Echo and Skye Blue

[RedSidedSPR]

*insert synonyms for awesome here.*

[Robyn@TRR]

Very nice.

[thamneil]

Lookin good! Im drooling by the way

[MCwyo]

I will have some butt photos up soon Skye has gone blue phase (haha... I mean blue-er phase lol) and is getting ready to shed. I will post up more photos after s/he sheds.

These guys are so different than my vagrans. A little bit more shy, yet they sleep out in the open rather than in hides. Their scales feel smoother, and the expressions on their faces are more serious and thoughtful looking, whereas the vagrans faces look fierce and angry to me (not in a bad way). I love the fact that they are so different from eachother

[thamneil]

Awaiting the butt photos! I think thats what makes garters so addictive. They're all different!

[ConcinusMan]

I wish I could get snakes like that.

the expressions on their faces are more serious and thoughtful looking, whereas the vagrans faces look fierce and angry to me (not in a bad way).

It's those vagrans "eyebrows" that does it. My experience is with WC vagrans are WA state snakes and all of the ones I've encountered had the attitude to match the look.

I'm betting this one is female:

[MCwyo]

I think you are right Richard, I believe Echo is female.

Her colors really play tricks with my eyes. In photos she always comes out as above- yellow, red, black. In person, her colors seem to change. Her underside is very blue, and her stripe seems to change colors... from yellow to a very greenish blue.

I can tell them apart easily because Skye has a doubble row of more rounded spots along the sides.

The wild vagrans around here can show a bit of an angry side at first, but they calm down quickly. I have never been hit by one. The ones I have as pets are total pushovers

[ConcinusMan]

Well, I wasn't all that interested in vagrans. Never have been, so I didn't keep any beyond a couple of months but they never did calm down. They were always doing a viper impression and striking. Sometimes, when I just walk by the tank.

[MCwyo]

Possibly behavior varries from location to location... The local population here also seems far more social than what I've typically herd about vagrans. I usually find them in groups or pairs throughout the year.

They can certainly look intimidating when they flatten out their heads and coil to strike!

[-MARWOLAETH-]

They are beyond stunning.