Describe the smell of garter snake musk?

[guidofatherof5]

All I can say is that the musk smell of a garter is easily identifiable; as is the smell of a dead animal. Very distinct and once experienced, not ever forgotten.

Their main purpose is to escape from you and I would have to say, they are very good at that as a defense, The first thing you will want to do is wash it off!

Wash it off! Why

[Mommy2many]

Wash it off! Why

Don't want my other snakes to think I was with someone else

[kibakiba]

Haha, sometimes if Snap musks me and the smell doesn't go away after washing all the other snakes won't let me pick them up They give me the "How could you!?" look, too.

[Mommy2many]

Haha, sometimes if Snap musks me and the smell doesn't go away after washing all the other snakes won't let me pick them up They give me the "How could you!?" look, too.

See???
They know, they all know...

[zarfytezz]

Haha, sometimes if Snap musks me and the smell doesn't go away after washing all the other snakes won't let me pick them up They give me the "How could you!?" look, too.

[Spankenstyne]

As bad as garter musk is... Pituophis, particularly Pine snake musk is much, much more terrible.. It'll clear out the basement with a single dose. It overpowers left overnight on the heat pad f/t rat smell. Thankfully it's something mine very very rarely do

[guidofatherof5]

As bad as garter musk is... Pituophis, particularly Pine snake musk is much, much more terrible.. It'll clear out the basement with a single dose. It overpowers left overnight on the heat pad f/t rat smell. Thankfully it's something mine very very rarely do

Bull Snake poop is also very potent. I'll walk into the snake room and know I have poop to clean up and the Bull Snakes are at the other end of the snake room.

[ConcinusMan]

As bad as garter musk is... Pituophis, particularly Pine snake musk is much, much more terrible.. It'll clear out the basement with a single dose. It overpowers left overnight on the heat pad f/t rat smell. Thankfully it's something mine very very rarely do

Never knew they had musk. I used to catch gopher snakes in San Diego County and they always just put up a big display of hissing and biting but never musked.

I did have a 4 foot Pueblan Milk Snake that I traded away and that sucker...
Man, in spite of their reputation for being docile, she was a nasty girl with a really bad attitude. Now that girl could musk and OMG! it was awful! Most mexican species of milks are pretty calm and may never musk but I'm telling you, they can and it's the worst!

[mustang]

haha i dont want to know what it smells like...poop is bad enough

[ConcinusMan]

Especially garter poop after a meal of fish. OMG that's rank.