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[cceverready9]

can any1 tell me if "wondering garter snake" is the actual name/species of garter snake? Ive tried searching it but i dont get very much results. The pet store i got it from had it labeled "wondering garter snake" id appreciate the help.

[guidofatherof5]

T.elegans vagrans-Wandering Garter Snake

Thamnophis elegans vagrans - Wandering Gartersnake


Western Terrestrial Garter Snake - Caresheets

Two members come to mind and are well experienced in Wanderings:
View Profile: Stefan-A - Garter Snake Forum
View Profile: ssssnakeluvr - Garter Snake Forum

[ConcinusMan]

Do you have pics? We could give you a positive I.D. if we had a pic. Wandering garters are very hardy and usually will eat frozen/thawed rodents. Should make a great pet. The snakes in this video are wandering garters from Utah, owned by Don Belnap (ssssnakeluvr). They vary a bit in appearance depending on where they are found. What really gives them away as Wandering garters is when the spots overlap the dorsal stripe a bit.

[nitrogen15]

Too bad they couldn't find a homeowner like Steve!

[ConcinusMan]

It was filmed while the snakes at the infested house were all hibernating. That's why they used Don's captive snakes for the filming instead. The snake scenes were actually done at Don's place, not the infested house. At least, I think that's what happened.

I'm sure if they wanted to film radixes, they would have went to Steve's place. They needed wanderings since that is what the house is infested with.

[nitrogen15]

I meant it would be great if they found a snake-loving tenant for the house, actually. That's interesting about Don's snakes, though! It had to be fun to make all that stock footage.

[Stefan-A]

"Great" would have been if some NGO had bought the property and a good deal of land connected to it and then restored it to its natural state.

[infernalis]

"Great" would have been if some NGO had bought the property and a good deal of land connected to it and then restored it to its natural state.

That would be great.

Obviously the house was built on a denning site or near one anyways.

[cceverready9]

yes i do have pics but he's just recently ate 3 pinkies and he's not very still while in my hands; therefore as soon as a few days go by i will post some pics of "oliver"

[nitrogen15]

My shell-dweller cichlids are successfully breeding
The webcam doesn't capture babies too well, but you can see the parents in action. The mom does a headstand at the end to check on her hiding brood.