Would like to buy a 2nd garter?

[sirtalis01]

if you wait some time ill give you a nice baby albino checkerd all you have to do is pay for the shipping....they should be born at the end of may....

[RedSidedSPR]

if you wait some time ill give you a nice baby albino checkerd all you have to do is pay for the shipping....they should be born at the end of may....

Appreciate it, but I'll probably go with Scott Felzer. I live only a few miles away, so I wont have to pay shipping.

[RedSidedSPR]

So, how big would the quarantine tank have to be? Could I just find a used 10gallon and be okay?

[BLUESIRTALIS]

A ten gallon would work just fine.

[RedSidedSPR]

That makes it easier..

[RedSidedSPR]

What if the one I already have is the one that's unhealthy (not that he is). I mean, what if I quarantine the new one, but he's perfectly healthy, while my other isn't.... How would I know... by just watching him?
What do I watch for exactly (on any snake)?
And let's say the one I have is unhealthy, and I put a new (supposedly healthy, after quarantine) snake in. Could they both die (or get sick or whatever), or just the new/heathy one that I put in?
This is confusing.

[mb90078]

You have to study their behavior, their physical condition (skin, eye, size, etc), and their fecal matter. But true, even then, you can't know for sure that the one you have is in perfect health without a vet visit.

To your second question, yes, the one you have right now could potentially have a slowly progressing disease, and could get the other one sick and both could potentially die. However, the chances of this happening are not overly large. It goes back to what I was saying earlier...there's always a risk, but you have to weigh the risks, and minimize the probabilities as much as possible.

[RedSidedSPR]

That's what I thought.

So what would I look for in fecal matter? And a few pointers of what to look for everywhere else would be a help. That's one thing I don't know a lot about with snakes, looking for signs of unhealthiness... Besides behavior.
Thanks

[ConcinusMan]

That makes it easier..

So does using a liner, paper towels, or newspaper. Makes it easier to monitor feces and watch for buggies.

[ConcinusMan]

if you wait some time ill give you a nice baby albino checkerd all you have to do is pay for the shipping....they should be born at the end of may....

Well, besides the other things we talked about, I am short one albino male checkered. The male that was intended to go with my 2010 checkereds (pastel and albino females) died before I could get him.