I finally caught one this year.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

she's lovely!

[dashnu]

Hey man! Welcome to Tham! Your are the closest guy to me on this forum I think, so welcome neighbor

As far as the musking goes, I do not think I have _EVER_ caught a garter that did not musk me. Maybe it is something with the temperment of the "Up North" garters who knows.. And trust me I have caught my fair share.

Nice find you got there, look very similar to the easterns I find. Sweet dog in the background to

[Cobra Kai]

Hey man! Welcome to Tham! Your are the closest guy to me on this forum I think, so welcome neighbor

As far as the musking goes, I do not think I have _EVER_ caught a garter that did not musk me. Maybe it is something with the temperment of the "Up North" garters who knows.. And trust me I have caught my fair share.

Nice find you got there, look very similar to the easterns I find. Sweet dog in the background to

Wudup bro?

I was in Portland and Freeport this summer with my wife & kids. We love it up there. We love to go to our favorite lobstah pound in Freeport. Oh yeah!

You’re right about musking, they always musk me too. Actually, there was a time in Vermont a large gravid female did not musk me, but other than that they always do. In captivity, do they continue to musk you or do they stop once they become tame?

Thanks for the dog love. Elvis is 11-year old apbt. I can’t believe it, because he still acts like a big puppy.

Up in ME, have you ever caught an eastern milk snake?

[infernalis]

Yeah Brett, ever seen any of these up there??




Just kidding

[Cobra Kai]

Yeah Brett, ever seen any of these up there??
Just kidding

WICKED AWESOME!!! I saw your thread and I'm so jealous. Congrats on the pinky feeding BTW. Did you catch the parents in NYS?

[infernalis]

I "rescued" a frostbitten female from a spring freeze.

Thought I'd lose her, she was frozen up bad, a major chunk of her tail fell off from it.

Yet somehow miraculously not only did she fully recover, but dropped 9 perfect eggs that all hatched

What really fascinates me about this species, I was always told from childhood that they were dangerous, even though I never killed one because of it, I did keep my distance.

Once I became properly educated on that issue, I looked forever to try and catch one, but no luck.

Carmella (The mom) is scarred up, she does not know how to kill mice properly, and they have bit her all over her back.

Now that I have her, she eats F/T and has gained a whole bunch of weight (She eats 4+ mice a week since they don't fight back)

I won't cross one of her own sons back to her, so I would like to get a male, she already proved herself.

If you go to Brett's profile and click "Find all threads started by Dashnu" about the second or third down is his first picture thread, check it out, he has a milk eating a mouse on there.

[Cobra Kai]

I "rescued" a frostbitten female from a spring freeze.

Thought I'd lose her, she was frozen up bad, a major chunk of her tail fell off from it.

Yet somehow miraculously not only did she fully recover, but dropped 9 perfect eggs that all hatched

What really fascinates me about this species, I was always told from childhood that they were dangerous, even though I never killed one because of it, I did keep my distance.

Once I became properly educated on that issue, I looked forever to try and catch one, but no luck.

Carmella (The mom) is scarred up, she does not know how to kill mice properly, and they have bit her all over her back.

Now that I have her, she eats F/T and has gained a whole bunch of weight (She eats 4+ mice a week since they don't fight back)

I won't cross one of her own sons back to her, so I would like to get a male, she already proved herself.

If you go to Brett's profile and click "Find all threads started by Dashnu" about the second or third down is his first picture thread, check it out, he has a milk eating a mouse on there.

What a great success story. Thanks!

[infernalis]

Here is the lowdown, I have to correct the egg count, there were 2 eggs in the middle of the cluster I could not see at the time.

Milk snake eggs

[Cobra Kai]

Carmella is so beautiful. How big is she?

[infernalis]

close to 4 feet. She is a sweetheart, one of the calmest handlers we have.