Rhea's garters and the occasional other beast

[drache]

I need to take new photos of the babies - they've grown
meanwhile I've got four new snakes
they have come to me from a friend beset by hardship
here's the male fitchi



the female



and I got two female easterns, one of whom does some amazing bluff display, which I'll try to photograph some time in the future; but here she is non-pissy



the other eastern is very mellow and I think she's quite beautiful

[CRIKEY!]

Awesome collection! Can I have your infernalis?

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

Awesome collection! Can I have your infernalis?

it's too late... I already have him!! haha, he is the male that I posted in that other thread

Rhea, you did say on the phone that the one eastern was very bright and you were right! that's a very pretty snake! And I of course, love the fitchii... and can't wait to see you at hamburg!!!

[guidofatherof5]

Great looking snakes, Rhea.
Anything coming to Iowa?

[sirtalis01]

wow....nice collection. love the red on the easterns.

[drache]

Great looking snakes, Rhea.
Anything coming to Iowa?

not this time
the idea of shipping them out again just seemed a bit too much, so I talked both Shannon and myself into a couple more than we had planned on
I am very happy that I am keeping these
once I realized that they were special to my friend, I decided to keep the easterns anyway, but I'd not known that they were so attractive as well
the fitchis were slated to become a science classroom display during the schoolyear, but when I saw them I could not let them go; besides, they are smallish snakes, and I decided to send a pair of more beefy young marcis to the science classroom instead

[GarterGeek]

The Fitchi (Is that species, phase or...?) is amazing! I love him. Your other snakes are pretty too. The "currently non-pissy" female reminds me of a temporary rescue eastern I had for a couple weeks over the summer. (Mine had less red of course ).

[ssssnakeluvr]

The Fitchi (Is that species, phase or...?) is amazing! I love him. Your other snakes are pretty too. The "currently non-pissy" female reminds me of a temporary rescue eastern I had for a couple weeks over the summer. (Mine had less red of course ).

thamnophis sirtalis fitchi, also known as the valley garter... I breed them....actually have some babies available!!

[GarterGeek]

thamnophis sirtalis fitchi, also known as the valley garter... I breed them....actually have some babies available!!

Is that one melanistic or just different? Are most valley garters that black?

Do you have a thread with pictures of the babies anywhere? I, tragically, don't have space for another garter, but I'd still love look.

[GartersRock]

Do you have current pics of the flame from Tina?