Quote Originally Posted by EasternGirl View Post
I have begun to wonder as a budding herper...if when I go outside to look for garters and I don't see any around...could they be up in the trees around my house? Or in tall bushes? Now that I see how much they like to climb up in plants...I wonder if they do this outside in the wild a lot...??
Its just a guess but out in the wild i imagine a climbing garter is more vulnerable as they don't have the speed or defense mechanisms of some other snakes, while in captivity this would not be an issue for them