[GarterGuy]

I only handle my garters every so often...when cleaning cages, feeding, ect.....but sometimes do let them come out and "cruise" around. I think garters seem to have more "curiosity" then some other snakes, and always seem to be investigating things. Makes you wonder if they show this, what do they do with what they discover? They tend to be very visual snakes and tend to have a bit more going on upstairs, much like other visual snakes, like racers, coachwhips, indigos and cobras. It's almost like since they're taking in more environmental imputs, their brains are wired a bit differently. I know my garters all come up to the glass to see what's going on when I walk into the reptile room and often while cleaning them out, they're climbing up my arms....not to make a quick escape, but just to kind of check things out. I hate to put human characteristics on to animals, but I do definitely think there might be some more intelligence going on there.