Where did you get that name from?

[infernalis]

We find that names help ID the animals.

Instead of saying that "garter number two, in the third cage on your right, the one with the red stripes".............

[drache]

We find that names help ID the animals.

Instead of saying that "garter number two, in the third cage on your right, the one with the red stripes".............

that's how we use them too
I imagine that's why people came up with the whole name thing . . .

[Stefan-A]

that's how we use them too
I imagine that's why people came up with the whole name thing . . .

Well, many names have originally been descriptions.

[drache]

Well, many names have originally been descriptions.

right
often still are
descriptions and associated terms

[infernalis]

Thats why I named certain ones.

Melanie - I don't really care about the name, but it sounds "Melanistic"
Magma - We already named one snake "red" so I had to think of something red.
Spot- Self explanatory
Casper - white

We still have over 20 without names, and expecting litters up to another 50 snakes, so names would be brutal to try and do.

We also have a policy, no name unless we are keeping IT

[Steven@HumboldtHerps]

Yes I must say names are silly! Snakes are deaf, but lo and behold... mine all have names anyway! It works when I say to my wife, "Honey, would you refill Zipper's water bowl for me???" And yes, it's often a descriptive name...

Zipper-CB aberrant desert phase CA King
Obsidian-CB Black/Desert King intergrade
Penny-WC aberrant coastal CA King
Blue-WC Coast Garter
Salmonbear-WC Northwestern Garter
Lefty-WC one-eyed Oregon Garter
Snakie-CB normal Corn
Jory-CB reverse Okeetee Corn
Luna-CB snow Corn
Lily-CB pastel motley Corn
Jupiter-CB hypo motley Corn
Lucifer-CB sunglow motley Corn
Annie-CB anerythristic Corn
Ringo-WC Northwestern Ring-necked Snake
Sharpie-WC Sharp-tailed Snake (highly original! LOL!)
Shai-halud-CB Kenyan Sand Boa
Splitz-WC two-tailed Skilton Skink
Suma-WC San Diego Gopher Snake
Hopper-WC Pacific Treefrog
Heidi-Guyanan Pink-toe Tarantula
Chuck, Stella, Whitie, and Gimpy- our breeder rats
and of course Panther the black cat

Just plain silly!

Steve

[Odie]

All are Northwestern Garters
Stripe = A single stripe morph
Red = nice red top stripe
Midge = size about half way between red and stripe
Five = fifth born (one of five that lived)
Wi = Why did I catch you and not the one with you

[Loren]

All are Northwestern Garters
Stripe = A single stripe morph
Red = nice red top stripe
Midge = size about half way between red and stripe
Five = fifth born (one of five that lived)
Wi = Why did I catch you and not the one with you

Thats about how I name mine- they each have a "name" that I use in my records that describes them enough so that I know which one is which, mainly when I have more than one of a species. Usually refers to a physical trait or to the location they came from. Otherwise, they are just named as to the species. I dont call them by their names though.

[anji1971]

Most of mine are named by the kids.
I've got Deejay. She was the only baby of my first garter, Dojo (named by the kids after a little dragon in one of their cartoons.)
When I asked them to name the baby, they, with their infinite creativity, came up with Dojo Jr.
We shortened that to D.J, and later, I decided I liked the way it looked all spelled out.
We have Chili, so named because of all her spicy colours.
The babies are Checkers, for obvious reasons.
Inchworm, because for a few days he got around more by squishing upwards like an inchworm than actually slithering normally.
And Sweetpea, my shy little girl. I started calling her 'Sweetie' and/or 'Peanut', when I was handling her, so I just kind of combined the two, and it suits her perfectly.

[GartersRock]

Yeah. I don't call them their names. It's just for recording purposes etc.