Hydra

[aquamentus_11]

i decided to go for it. it may not be a wise decision, but i haven't been taking many chances lately. already have the quarantine set up and ready to go. temp gun arrived today, too. guess i should set up a fecal for the ribbon?

[guidofatherof5]

i decided to go for it. it may not be a wise decision, but i haven't been taking many chances lately. already have the quarantine set up and ready to go. temp gun arrived today, too. guess i should set up a fecal for the ribbon?

The fecal test would be a great start since most ribbons are wild caught as far as I know.
I hope to breed Gulf Coast Ribbons someday.

[aquamentus_11]

is that what you have now? the blue color made me think shy was a western: i've noticed a trend towards blue colors in garters from the west and florida.

i'm hoping this ribbon will take my attention away from Hydra a little so she can settle in a bit better without me constantly trying to catch a glimpse of her drinking, etc. when i'm home, i'm either at my desk or in bed so she's always on my mind or in my line if sight; sort of hard to not want to check on her. i really hope i'm doing the right thing here: i feel a little guilty getting another snake so soon after getting Hydra.

[EasternGirl]

You're not doing anything wrong...as long as you still give Hydra plenty of attention when she is ready for it. I believe that every snake should have a roomie...whenever I plan to get a new snake...I plan for two...because I always plan for each snake to have a roomie so no snake has to live alone. I just think they do better with a roomie.

[aquamentus_11]

i noticed that. well, like i said, the temporary set up is all ready to go in the spare room. i'll do some heating dry runs on it today and tonight then i'll take some pics to post to make sure that she's a she. i may even do that today.

[aquamentus_11]

i'm continually impressed by the intelligence of these snakes. this morning, Hydra was out on her argonath, chin on tail tip again. i bent down to look at her and she flicked her head to look straight at me. as i came in close, she came in closer too, flicking her tongue. she got her nose right up to the glass and held my stare until i walked away, at which point she also turned and slunk under her rock. i love the curiosity, NOW EAT

[snakehill]

So does she have a problem with your Fascioloides magna?

[aquamentus_11]

that's a secret that only my snake friends get to know about

[EasternGirl]

I don't even know what that is...what is a fascioloides? Garters are so very curious and smart. I think Cee Cee has figured out what "shot time" is. Last night I went to get her out of the enclosure for her shot. Perhaps she just knows that me taking her out of the enclosure means an injection...because I don't take her out right now much beyond giving her the injections, since she is not big on being handled. She went into defense mode and started false striking at me and trying to look tough...and when I finally got her out of her tank, she wrapped her body around the cords hanging outside her tank several times so that I couldn't lift her away from the tank. It reminded me of my son digging his heels into the ground and holding on to furniture in the doctor's office when I am trying to pull him into the office for a flu shot! Ha ha...

[snakehill]

I didn't know what they are either! Had to google it!