this flame just keeps getting hotter

[infernalis]

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.

[Smilts]

Awsome looking snake ya got there for sure love the colors!!!1

[infernalis]

Thanks.

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

[emseeKAY]

that is definitely an amazing looking snake!

[infernalis]

They originated in Canada.

[Squisher]

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!

[Boots]

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

Jason

[infernalis]

Originally Posted by Boots

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

Jason

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.

[Will0W783]

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.

[emseeKAY]

Originally Posted by infernalis

They originated in Canada.

they make me proud to be canadian, see? we dont just have moose and beavers up here!!! :P

[infernalis]

Originally Posted by Will0W783

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.

[Will0W783]

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.

[infernalis]

They are a relatively odorless pet.

[infernalis]

[Will0W783]

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.