How did u guys get started in garters?

[snakehill]

Oh great! Now I want one even more!!!!

[RedSidedSPR]

So do I. Cobras are awesome!!!

[BLUESIRTALIS]

I don't keep venomous anymore because i have a four year old son and i don't want to risk it. I do have a friend staying with me for a few weeks who just moved up from the beach and he has some venomous locked up in my snake room right now until he can find a better place. He has a uracoan rattlesnake, a cottonmouth, a yellow phase columbian lance head (very fast), 2 gaboons, some copperheads, and some cobras but they will be leaving real soon.

[BLUESIRTALIS]

So do I. Cobras are awesome!!!

They are so smart it is scary how dangerous they are. You can be holding one with a snake hook and before you know they will climb up the hook to give you a lethal kiss. Sorry the thread got hijacked on the venomous thing didn't mean for that to happen.

[Starling96]

i know how 4 year olds are
My brother let out my ribbons once but found them shortly after

[BLUESIRTALIS]

Oh great! Now I want one even more!!!!

Before you ever think of getting a cobra you need to get a wildcaught black racer and see if you can handle it without getting bit or the snake getting loose because they act about the same when handled.

[PINJOHN]

im curious about how all of you fell in love with garters

being in the UK my start with garters was a little different from most, no wild ones to catch
i actually wrote a rhyme on this very subject some time ago, i will post it after brumation time, when the site is not as busy with garter problems and discussion

[infernalis]

Before you ever think of getting a cobra you need to get a wildcaught black racer and see if you can handle it without getting bit or the snake getting loose because they act about the same when handled.

I have a CB black racer, he's not a handler, heck he even strikes the glass when people get close to his cage...

[RedSidedSPR]

Man, now I want one again!

[Chondro788]

I had been keeping Pythons and Boas for about 15 years, and just got bored with them. I used to breed Carpets, Chondros, Bloods, Boas, Balls, Rainbow Boas, kingsnakes, milksnakes, cornsnakes, ect. Even kept some lizards, mostly geckos, for a short time. So eventually I went looking for a new and exciting snake, and I found garter snakes via Jeff Benfer's website. Before long Jeff sent me a nice little group and I have been hooked ever since. I really think garters are much more intelligent then most of the other animals I have worked with. And with all the cool species, as well as color morphs, they just keep me excited every day to see what comes next.