Do they make garter snake traps?

[guidofatherof5]

I'll keep what I want to keep. My red-sided garter is wild caught and he's doing fine.
But I agree with you that it's better to buy one, and i'm probaly gonna end up doing that.

I think that's a good decision.

[fish_4_all]

My concerns with a trap would be larger snakes coming in and eating the ones you want. If I was going to try and trap a garter I would use a large PVC pipe, maybe 4 inch wide and 2-3 feet long. Put a cap on one end and then put a cap on the other with a hole drilled in it. Then I would use one of those hand warmers you find for fishing and hunting as a heat source to attract them.

I would buy them if I could find them localy and if the price was right. So far I can't find them anywhere near me. Someday I hope to have corn snakes but I am learning with garters first, not because they are free or "expendable" but because they are easier than corn snakes from what I have read.

[Stefan-A]

because they are easier than corn snakes from what I have read.

As a Finnish person might express it, starting with garters and graduating to corns, is like climbing a tree arse first. Corn snakes are the simplest, most basic snake a person could possibly start with, regarding everything from the setup, to the diet, to handling and the amount of literature available. One thing is damn sure, if you can take care of a garter, you can take care of a corn snake.

There's simply more things to possibly screw up with garters and natricines in general, than there are with corn snakes.

[infernalis]

There's simply more things to possibly screw up with garters and natricines in general, than there are with corn snakes.

Salutations to that statement.

One simple little thing and your looking at belly up snakes in a tank.

[Snakeknot]

When I was at the Mars reptile show a couple of months back, I ran into a guy that had a NICE selection of big, fat, healthy looking garters in various colors. He had an anery that I was drooling over. ( I didn't know they got that dark blueish purple! ) Anyway, his name was Dave Jiannotti and his e-mail is ajandtc@yahoo.com. He also had some nice bull snakes in wild colors.

Hope this helps.

Devon

[fish_4_all]

Hmm, guess I found junk information online about Corn Snakes. Glad I said something.

Maybe it would help all of us looking to get more garter snakes if there was a list of places to get them. I know I could use one that isn't 3 states away and doesn't cost $100 to ship.

[infernalis]

I have never paid 100 bucks for shipping ever.

depending on what you are looking for, you can have a garter snake that is born in captivity in your hands for under $100 total, snake + shipping.

Now if you want to get a rare morph, it will take some money to get.

One way to cut down on the shipping is to get more than one snake.

The shipping charge is the same for 1 snake in a deli cup as it is for six snakes in a deli cup.

Or easier yet, just go to a reptile show and buy direct at a table.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

When I was at the Mars reptile show a couple of months back, I ran into a guy that had a NICE selection of big, fat, healthy looking garters in various colors. He had an anery that I was drooling over. ( I didn't know they got that dark blueish purple! ) Anyway, his name was Dave Jiannotti and his e-mail is ajandtc@yahoo.com. He also had some nice bull snakes in wild colors.

Hope this helps.

Devon

fun fact of the day! That was anthony jianotti's anery plains girl. I bought out the rest of his collection... I have her now! She's very velvety! I also ended up with his melanistics... his atratus, his poss het snow easterns, het nebraska snow's and het red iowa's! I do not think he has any garters now... as he told me these were all of them!

[fish_4_all]

I was being sarcastic. Point is I want to see a snake I am going to get and take care of.

No lists of reptile breeders on this site?

[guidofatherof5]

Here's a link to breeders and others that have posted snakes for sale/trade or adoption. There is also a tab for wanted snakes. It may be good for you to post there.
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