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Originally Posted by Thamnophis
In my case the Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia are the calmest and the Thamnophis atratus atratus are the most nervous.
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That's funny, our tetrataenia and atratus behave just the opposite from yours, Fons
I agree with drache, the plains garters (radix) are in our opinion really quite and easy to handle. We have one huge female that likes to be hold.
I also agree with ssssnakeluvr, our melanistic easterns are also calm and friendly, except when we feed them, then they'll bite for sure.
And to jump in on cazadors reply, our infernalis group (sub-adult) are nice ones also, they're calm and curious.
But the T.cyrtopsis ocellatus is very shy and gets frightened real easy, so that's most certainly not a garter to start with. By the way they're also difficult eaters.