HOW and WHY

[crzy_kevo]

as a kid when i would spend the weekend at my dad house i would occasionaly catch a garter so i have loved reptiles especially snakes from a young age then last summer i stumbled upon george while moving a railroad tie to the fire pit and she shot out i quickly captured her and put her in an empty bin until i was done i then examined her later and decided i would keep her so i set up an enclosure for her (poor girl i didnt have a big enough one for her) after a week of having her i did dome more searching on the net and stumbled upon this place and i have been here ever since

[snakeman]

As soon as I saw a flame garter I was immediately hooked.I have had every other kind of snake ,venomous even the high end stuff.I am stuck on garters.

[adamanteus]

Like Tom, I have kept many types of snake.... I simply find garters the most interesting to observe.

[misskris]

Well, my youngest asked for a snake. Everytime we'd go to a pet shop he made a bee line for the reptiles.

Honestly, I'm more than a little affraid of snakes (four older brothers growing up). I didn't feel I was up too a larger snake and my Dh sugested a garter.

I do admit Simone is growing on me We're discussing adding another.

[guidofatherof5]

Good for you Kris. The little scrubs do grow on you!

[infernalis]

Like Tom, I have kept many types of snake.... I simply find garters the most interesting to observe.

I will second that motion. and those colours, stunning.

[drache]

when I was a kid, there was a clear distinction between animals to keep and take care of, and animals that existed all around us and that we took care to disturb as little as possible
I was taught a lot about hiding and being patient and following their schedules
we only had two snake species and one of them I only saw once - the Kreuzotter - vipera berus, but there were a few natrix, many lizards (podarcis species mostly and anguis fragilis), all of which I was told to watch not touch, as they could lose their tail
the first time I touched a snake, was when the son of one of my dad's frinds let me hold a boa of some sort, when I was maybe seven or eight years old, and I fell in love with the way it felt to hold a snake
but I didn't get my first snake to keep until I moved to the US
I moved to NYC when I was 20 and I lived in a dorm and since knew nobody I took to hanging out at the local pet shop in my free time
when they got in garters, I took a couple home and one of them became pretty tame
then I had a period of moving around a great deal and being generally unstable, so I didn't have anything but a cat for many years
when Mikhaila became old enough to keep bugging me about a dog, I began inundating her with pics of beautiful snakes and lizards and we found Scott's web-site and, well you know . . .

[GarterNovice]

I've always wanted a snake, but due to having many mice, hamsters, gerbils, and rats as a child I didn't think I could handle feeding one. I never knew there were snakes that didn't eat rodents until I ran across some garters/ribbons at a local pet store. So I got a ribbon since it eats mainly guppies.

[Garterprincess]

My brother was looking for a gecko - we visited a fab reptile shop and then my son decided he wanted a corn snake for his birthday. After much discussion and many more visits to the shop we left with 2 garters, that was in march 08 and we now have a total of four lurvely snakies!!!

[guidofatherof5]

Just when you say you won't get anymore, the numbers increase.
They are addictive little creatures. Life is good but better with 1 more.