Collecting Gravid Females.

[charles parenteau]

One thing for sure,I do collect gravid garter because I m sure that its dont matter if you doing thing the right way.Since 1987 i have garter 8 years old .

I spend so much time in the field,catching and observing garter,at one spot I know were the dens is were they feed ,were they sun bask were they give birth almost everything at this spot , everytime of year I know what they doing, almost my big vivarium.

They don't die I see those female year after year If iDont caught them.
And they dont seems to be in bad shape.they bask at the same spot.everyone seems happy.I give them couple toad ,frog,worms ,and release in wild.

Im selective with babies so i dont keep them all ,only 2 or 3 most red or orange.Other babies release were wild female give birth,after 3-5 earth worms...never mixt garter snake population.(pathogene...)
I don't know what other people do with gravid garter.Maybe its not good the way they do it. that why I don't encourage this ...
I only have 6 garter snakes here,3 are wc female,(not an obcession)
I dont sell any garter...Oh my god my english i so bad today i can't explain myself ....in this picture you can see the same female from my last post .picture take in smmer 2006 and i collect here again in 2008 .If i do something bad ,I do it well so It don't hurt too much!!!
">">

[adamanteus]

Charles, je trouve vous parle tres bien l'anglais.
You make yourself very clear, I think we all understand exactly what you're saying.

[charles parenteau]

TAnks I appreciate , Im sorry about the pictures I dont know why that happen (double pics).If you can help me about it.Adamanteus your french is good!

[adamanteus]

Pictures sorted! Thank you for the compliment, mais je comprend un peu l'francaise, pas tres bien. Je suis debutant en francaise.

[Snake lover 3-25]

wow how many languages do you speak????!!!!!!

[adamanteus]

Obviously, Charles speaks and writes both English and French far better than I do. Our very own Stefan-A is fluent in about 500 languages. I'm just clumsy in French, but I try!

[Snake lover 3-25]

i didn't notice... but maybe that's because i speak spainsh!!!

[adamanteus]

D'ailleurs, Charles, vous avez de tres beaux serpents.

[charles parenteau]

hehe Merci beaucoup!!Your french is very good .wild flame usually look like here on my last picture.I love here green-yellow vertebral strippe.

[adamanteus]

Merci bien. Un jour, quand j'aurai plus de temps, je l'espère d'apprendre à parler le français couramment.
I love the 'Flame' morph. I hope to get a CB pair from Alan Francis this year... very high red!