How did u guys get started in garters?

[katach]

i bet once i have my own kids they will want there "own" snake lol

That usually ends up you have another one. My step-kids each have their "own" snake, but I'm the one who feeds them and handles them. They like to look through the glass at them though.

[Starling96]

haha yea i know it goes ;D

[snakehill]

Where did you get your ribbons? I have a Northern ribbon not an eastern garter like I thought I had!

Oops! Never mind!!

[drache]

I got my first two garters right after I moved to New York a few decades back
I shared a dorm room with another misfit of a different sort, and she didn't mind
one of the snakes was quite at home on the human jungle gym, and she would slither up on top of my head and curl up there
I was very much into dance back then, and wore my hair in two braids rolled up behind the tops of my ears, so my head made a decent perch, and I could walk around with her on my head
when I got my first apartment, I also got cats, and I just hated how they freaked the snakes out, so short of any better solutions, I ended up giving the snakes to a friend
then I moved around too much to deal with bulky enclosures - lived like a bit of a nomad for years
now that I have them back in my life I can see how they anchor me
some days they're the only thing that keeps me from running away from home

[Starling96]

yea
its funny u say that because i llitterally thought about running away but couldnt cause of my snakes

[ConcinusMan]

Living in Southern California as a child I had seen snakes and have always been curious of them. My older brother caught an adult two-headed kingsnake and that sparked my fascination. But I never caught or even got close to a snake until I moved to WA and caught my first garter in 1977. Since they were so common, I caught many more, and got my first concinnus a year or two later. Since then, I've been back to CA (from 1983-88) and caught and kept all kinds of snakes but found that garters are my favorite. I moved back to WA in '88 and caught a pair of baby concinnus' and kept them. They lived a very long time. Around 20 years. They gave me over 150 offspring in that time. And I didn't know any better and fed them goldfish and other things I wouldn't do now Saddened by their death due to age, I didn't keep any snakes for a few years. I missed them alot and so started back up again when I joined the forum.

[Starling96]

cool story
annd a 2 headed snake?
awesome did u guys keep him?