Indonesian Garters and Petco

[Stefan-A]

Mine is alive and well! I did take in some fecal samples and they all came back negative, it is free of mites and ticks, and I quarantined him for about a month with no signs of trouble, I guess I lucked out (knock on wood). It is a shame that so few live they are really are amazing little guys! I had zero problems switching him to pinkies, loves to be held, and is a lot less nervous then most of my Garters.

Thank you all for the welcome!

-Thomas

I'm glad to hear that. But like you said, it does seem like you've been lucky. So far it's been the rule rather than the exception that these snakes die soon after being bought.

[reptile3]

We will be sending a letter to corporate. Unforortunately when we took the snake back I didnt get the receipt back. When she asked if I wanted it I just said no and walked out. Dang. I guess they could print us out a new one. I'm also thinking about going back and taking a pic of the tank with garter label. It's going to have to wait until this weekend but we will do it

Thanks everyone for your advice and concern

I am sure Petco, can look up receipts, I may be wrong!

[adamanteus]

I returned it because I wanted a captive bred garter...not a wild caught keelback

Sounds like a pretty good motive to me!

[And_Lyn]

Sounds like a pretty good motive to me!

Thanks...I thought so too

-Lyndsey

[MasSalvaje]

Thanks...I thought so too

-Lyndsey

Me too I was just curious what the situation was. I am no Petco lover that is for sure. I was in there the other day reeming a guy who told a kid to feed his baby cornsnake crickets and millworms.

I hope you found what you were looking for!

-Thomas

[And_Lyn]

Me too I was just curious what the situation was. I am no Petco lover that is for sure. I was in there the other day reeming a guy who told a kid to feed his baby cornsnake crickets and millworms.

I hope you found what you were looking for!

-Thomas

The situation was that my bf bought an "eastern garter snake" at Petco that was actually a striped keelback. We were told my the awesome people here that keelbacks are wild caught and are full of parasites. We have recently gotten addicted to garters and finally decided to get one. That'll teach us for getting a reptile at Petco

And yes, we've found what we were looking for. We are expecting a little female from Wayne in about a week

[mtolypetsupply]

I know there's been quite a row on here lately about the mislabled "Indonesian Garter". Please don't all grab pitchforks and torches and hunt me down for this.

Someone was saying that they'd actually LIKE to get one of these, so here's a link from kingsnake.com:

Indonesian Garter Snakes: Pair for $100

Don't know if they're still available.

[infernalis]

Thanks Stephi. I may have suitable arrangements but I'll look into this.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

I was Pm'ed about these guys from a few different people, and I do appreciate that a lot. However... they want way too much money for them... they are definitely wild caught and most likely fresh imports... I can get that same quality of animal (poor but its all that is available) for a fraction of that price in person at a show. I could spend $45 and get a nice trio at a show (too bad I did not a few shows back when I had the opportunity) and pick out the biggest healthiest looking snakes, which to me is really all I can do simply because there will be vet bills to treat for parasites following the initial cost.

[mtolypetsupply]

Speaking of shows, will I see you at Hamburg, Shannon???