Hi from Holland

[GarField000]

Hello,
I'm Marc from Holland.
Yesterday I was in germany @ Hamm and someone asked me if I was a member .. I said probarbly but .... I was not.
So I joined ....

I started in the beginning of the year with garter snakes.
I now have a few ... not sure what names it is in english, but i have:

1.0 Thamnophis radix snow
1.0 Thamnophis radix axanthic
1.0 Thamnophis eques scotti
1.1 Thamnophis sirtalis parietals (male is high red)
2.0 Thamnophis marcianus albino
10.9 Thamnophis marcianus marcianus (born 02/07/2011)

Upcoming 1.1 Thamnophis eques scotti (2008, unrelated)

Want:
Thamnophis cyrtopsis ocellatus unrelated couple.
Very hard to find the Eastern Black-Neck garter snake here in holland.

[Stefan-A]

Welcome aboard.

[katach]

Welcome!

[indigoman]

Welcome aboard!

[guidofatherof5]

Nice to have you on the forum.
That is a nice group of snakes you have listed there.
I'm sure I speak for the other forum members when I say "We want photos", please. Once you are settled in would be great.
Here's a link to the forum care sheet. It's always a good read.
Garter Snake Care Sheet - Caresheets

The great T.radix State of Iowa welcomes you.

[chris-uk]

Welcome. I admire your taste in T. Marcianus.

[PINJOHN]

Welcome from a dark breezy Liverpool. i think Steve was somewhat understated about your snakes for a newbie that collection is [to use an Americanism] totally awesome

[GarField000]

Nice to have you on the forum.
That is a nice group of snakes you have listed there.
I'm sure I speak for the other forum members when I say "We want photos", please. Once you are settled in would be great.
Here's a link to the forum care sheet. It's always a good read.
Garter Snake Care Sheet - Caresheets

The great T.radix State of Iowa welcomes you.

Thx for the link ....
I will be posting some foto's later on ...

@chris-uk: I got them from someone who didn't want them (born juli 02/07/2011) so I got them before something bad would happen with them. He said they are to agressive while feeding. Well ... you have to watch them but no accidents happened so far . Now I split the group from 20 into 10/10 (male/female) the feeding goes much better.

@PINJOHN: Well, not all or for keeps. the T. marcianus are for sale, atleast 18 and an albino. A male and a female is for keeps.

@the others, thx for the welcome

[thamneil]

Welcome to the forum! Photos would be great

[guidofatherof5]

Hello,
It is wonderful having you on the forum and your collection of snake is awesome.
I've already posted a link to the Care Sheet and if you've had a chance to read it you will see corn cob listed under substrate as not safe to use.
In the photos you posted I saw that you are taking precautions to prevent them from ingesting it. I too used to use corn cob bedding. It was cheap and did a very good job of collecting feces for easy removal. I remember forum members warning me to the hazards of intestinal blockages caused by this substrate. I informed them that I was well aware of the dangers and was doing everything to keep it from being ingested.
Fast forward to me finding a few babies with impactions. One I was able to save and the others had to be put down. I felt terrible because I didn't heed the warnings. I felt I was in control and nothing bad could have happened.
Little did I know I wasn't in control. Snakes regurgitate sometimes hours after eating. They may try to eat it again or another snake may try to.
If a snake wipes its mouth on the substrate after eating another snake may come along and eat that substrate.
I wanted you to be aware of what I had to go through.
Corn cob is a very dangerous substrate.
I meant no offense by this post.