First, pics of my garter

[bulrush]

I think this is an eastern but not sure. Could it be a ribbon snake? I see a white bar in front of its eye.

[Stefan-A]

It's definitely not a ribbon. Eastern, like you already guessed.

But the bar in front of the eye is very bright on a ribbon and they don't have any supralabial markings at all. Their lips are more or less pure white, just like the bar in front of the eye.

[Snake lover 3-25]

she looks JUST like my baby boy!!!!!!!

[jeanette]

shes lovely, how small is she? shes just so cute

[Zephyr]

Looks like a boy to me.
Also, note that the sides have the characteristic "Northeastern" markings of most of our garters here in MI. Ribbons lack these.

[jeanette]

Looks like a boy to me.
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i will follow your view on that im still learning

[Zephyr]

i will follow your view on that im still learning

The reason I say male is that the vent appears to be further up the end of the body, and the head size compared to the body size is small. Also, I've only seen this sort of reduced black pigmentation and overall color in males.

[enigma200316]

yeah I'm saying Eastern as well................

[Sid]

Definitely T. s sirtalis an Eastern Garter and nice looking one.

[drache]

very nice
there's a little red on the sides too, right?