Well this hasn't been a great year so far for pets. Today Turk, my OregonRedsided Garter snake died (He's the snake in my Avatar). I don't know how old he was, I bought him at Hamburg at adult size. He was in horrible condition when I bought him....really skinny and not very healthy, but he came around really well and the last three and a half years I had him I think were good years for him. I do think he was starting to show his age, his colour was fading a bit and his appetite kind of dropped off from what it was. He was my first gartersnake that I had since my Manitoba Redsided I had gotten as my first snake when I was ten. He was a beautiful snake and I'll really miss seeing him.
Roy
PS...The pic is only from a couple days ago....he usually never would sit still for a good pic, so I'm glad I got this last one of him.