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10-23-02, 09:50 PM
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Join Date: Sep-2002
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Age: 42
Posts: 187
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garter snakes anyone?
I have a real piglette of a western ribbon snake named Wilma and wanted to see if there were any other garter fans here?
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10-23-02, 10:25 PM
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Join Date: Oct-2002
Location: New Jersey
Age: 59
Posts: 460
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The first snake I ever kept was an eastern garter snake. He was cool. I kept him all winter, fed him like crazy, and let him go the next spring. I was like 12 years old. He gew over 12" in just that one winter (it was like 8 months). Since then, garters have a place in my heart.
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10-24-02, 01:52 AM
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Join Date: Aug-2002
Location: Manitoba
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Me too. I kept them when I was younger (12 or 13) and I had some this summer that had babies. I let the whole lot go in late August due to space and money issues. I think they are a snake that doen't get enough credit. I'm not saying they are the best, but they don't deserve the "oh, it's just a garter snake" reaction every time. They are pretty cool in my books.
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10-24-02, 07:10 AM
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Join Date: Jul-2002
Location: ClearLake, Texas
Age: 50
Posts: 1,185
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POST SOME PICS!
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10-24-02, 08:29 AM
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Join Date: Oct-2002
Location: New Jersey
Age: 59
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Every time I see some one post "post some pics", I say D*mn, I need to go get a digital camera. My wife is going to kill me!
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10-24-02, 12:08 PM
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Join Date: Apr-2002
Location: Tampa,FL U.S.A.
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Here's a pic...
....of a pair of garters from Hillsborough Co. FL. I like 'em all! 
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10-24-02, 12:40 PM
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Join Date: Jul-2002
Location: ClearLake, Texas
Age: 50
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Those are very pretty. How small are they? or Large?
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10-25-02, 12:04 PM
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Join Date: Apr-2002
Location: Tampa,FL U.S.A.
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Biggest in the pic is around 24" or so.
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10-25-02, 02:05 PM
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Join Date: Jul-2002
Location: ClearLake, Texas
Age: 50
Posts: 1,185
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They just sooooooooooooooo cute!
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11-03-02, 05:33 PM
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Join Date: Jul-2002
Location: Gurnee, Illinois
Age: 34
Posts: 3
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If you couldn't tell from my nickname, I LOVE GARTER SNAKES!!!! I have been studying garter/water snakes for the last 4 years and I absolutely LOVE them!!! Here's the biggest fan of all!!
(If any of you have any questions, just 'mail me!!)
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11-03-02, 05:46 PM
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Join Date: Oct-2002
Location: New Jersey
Age: 59
Posts: 460
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do you breed them at all?
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11-06-02, 03:33 AM
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Join Date: Sep-2002
Posts: 2,125
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I adore garters and ribbons. I have a western ribbon and a pair of plains garters and they are just so much fun to watch when they fish.
I used to wild collect eastern garters all the time when I was a kid, not realizing that it's illegal for me to do so. Now I keep non-native species and enjoy them for being "exotic" in my state. ;-)
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11-19-02, 06:28 PM
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Join Date: Mar-2002
Location: Shawville, Quebec
Age: 52
Posts: 52
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Did somebody say "garter snakes" and not tell me?!?
At the moment, I keep Butler's, wandering, red-spotted, red-sided and eastern (normal and flame) garters, and I bred the wanderings and red-sideds this year.
To say that I'm mildly interested in garter snakes is like saying that Captain Ahab was mildly interested in whales.
My favourite snakes, bar none.
I've <a href="http://www.mcwetboy.com/articles/#herp">written a few articles about them</a>, and I have a rather lengthy <a href="http://www.mcwetboy.com/gartercare/">care sheet</a> (that's still a work in progress), if you're interested.
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11-19-02, 07:55 PM
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Join Date: Jun-2002
Location: Trenton
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Quote:
Originally posted by Jonathan Crowe
Did somebody say "garter snakes" and not tell me?!?
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I've <a href="http://www.mcwetboy.com/articles/#herp">written a few articles about them</a>, and I have a rather lengthy <a href="http://www.mcwetboy.com/gartercare/">care sheet</a> (that's still a work in progress), if you're interested.
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lol! Thats not a care sheet, thats almost a book! :jawdrop:
Great work John, yours is the page I send anyone wanting info on garter snakes.
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11-27-02, 01:38 PM
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Join Date: Mar-2002
Location: Shawville, Quebec
Age: 52
Posts: 52
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But, but, I haven't even added the stuff about hibernation and the special things to look out for with baby snakes . . . !
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