How did u guys get started in garters?

[RedSidedSPR]

My parents wouldn't let me keep snakes for one reason. Mice. Anything that ate mice was not welcome here. I'd argue that it was frozen and already dead but to no avail. Its my money what do you care?! I gave up.

Then I was reading a book on snakes from the library and I thought... not all snakes eat mice... hmmmm..

Garter snakes came to mind. But I had never found one, and wasn't very hopeful.

Next week we went up to Illinois. On the way back we stopped at a rest area. (Spoon River.)

While my family was stuffing themselves with chicken sandwiches, I was walking along the creek. There were stairs leading up through the woods. As I climbed something shot off the steps. Just a lizard.

I though a minute replaying that blur in my mind.. wait.. that was a garter snake!! Crap.

On the way back down the steps I came to that spot.... looked around. Shucks. Then I heard the leaves.. I walked through the posion ivy (has no effect on me) people freaking out at that, and looked down. Trying to hide his head under a leaf was a 2 foot redsided garter snake.

I have yet to have a snake bite me so many times.

He's now in a 20gal.
I then bought a baby anery redsided. along with 2 other babies I bought after that. All in a 10gal.

It started out as the only snake I could get away with, but now I know just how awesome garter snakes are.. active, fun little snakes.

Man I'm glad I didn't get that corn snake.

[Starling96]

My parents wouldn't let me keep snakes for one reason. Mice. Anything that ate mice was not welcome here. I'd argue that it was frozen and already dead but to no avail. Its my money what do you care?! I gave up.

Then I was reading a book on snakes from the library and I thought... not all snakes eat mice... hmmmm..

Garter snakes came to mind. But I had never found one, and wasn't very hopeful.

Next week we went up to Illinois. On the way back we stopped at a rest area. (Spoon River.)

While my family was stuffing themselves with chicken sandwiches, I was walking along the creek. There were stairs leading up through the woods. As I climbed something shot off the steps. Just a lizard.

I though a minute replaying that blur in my mind.. wait.. that was a garter snake!! Crap.

On the way back down the steps I came to that spot.... looked around. Shucks. Then I heard the leaves.. I walked through the posion ivy (has no effect on me) people freaking out at that, and looked down. Trying to hide his head under a leaf was a 2 foot garter snake.

I have yet to have a snake bite me so many times.

He's now in a 20gal, along with 3 babies I bought after that.

It started out as the only snake I could get away with, but now I know just how awesome garter snakes are.. active, fun little snakes.

Man I'm glad I didn't get that corn snake.

I wasted my money on a ball and a corn