Weird hiding spots !

[GarterGuy17]

I like this thread...talking about everyone's snakes' different hides and favorite spots. It was funny because last night I cleaned Hermes' tank and I had to remove his hanging plant. I must have put the plant back in a slightly different spot on the glass than it had been before I cleaned the tank...when I put him back in his tank he was all out of sorts and wouldn't go back up into the plant. I had to go back into the tank and adjust the plant...I figured it had been down a little lower. Finally after I adjusted it a couple of times, he went back up into the top of the plant and was happy! Garters are so funny!

Exactly what I mean these plants must have something in the that attracts garters !

[EasternGirl]

I have begun to wonder as a budding herper...if when I go outside to look for garters and I don't see any around...could they be up in the trees around my house? Or in tall bushes? Now that I see how much they like to climb up in plants...I wonder if they do this outside in the wild a lot...??

[guidofatherof5]

I'm not sure about Easterns but I've never seen a radix in anything taller then a waist high bush.

[kibakiba]

I've seen a few northwesterns in trees, but to be honest that's a really weird place to find them. They aren't exactly experts at climbing, from what I've seen with mine. Mama was put in a tree once for a little photoshoot, she didn't understand that bark could help her hang on...

[EasternGirl]

Yeah...I've never seen any around here in trees or even bushes...always on the ground under things...under leaves, logs..or like Cee Cee...living under my house. But since they seem to like to climb in the hanging plants and vines in the vivs...it just got me wondering. I did watch a black snake climb a tree in my backyard at the beach when I was little...it was really cool...it would slither up the trunk and then along a branch and then up the trunk and then up the next higher branch..and so on. Not sure what kind of snake it was but it was pretty big and really long...and boy could it climb that tree!

[jamromhem]

Hello again everyone. I haven't posted in a long while. To those that remember me hello again lol.. Lilly is well. I wanted to post on her hiding trends.

I have seen her force her way under her water bowl.. Not a small accomplishment considering it is a 10" ceramic bowl about 2 inches tall lol.. it has to be a few pounds.. I have no clue why she likes to be under it, but she will sit under it with all the weight on top of her.

[Light of Dae]

I'm not sure about Easterns but I've never seen a radix in anything taller then a waist high bush.

Well maybe not in the wild, but my Babs LOVES being at the very top of her vines! I've been considering getting a few more vines to hang right from the top of her tank. (Which is very secure) It's where she spends over half her time, it's where she currently is spying on me from lol George on the other hand borrows under his flowers, he's a ground lover. But he is coming out of his shell and being out in the open more often, like now lol he is at the front of his cage, was watching Shade and Piggy play fight, now is just hanging out with me

[EasternGirl]

Hello again everyone. I haven't posted in a long while. To those that remember me hello again lol.. Lilly is well. I wanted to post on her hiding trends.

I have seen her force her way under her water bowl.. Not a small accomplishment considering it is a 10" ceramic bowl about 2 inches tall lol.. it has to be a few pounds.. I have no clue why she likes to be under it, but she will sit under it with all the weight on top of her.

Just a word of caution...you may want to consider getting a lighter water bowl for her if she does that. A lot of garters do that actually...and it can be pretty dangerous if the bowl shifts and crushes them. I make sure to buy water dishes that are light for that very reason and make sure that they sit against the glass of the bottom of the tank with no substrate underneath so that my snakes cannot get underneath them. Just a bit of friendly advice!

[PINJOHN]

I have begun to wonder as a budding herper...if when I go outside to look for garters and I don't see any around...could they be up in the trees around my house? Or in tall bushes? Now that I see how much they like to climb up in plants...I wonder if they do this outside in the wild a lot...??

Its just a guess but out in the wild i imagine a climbing garter is more vulnerable as they don't have the speed or defense mechanisms of some other snakes, while in captivity this would not be an issue for them

[EasternGirl]

That's a really good point John.