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Old 01-16-10, 01:56 AM   #1
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this flame just keeps getting hotter

Masubius my eastern flame garter snake just shed tonight, and her colors are just more stunning every shed.



She did not want to hold still or cooperate much while I took pictures.



Look close there is a big radix on the other side of that glass.

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Awsome looking snake ya got there for sure love the colors!!!1
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Old 01-16-10, 09:34 AM   #3
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Thanks.

I got lucky, this species sometimes loses color with age.





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that is definitely an amazing looking snake!
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They originated in Canada.
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Wow that's awesome looking. Now why can't that kind of garter come trapesing through my yard instead of all the other ones i get!
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Very nice garter, what are you feeding him in the bowl?

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Very nice garter, what are you feeding him in the bowl?

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I changed the water bowl when I picked up the shed, the thing you see in the water is a hunk of repti bark.

She eats fuzzy mice.

Once in a while some cut up salmon for a treat.

Thanks for asking Jason.
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Wow, she's really pretty! I have a (probably rather dumb) question. Do captive bred garter snakes smell like the wild ones do? I used to catch them all the time in my back yard and they always smelled like piss. Some of the varieties you can get are really pretty, but I wouldn't want them if they'd smell like the ones I catch outside..lol.
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They originated in Canada.
they make me proud to be canadian, see? we dont just have moose and beavers up here!!! :P
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Wow, she's really pretty! I have a (probably rather dumb) question. Do captive bred garter snakes smell like the wild ones do? I used to catch them all the time in my back yard and they always smelled like piss. Some of the varieties you can get are really pretty, but I wouldn't want them if they'd smell like the ones I catch outside..lol.

That smell is not piss, they have a gland called a musk gland, when they are startled and scared, they open up the cloaca and release a foul stench to gag the predator into releasing it.

In captivity, they still musk but not nearly like a wild one would.

I have snakes, the flame included that I can handle all day long, and they never musk.

I have others that fling the musk AT ME when I reach in the cage.

My one water snake flung it right up the glass of a 35 tall hex tank, it went all the way up the whole 18 inches of glass.

Corns, milks, well really most all colubrids have this gland.
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Ewww....that water snake must have been a messy sight. My female Pueblan milk used to musk and **** on me when I picked her up. She's stopped now but is still nervous and flighty so I try not to hold her unless it's necessary. I knew it was a musk gland with the garters- I was just wondering if it was a constant release thing or just that wild ones musk because they're scared and captive ones tend to calm down.
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They are a relatively odorless pet.
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Wow, he is sooo handsome, Wayne. I am digging that deep red on him! Your garter snakes are really incredible. I may have to get one someday...when I have more money and space. I've tied it all up in pythons/boas...lol.
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