where from!?!?

[garterman07]

doubt this is a new thread but i am just wondering where every body got their garters from!! so post your stores and or pics here!!

i got mine from a river in central wisconsin

[adamanteus]

Mine are always bought from someone else. That's the problem with living outside of North America. I wish I could go catch my own!

I have a few from shops and a few from other Garter keepers.

[Stefan-A]

I got mine from two local stores and I doubt you'd find the information about the stores very useful. One of the snakes was bred in Sweden and the other either in Sweden or Central/Western Europe.

James, don't complain. At least you can catch your own grass snakes legally.

[adamanteus]

James, don't complain. At least you can catch your own grass snakes legally.

That's true. Actually, I got a little paranoid about that (especially as I seem to be so out of touch with taxonomy ). So I checked to make sure I'm still within the law, thankfully I am.

[Stefan-A]

Off topic again, but as far as I can tell, keeping native species doesn't require a permit here, but catching and keeping wildcaught specimen does. I'm going to ask the guy who had the Coronella for sale and hear what he has to say.

[garterman07]

i am not sure about wild caught species here but i don't think it matters cause the common garter is litteraly what the name implies common...but the snake i caught i got him in a special trip to a white water river in wisconsin and i called him rico and braught him home now he lives in my room!!! =) as a little off topic i take rico every where car trips, walks, bike rides, and some times we go to petco to pick out toys for him ! =)

[adamanteus]

You lost me there garterman! What kind of toys does he choose?

It might be a silly question....but I was looking back through some of your earlier posts....Does Rico have a vivarium? Or is he loose in your room?

[CrazyHedgehog]

Having no garters native to the UK, mine are from various breeders or petshops, some of whom are on this site!
My snakes....



Midnight Thamnophis Sirtalis Common Melanistic ( Black) From Hamm Show(maybe Daniel)
Homer Thamnophis Sirtalis Common Yellowish sides from TheTropical rain Forest pet shop
Marge Thamnophis Sirtalis Common Redish in colour from TheTropical rain Forest pet shop
Little Maf Thamnophis Sirtalis redish in colour Homer and Marges baby
Little Yellow Thamnophis Sirtalis Runt very small for age. Homer and Marges baby
Big Mamma Thamnophis Sirtalis Sirtalis Florida Blue From Chloe
Spice Thamnophis Sirtalis Sirtalis Florida Blue From Chloe
Braveheart Thamnophis Sirtalis Sirtalis Florida Blue From Hamm
Sparks Thamnophis Sirtralis Concinnus From Hamm
Chequers Thamnophis Marcianus Marcianus From Chloe
Snip Thamnophis Marcianus Marcianus From Chloe
Francis Thamnophis Sirtalis Tetraenia Bought in Hamm show
Neon Thamnophis Sirtalis Similis Bought in Hamm from Daniel,
Brenda Thamnophis Sauitus Sackenii hamm show
Brad Thamnophis Sauitus Sackenii from Hamm
Cleopatra Thamnophis Sirtalis Ocellatus From Chloe
Oscar Thamnophis Cryptopsis Cryptopsis Bought at Hamm
Ribby Thamnophis Proximus Rubrillineatus Bought in Hamm
Bitch Thamnophis Radix Anuristic (nearly black) has blueish tint,. Bought in hamm
Plonker Thamnophis Radix Pet shop in Chester
Lightning Thamnophis Atratus Atratus From Daniel, Chloe picked up from Hamm show
Flash Thamnophis Atratus Atratus Chloe got me them from Hamm (from Daniel )


Quite a few from Daniel and Chloe as they have some nice snakes!!

[adamanteus]

Chris, You know it's not such a good idea to carry your snake around with you, don't you? He needs a controlled environment, temperature, humidity, hides etc. etc.

[garterman07]

Wow Crazyhedgehog, Your loaded. I would love to see you make a thread with all the pics of your snakes. That would be killer!!!