Hey there from Ky!

[TheBuschman]

Hey there! My name is Eric Buschman, I'm 18 years old, I'm relatively new to keeping critters and am looking forward to expanding my collection. I currently keep a Pacman Frog, a Malaysian painted frog, a Jones Armadillo lizard, and a Tarantula(Grammostola rosea). I am getting a garter snake in the very near future and look forward to learning all about them via this forum Thanks for having me!

[Stefan-A]

Welcome aboard.

[-MARWOLAETH-]

Simau.Croeso i'r fforwm.You certainly are in the best place to learn Thamnophis information.

[chris-uk]

Welcome from a hot, sunny evening in Coventry.

Do you have your eye on a particular species of garter, or still deciding?

[Mommy2many]

Welcome to the forum from Connecticut!

[guidofatherof5]

Nice to have you with us. Garters are the best.
Here is a link to the care sheet which is always a good place to start. Any questions not answered there can be posted to the forum.
Garter Snake Forum - Garter Caresheet

Looks like you have a couple of native garters to your State.
Here's a link to snakes of KY. Nice pdf. with range maps for each snake.
http://www.fw.ky.gov/pdf/kysnakebook.pdf

Eastern Garter (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis)
Eastern Ribbon (Thamnophis sauritus)
Western Ribbon (Thamnophis proximus)

[ProXimuS]

Hello and welcome We would love to know what kind your looking to get!

[i_heart_sneakie_snakes]

Welcome to the forum Do you have your eye on any particular garters??

[mikem]

Welcome to the forum!

[TheBuschman]

Hey everyone. Thanks for the welcomes, really makes me feel well, welcomed =). Im looking at getting a chekered garter snake from bhbreptiles. Is this a good source for garters? I wish i knew the scientific name for it so i dont sound so ignorant =P. I do have a quick question about the smell. How bad or often do they actually smell. Ive heard it can be pretty bad. How often do your snakes musk? The problem is that since im still living at home i have to have the cage in my room and i have a pretty sensetive sense of smell so i dont want to get a pet only to be kicked out of my room by the smell, if that makes sense. Any help answering these qs would be great. Thanks in advance!!