FANTASTIC herping trip!!!!

[ssssnakeluvr]

Wow!!! nice finds!!! awesome pics too!!!!

[bio6464]

Beautiful snakes Shannon, I think I see some beautiful breeders in that group.... The ringnecks are REALLY cool and that melanistic red belly (OXYMORON) is amazing...I do believe I would have brought that one home to meet my Dekayis..Bom Chica Wah Wah!
Jerry

[Snaky]

Great pictures, must have been a hell of a trip. Very nice finds

[Stefan-A]

Indeed. The number of species and the abundance is on a whole other level.

[boeh]

Fantastic, indeed! The pictures, the snakes, everything. Thanks for sharing Shannon.

[Bay_area]

Thanks for sharing Shannon. Looks like you had a great trip. How many did you keep? Is there a bag limit on garters there? Here in California you can only have 2 of each spieces when herping. Just wondering how it works on the East Coast. Thanks for sharing, Jerry

[drache]

Jerry
I've been trying to figure out how to get my little nuclear family unit to move to Pennsylvania
for one - my vet moved there
and why? - everything's legal in PA, except for sugar gliders and one other critter
there are probably no bag limits
my vet got his property cheap because it was snake infested
it's sounds like paradise for herpers to me

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

Actually, from what I am told, they recently changed the bag limit to just having one on you at a time. But seeing as I am on my grandparents farm, in the absolute middle of nowhere, and that I've been allowed to keep all the garters I've wanted until they decided to make that (highly uneccessary) move, I simply do not care!

I sent a huge, long, letter to the agriculture and whatever department explaining all about my hypo garter snake and I how needed to prove out her genetics and blah dee blah dee blah... and after ALL that writing and what not that I did, trying to be nice and civil about owning her and her babies even though I am only supposed to have one, and asking about the other garters that I had had for years before they made any changes and what I am supposed to do with them.... and how to obtain a permit to keep them and what not... they totally ignore me! both my letters! I sent two!! So if they don't care, then neither do I!

I love my eastern garters and they're not going anywhere

thanks for all the compliments on my photo's! I am hopnig to go back for one more weekend in august... think i should?!

[crzy_kevo]

yout totally should

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

Haha, I actually did end up keeping the melanistic red belly, who could resist that wee little face! I also held onto a silver female and the striped silver/brown female.

Right now, I am in pittsburgh, so my keepers are temporarily living in my aunt's 29 gallon set up that they once houses a brazilian rainbow boa in. The milksnake is sticking it out in a sterlite tub and so is the orange cheeky female, whom is going to have (hopefully orange cheeky) babies!

I actually wish that she and the rusty red female I found were not gravid... i don't want their babies... I just want them!!! I'm going to pair them both, along with my new found flame, with my male flame from Scott next year to hopefully get some really lovely (and genetically fresh) flames and erythristics!

I love all snakes, but I am a sucker for the snakes that are local to my area... eastern garters will forever be my love!

Are slugs freezeable? and does scenting worms with slugs help at all?