i was just given a grab bag of garters

[BLUESIRTALIS]

I have fun trying to id snakes from pics! I spent hours going through the kingsnake.com what kind of snake is this thread. The red stripe does look like a ribbon, but it appears too short and thick to be a ribbon so that's why I said northwestern! Now im wondering about the wanderings though the one looks like a sierra garter. I am leaving tomorrow to go on vacation for a week so have fun with this one. I'm sure you will have better pics and info by then!

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

They are wanderings.

LOL

[indigoman]

T.s annectens , possibly if from Tex. area for the red stripe. Going for fitchi and mountain the other two.

[Sherrie]

I'm kind of doubting any of these are native to Texas. Maybe the one if its a redstripe, but it does look a little thick and short to be a ribbon.

[kerensa]

don't care what type it is, the one with the orange stripe down the center of the back has lovely coloration. I'll still think so no matter what type it is. <shrug> some others are gonna be just as pretty also.

[rickymar81]

I would really like to take the red-sided and the ribbon off your hands. Both would make a great collection to the thamn

[woody44]

I just picked them up. Somehow the count dropped to 4 from 6. They were apparently wild caught in Oregon by someone who owned a pet store and planned to sell them. He ended up in Tx and had these left over but had no intentions of caring for them. He gave them to a local ball python breeder who did the right thing and found someone who deals with thamnophis. They are in pretty rough shape but they are in good hands now. I will be rehabbing the remaining 4 and it won't be a short rehabilitation. I'm glad I got them when I did so these guys' story can have a happy ending. They were removed from the wild by someone with greedy intentions and there is no telling how many snakes died because of his greed and lack of knowledge. So sad.

[rickymar81]

It's good that they ended up with you. Can't wait to see some updated pics

[jwolfe152]

that sucks the count dropped its so hard to say what actually happened to them sold/died/escaped i know the guy had experience with pythons but if they are ion that bad of shape its just hard to say i'm really glad they are with someone who seems to really want to help them with rehabbing instead of just saying i don't want to deal with this and letting them go in the wild to more than likely just die. but great job getting them and starting care i hope they all make a full recovery while in your care

[woody44]

The python breeder only had them for a short time. I don't want to say anything negative about him at all. They were in bad shape when he got them. The guy who originally caught them is scum on the other hand in my opinion. They were only dollar signs to him. If they were to escape or be released here, it would be a death sentence so I am happy they weren't set free. It was a long drive to pick them up so we just got home but I will try to get pics up in a little while after I get them into their new enclosures.