I'm finally a garter snake owner! (For real this time!)

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Wish I had taken a pic. There was no red pigment that I could see. Off-white/yellow stripes, otherwise black coloration. Plain coloration but beautiful nonetheless.

[guidofatherof5]

Not all red sided garters show red.

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Duly noted. Thank you.

[guidofatherof5]

T.sirtalis sirtalis - Eastern garter also ranges in Canada but I've never heard of one being called a Canadian garter.

[rickymar81]

Thanks, guys!

Steve, I haven't actually checked. Just a bad habit of defaulting to "he" when referring to unsexed critters. Which reminds me, what is the ideal way of sexing a little guy like this? I know popping works well for corn snakes, but he's sooo tiny.

Ricky, I'm living just outside of San Bernardino currently.

I live just outside of San Bernardino. I'm in Ontario. I got a really gorgeous femle checkered from Steve a few months back. And she had 4 babies in August

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I'll have to get a pic if it's still there next time I go in. Probably just a red sided with low/no red, but still very curious.

Ricky, I'm in Highland--other side of San Bernardino. That sounds great! Live birth with reptiles must be a very unique experience. Can't wait til my Golden skink pops... They're my first live-bearers, quite a change from the fire skinks and corn snakes!

[slipknot711]

congrats thats the kind i picked up from petsmart. is it male or female. i scored a gorgeous fastly growing female. she wasnt a baby when i got her tho (young but was pushing a foot long) now shes about 16 inches and only had her a few weeks

[slipknot711]

Forgot to ask when he'd last eaten (or what he was eating) when I got him, so opted to feed him this afternoon. Just pinky parts for now, which I'm so thrilled he took!

thats great! those petstores pretty much just feed the garters minnows which is no good. go back to the store and ask for his feeding chart they should have one

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congrats thats the kind i picked up from petsmart. is it male or female. i scored a gorgeous fastly growing female. she wasnt a baby when i got her tho (young but was pushing a foot long) now shes about 16 inches and only had her a few weeks

I haven't sexed him/her yet. I did get a very rough length measurement of 9-10". Excited to see how much he weighs after digesting this meal. (It'll be neat to see just HOW MUCH smaller than a corn snake hatchling he really is!)

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Oooh, and I almost forgot. He's taken quite a liking to his little vine canopy...


Which reminds me! One big thing I've noticed is he's VERY active, even after such a big meal. Is this normal for Garters? It's a huge difference from the rest of my snakes, who will all vanish into hides for a solid 2-3 days after eating. They're such unique snakes, I wouldn't be terribly surprised to learn this is pretty standard... But I want to be sure he's not trying to tell me something is wrong with his set up.