Kingsnake.com classifieds is a good place to look at certain times of the year too. I'm just saying that for most locations, there just aren't any breeders close by with anything decent for sale so you usually have to bite your tongue and pay shipping.

[RedSidedSPR]

Ok, I'll try the forum. It will probaly be a couple weeks before I buy one, but that's what I'll try that first.

[RedSidedSPR]

You could probably pick up a concinnus or two from me. I have a few left I can part with. I don't charge much at all for the snakes themselves and I can usually ship for less than $30. If you can afford $60 I can ship you a pair of 2010 babies or a pair of 2009 hypoerythristics. If you only want one it would still cost you about $45

But seriously, off course, it's late in the season for buying garters but I'd say the best place I would say, at least for me, would be to get them from breeders right here on the forum. Kingsnake.com classifieds is a good place to look at certain times of the year too. I'm just saying that for most locations, there just aren't any breeders close by with anything decent for sale so you usually have to bite your tongue and pay shipping.

Can Red-spotted(that's concinnus right?) garters live with my Red-sided garter? If so your on my list.

[Stefan-A]

Can Red-spotted(that's concinnus right?) garters live with my Red-sided garter? If so your on my list.

Same sex, only. Otherwise, hybrids.

[ConcinusMan]

What Stefan said. There is a small chance that the two may cross even without brumating. They are both T. sirtalis after all and even though I've never seen a successful breeding of concinnus without brumation, (even though males try out of season, the females just don't cooperate) it's been known to happen with CA red sideds. Just clarify, what red sided to you have? parietalis or infernalis? Jeff has some excellent parietalis for sale but they might be out of your price range, especially using Fedex for shipping.

[RedSidedSPR]

He's a parietalis. Looking into it, man

[infernalis]

see the post I just made on your other thread....

[Mommy2many]

Buy from someone on the forum. They are trusted members of our family and will support you and your snakes.