I'm finally a garter snake owner! (For real this time!)

[guidofatherof5]

Thanks, guys!

Steve, I haven't actually checked. Just a bad habit of defaulting to "he" when referring to unsexed critters. Which reminds me, what is the ideal way of sexing a little guy like this? I know popping works well for corn snakes, but he's sooo tiny.

Ricky, I'm living just outside of San Bernardino currently.

Check out this thread. It will show you how to visually sex your snake or at least show you the kind of photos to post for us to lend a hand.

http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/bree...xing-pics.html

[Floof]

Thank you for the link, Steve! I will post tail pics once he's digested his meal. I think I overdid it a little with that second pinky part! Definitely a bit of a learning curve, haha. Fortunately he doesn't seem to have any problems keeping it down.

Oh boy. I could see myself getting in trouble with these guys very easily. I stopped in at the LPS for nightcrawlers and mealies (the dubia colony is having trouble keeping up with all the skinks, lol), and as always cruised the reptiles. This time around they had garters... A "Canadian Garter" and an albino checkered baby. I was sooo tempted to snag the Canadian... It didn't help the urge that their care is atrocious (as it always is). Gravel substrate and no hides for either. But at the same time, that's exactly why I try not to support them any more than necessary. (They're the only place that stocks nightcrawlers, and for mealworms it's them or Petco.)