I was hip deep in iguanas and other lizards, won a ball python at an expo raffle and decided snakes were pretty cool, even if they don't have feet. I'd been moderating a local reptile forum and one of the members bought a checkered for her daughter. A month later, it had 13 babies. She breeds beardies, but couldn't sell the garters at the next expo because right before they were born, Texas Parks & Wildlife passed a law making the sale of garters illegal. She was concerned because the law also says you can have only 10 in your possession and with 13 babies and the mother, she was over the limit. Another member took 1, so I offered to take half of the remaining ones. She's since rehomed all but one baby and is also keeping the mother. I've still got the six and will be down to four when a friend gets her viv set up for a couple. A couple nights before I picked them up, I started googling garters and luckily found this forum! This is THE most wonderful and friendly group I've ever been a part of and I'm so grateful I found yall
