Jon's Garter Snake Thread ( Suzi )

[Foxrun402]

She looks like some kind of crazed rattler or cobra when she does it

Its awesome how they think they are so beastly haha! Love that characteristic

[EasternGirl]

Check out this pic:

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That is my big girl Cee Cee...doesn't she look absolutely diabolical in that pic? I love it...I'm thinking of getting it made into a tattoo. I fed Sadie and Cee Cee some worms in their tank last night...Cee Cee went nuts...she climbed right out of the front of the tank and stretched out to me and started biting at me...so funny.

[guidofatherof5]

Looks possessed.
If she had arms they would be held out in front of her with the hands pointing down.

[Foxrun402]

Suzi and Xena have met... They actually had a visit... and they seem to be fine with being around each other. I was feeding Xena and Suzi... and Suzi decided to ninja her way into Xena's tank.... and scared the crap out of me I was holding feeding tongs and had a worm in them and I thought suzi was gonna jump Xena and BLAH!!!

It was a mess!!!! But the crazy thing was that when I put down the tongs and went to get Xena out for her protection Suzi stuck at me and then checked out Xena and i guess befriended her or something because she continually protect Xena from me... lol thats how it seemed anyways.....

So since this happened on Monday of last week.... Xena's almost been here 4 months... so I decided to let them start having visit's to get used to eachother for the future. Not once yet have I seen any harm or anything bad happen... Hoping for the best... few pics I'll put up later.

[guidofatherof5]

Glad they are working out together.

[Foxrun402]

Xena is still much smaller but at the moment they only visit for about 30-45 minutes at a time, I have caught suzi peering into xenas tank the other morning.... She looked like she missed Xena but xena was buried in her treehouse moss floor hidden away, not sure if they saw each other that morning as I had to work... Made me kinda fee bad for Suzi.... Not long though my girl and you'll have a friend

[Foxrun402]

Suzi and Xena update....

Suzi's most recent shed is still at 28" in length.

Xena's last shed was found this morning, measuring 21"

She is catching up fast but today, while feeding them. I got down to the last nightcrawler piece and fed it to Xena... Suzi for the first time (I've never seen her do this yet.) flicked her tongue at Xena pulling the scent of worms from her face. Suzi then decided Xena was a worm.... and struck at her right in the face! Food fights are normal for ALL SPECIES OF SNAKE. So this being the first time, scared the **** outta me and I tapped Suzi on her side lightly to "spook" her off and she did.... Thankfully she didnt grab ahold of Xena by the head and try to eat her.... I'll be more careful next time.... FOR SURE!

[guidofatherof5]

Good update. Nice to see you on.

[ConcinusMan]

Looks possessed.
If she had arms they would be held out in front of her with the hands pointing down.

[chris-uk]

She is catching up fast but today, while feeding them. I got down to the last nightcrawler piece and fed it to Xena... Suzi for the first time (I've never seen her do this yet.) flicked her tongue at Xena pulling the scent of worms from her face. Suzi then decided Xena was a worm.... and struck at her right in the face! Food fights are normal for ALL SPECIES OF SNAKE. So this being the first time, scared the **** outta me and I tapped Suzi on her side lightly to "spook" her off and she did.... Thankfully she didnt grab ahold of Xena by the head and try to eat her.... I'll be more careful next time.... FOR SURE!

I've had a couple of scares. I don't have more than three in any one viv, so try to keep them in different "zones" when feeding. I've had a scare where one got a good grip on another's head, the infernalis most definitely feed in separate containers now...