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10-01-13, 06:10 PM
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Re: Some myths about Thamnophis dispelled
anything on how to go about taming a wild garter?
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10-01-13, 06:22 PM
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Re: Some myths about Thamnophis dispelled
i dont feel like its all that different from 'taming' any other WC snake... some take to it some dont.
The ones i've caught about 60% musk right away, but i've never had one bite me/try to bite. Just handle respectfully and calmly, make the snake feel secure, etc.
I dont think its really about taming, just letting the snake know 'Im not going to eat you'
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10-01-13, 06:30 PM
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Re: Some myths about Thamnophis dispelled
Well, It's going to be about 70°f tomorrow and then getting colder from there... I'll look in/around the woods next to my house (I see them there often and I don't live near any large fields) hopefully I can nab at least one... any tips on baiting them? or should I just try to look under rocks/logs/in stumps?
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10-01-13, 06:32 PM
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Re: Some myths about Thamnophis dispelled
infernalis/someone else will have to help you there; I look for them, but never have baited or lured them out, i just find them if theyre there.
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0.1 Jungle Carpet "Bhageera", 2.0 Corn snakes "Castor & Pollux", 1.1 Cal Kings "Lux & Nyx", 0.1 Honduran Milksnake "Demeter", 0.1 Rosy boa "Neki-monster", 1.0 Axolotl "Grendle", 2 tarantulas, 0.1 Leopard gecko "Remus", and a freezer full of mice (and Rats!)….
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10-01-13, 06:37 PM
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Re: Some myths about Thamnophis dispelled
Well I've only had my one snake (Normal ball python "Ozymandias") for a short while and I'm already trying to get more! They're like potato chips... or crack cocaine...
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10-01-13, 06:46 PM
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Re: Some myths about Thamnophis dispelled
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Originally Posted by Hotchkiss
They're like crack cocaine...
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Nothing compares to crack cocaine....
jokes
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10-01-13, 06:51 PM
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Re: Some myths about Thamnophis dispelled
Look under big flat things. Flip over debris, logs, big rocks. They like to hide.
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10-01-13, 07:15 PM
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Re: Some myths about Thamnophis dispelled
well, I'll be going out at about 11am tomorrow and will be out for a few hours (or less if I find one!) and if I do find one I'll post a new thread with pictures
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10-01-13, 07:17 PM
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Re: Some myths about Thamnophis dispelled
I would gonout a bit earlier if you can. They will be under flat stuff soaking up early morning heat, once thwy warm yp they'll be on the move looking for food.
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10-01-13, 07:21 PM
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Re: Some myths about Thamnophis dispelled
I've captured a few (and released them later.... kind of regretting that) in the horse barn next to my house... there was one living in there for what i can only assume was a while as there were 2 shed skins in the barn.
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10-01-13, 08:32 PM
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Re: Some myths about Thamnophis dispelled
I don't keep the wild ones unless they need help. My snakes are CBB morphs or het morphs.
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10-01-13, 08:47 PM
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Re: Some myths about Thamnophis dispelled
I've never had negative thoughts or feelings towards garters, but the info I've learned here really makes me want a few! Maybe I'll pick a few up.
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10-02-13, 07:20 PM
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Re: Some myths about Thamnophis dispelled
I see them (wild) all of the time and have since I was little. I've been musked and bitten, but I've also had them stay really still and just check me out. Sadly, they get run over a lot here. I was near a river this summer and there were about six of them crawling all around my son and I - it was pretty cool. I'd never thought of them as pets, but why not, they sound interesting. I didn't know that they came in colors either.
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