New Garter Owner

[ssssnakeluvr]

welcome to the forum....and..what everyone else said...I have good luck scenting pinkies with worms...if they will eat worms. I usually started out with babies..tiny little ones and inch or so long and wrap it around the pinkie..the snake smells the worm, sees the movement and gets both the pinkie and the worm!!! while you are at it.....we love pics on here....
garters don't eat insects, they are unable to digest the exoskeltons....

[Gijs & Sabine]

Welcome to this great forum I can just agree with all the advise given above.

[Snaky]

Welcome to the forum, enjoy it here

[ShelBelle]

Thank you for the welcome and your suggestion. I will try that next time I feed her.

[ShelBelle]

Thanks for the welcome and the added suggestions. I live in Sacramento, California. From the internet I have deduced that she is a common (not so common to us) garter. She has 7 not 8 scales on her upper lip. I guess that is what distinguishes her from being common and not common.

[Stefan-A]

Well, more than half of the 31 currently recognized species have always or occasionally 7 supralabial scales, so it's not necessarily a common garter. We'd be more than happy to help out if you have a picture of it.

[GarterGuy]

You'll also want to count the body scales too....Thamnophis sirtalis or the Common garter has 19 scales across it at midbody. It can vary a bit, but this usually is always the case. Once you know what species it is, then the fun really starts finding out what subspecies she is....LOL.

Roy