Stefan's garters

[Stefan-A]

They're beautiful, Stefan. Don't worry so much!!

Somebody has to, dammit.

[Stefan-A]

i want her

As the philosopher Jagger once said, you can't always get what you want. But if you try sometimes, well you might find, you get what you need.

[Snaky]

She's looking good

[Snaky]

They're looking great!

[drache]

she's a lovely garter, Stefan
and the colours in the photo are really good

[drache]

they're beautiful
perhaps a tad chubby, but that's still baby fat

[Stefan-A]

I still feed them as much as I did three months ago, even if they're about 15 cm longer now. There was a time when those white markings between the scales were visible practically all the time, now they only show for about a day after they've eaten, and that's how it should be.

They really are bottomless pits, they'll eat as much as you're prepared to give them. I sort of tested it once, the smaller one of the two ate about 50% of its weight in fish and would probably have eaten a lot more.

[Stefan-A]

September 17th, 2007



February 29th, 2008.

Hard to believe it's the same snake. Except if you're used to the idea, of course.

[GarterGuy]

I think I read somewhere that the "red phase" T.s.pickeringi are actually an integrade between pickeringi and concinnus. Anyone else here of this??

Oh and to the subject, the tetrataenia is looking really good Stephan.

[adamanteus]

I think I read somewhere that the "red phase" T.s.pickeringi are actually an integrade between pickeringi and concinnus. Anyone else here of this??

I hadn't heard that, Roy. The grand-parents of mine were wild caught on Vancouver Island, which is outside the concinnus range, I believe. The pattern is identical to that of the blue pickeringi, only in red and yellow, rather than blue. If there is any intergradation, I would suspect it more likely to involve fitchi. I'd be interested to hear more though, if you could remember where you read that.