A Funny Thing Happened

[Mommy2many]

Ah, the head games we play with the men...

[mustang]

Ah, the head games we play with the men...

"Yuor your cold as ice"

[ConcinusMan]

"clever girl" -(dead) hunter jurassic park

Being a reptile enthusiast, I loved that scene. And being a hunter, even as he knew he was now just a "pinky snack" he still admired them for what they are.

We as humans can for the most part, can only be honored to become food for the animals we admire in fantasy. If that scene was actually real life, I really wouldn't mind going that way.

Beats the heck out of going like most Americans or even dying in your sleep if you ask me.

@ Le Ann: I guess I'm one of those rare guys that doesn't play female's head games. They just don't work on me. I am "whipped" proof. I guess that's why I've never been married, probably never will, and am not in any "serious" relationship. I can spot that head games ship before it even crosses the horizon and then I'm gone before I can smell the ship. Not to say that I don't have very nice physical relationships with very good friends but.. well maybe I've said too much.

I have a feeling that robert is ripe and ready for the pressing. First female that comes along will mash him and turn him into wine in no time.

[zooplan]

I´ve tried to catch it in a snap shot since this post started, but she allways ended before I was able to prepare my camera.
So I have to tell about that funny behavior:
The furnishing in all my enclosures is very similar:
There are kork oak pieces to climb closed to the back wall a bathing bowl in front of it, and some free space for creeping games and to put the feeding dish eacvh few days.
Garters are snoopy, that is well known, but one of my dersided females is so curious about the space above the ceeling of her enclosure.
She frequently climbs up her kork oak and streches her heat up to the lid, while she seems to recognize more and more ´really interesting details, she´s moving her head back and forth ( mainly back) untill she´s streching her vent to the ceeling and freeze horizontally like an equilibrist

[ConcinusMan]

I can see that through my mind's eye Udo. Another way to say that is I can imagine that happening. Garter snakes are very inquisitive ("snoopy"). Some are more inquisitive than others. I really love the extremely inquisitive (snoopy) snakes. They are always a good source of entertainment especially when they do not know that you are watching them. The snoopy snakes are the first snakes out of their hides and inspecting every millimeter of their enclosure when you change or rearrange anything in their home.

Sometimes I am not even finished, and they are already out and inspecting, and even getting in the way. It's so funny to see them do that.

[kibakiba]

Snakey is like that... Today we were rearranging the sticks and hides in the tank after cleaning it and we put them in and any time my mom tried putting a stick in, Snakey would just pop up right where she wanted it and kept trying to slither up her hand. It made her a bit uneasy, she's still a bit scared of them and thinks they're "striking" at her when they try to slither onto her hand.

[guidofatherof5]

My man "Midnite" has been housed with some ladies for about a week. His work was done so I removed him and put him back in the male enclosure.
Apparently he's been spending so much time with the ladies he smells like one.
A day later the boys were still chasing him around so I gave him a bath with a little Dawn and water.
Back into the enclosure and he's a new man or at least smells like one.

[kibakiba]

Haha, poor guy, maybe he needs a nametag that says "I am a man!!!"

[mustang]

oh man you guys wont believe what checker di yesterday...oh before i tell yall the story REMEMBER that garter snakes like to wipe off their face on whatever they can after eating....
i decided to buy checker a "fuzzy" to eat and he took the head a few days ago very well....well i fed him the lower segment (saving the middle for last) and thawed it out...i decided to feed him in the cup that i put all the gorey food in. well of course he started with the TAIL and was about to push all the guts out so i placed my hand on the cup(which is on the floor as well as a small index card like object (subscrition notice to be exact) was on the opened side of the cup so he would poop on that instead of carpet (if he did poop)) to keep it still and he pushed the side all the guts would spew out from against the side of the cup. well he couldnt stop the (big white smelly organ) from getting all over the left side of his face...from inside the cup i saw him try to smear the gore all over the cup, but it was to smooth and it wouldnt come off....so he turned and stared at me as if he were sayng "haha guess what im gonna do?" and the moment i relized what he was doing he bolted out and longer story made a hair shorter he went on the carpet and the edge of his tank smearing gore EVERYWHERE! i put him back in his cage and he kept rubbin stuff off in there! i had to spot remove the scene. i took him out this morning and he still had whit stuff one the right side of his face so ill wash him when i get home. but he ALWAYS KNOWS HOW TO MAKE THE UGLIEST MESSES ON THE CARPET OR MY BED SPREAD!

[guidofatherof5]

Here's one for ya.
Today, I was feeding my Red Sided Garter(T.s. parietalis) enclosure.
The only male in there is my albino which I acquired last Fall. He had his head hanging over a small branch. There was a large piece of bark laying on top of that branch. He had worked his head through a small gap between the two items.
I was handing out worm chunks so I offered him one. He eagerly took it and swallowed it down before one of his lady friends could steal it. With them headed his way he must have figured it was time to beat a hasty retreat under the piece of bark(his favorite place to be).
The only problem was that he could fit back through the opening he had stuck his head through. The food had made him too big. He went into a panic and thrashed around until I lifted the bark which allowed him to hide.
This situation reminds me of the monkeys that stick their hand through and opening to retrieve food but can't get their hand out unless they drop the food.
Funny little parietalis.

This one just happened.
I was feeding Onespot(just had babies 2 days ago) She is very hungry. She had just gotten into a fight with another female and lost part of her worm. While I had my attention turned to another snake I saw her head to the front of the enclosure. My dog(Lucy) was sitting watch for escape attempts. Onestop saw her and reached out, biting her right on the nose. They both took off in opposite direction.
Good Onespot, good Onespot