i need help - Page 2

adamanteus · 02-19-2008, 02:42 PM

Cody, here are a couple of links to help get you started. You'll love it here, we have a great bunch of guys, very helpful, very knowledgable and good fun too. Enjoy!

http://www.thamnophis.com/caresheets...ake_Care_Sheet
Guide to posting pictures.

anji1971 · 02-19-2008, 04:45 PM

Hello, and welcome!! Good luck in your search for a garter, although it seems that you might want to wait until it warms up just a little! When the weather starts hitting in the 60's, they'll start popping out of their little winter hideouts. Hope you catch one!

KITKAT · 02-19-2008, 10:37 PM

One method to finding garters is to put out "drop boards". Get some old pieces of plywood or some other wooden boards that are fairly wide, and put them at the edges of fields, weed patches, under pine trees (where the lawnmower won't hit them) or along streams, rivers, or ponds.

Wait about a month after you put the boards out, and then go to them and flip them to see what is underneath. You will find evidence of the meadow mouse, the shrew, earthworms and pill bugs, and eventually you may find snakes, salamanders, and toads.

It is important that after you flip the board, you put it back EXACTLY where it was, with the same side down.

The best time to put out drop boards is in spring, when the temperatures are at least 60 degrees.

Be persistant and patient... the longer the boards are there, the more critters will start using them for shelter. I got a pregnant (gravid) garter from a drop board two years ago, in May.

drache · 02-20-2008, 06:27 AM

welcome to the forum Cody

codyy · 02-20-2008, 08:21 AM

thanks ill try that but also my grandparents own a house in newalla with a like 20 house neighborhood thats relly seperated houses, since the ice storm they havent been able to pick up the wood and its been laying around and trees are rotting and stuff and he had boards and rocks all over i might try to look throught most of the rocks and stuff, he also said that when he mows(riding lawnmower) a bunch of baby snakes come outnof the ground by the house so im see if i can find one,

02-19-2008, 02:42 PM	#11 (permalink)
adamanteus Moderator Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cheshire. (Near Manchester). Posts: 6,690 Country:	Re: i need help Cody, here are a couple of links to help get you started. You'll love it here, we have a great bunch of guys, very helpful, very knowledgable and good fun too. Enjoy! http://www.thamnophis.com/caresheets...ake_Care_Sheet Guide to posting pictures. __________________ James.

02-19-2008, 04:45 PM	#12 (permalink)
anji1971 Finder of unique Garters Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Windsor, Ontario Posts: 1,702 Country:	Re: i need help Hello, and welcome!! Good luck in your search for a garter, although it seems that you might want to wait until it warms up just a little! When the weather starts hitting in the 60's, they'll start popping out of their little winter hideouts. Hope you catch one! __________________ Anji

02-19-2008, 10:37 PM	#13 (permalink)
KITKAT "Fourth shed, A Success" Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 820 Country:	Re: i need help One method to finding garters is to put out "drop boards". Get some old pieces of plywood or some other wooden boards that are fairly wide, and put them at the edges of fields, weed patches, under pine trees (where the lawnmower won't hit them) or along streams, rivers, or ponds. Wait about a month after you put the boards out, and then go to them and flip them to see what is underneath. You will find evidence of the meadow mouse, the shrew, earthworms and pill bugs, and eventually you may find snakes, salamanders, and toads. It is important that after you flip the board, you put it back EXACTLY where it was, with the same side down. The best time to put out drop boards is in spring, when the temperatures are at least 60 degrees. Be persistant and patient... the longer the boards are there, the more critters will start using them for shelter. I got a pregnant (gravid) garter from a drop board two years ago, in May. __________________ KitKat "Acts of kindness should never be random."

02-20-2008, 06:27 AM	#14 (permalink)
drache Ophiuchus rhea Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Brooklyn, New York Posts: 3,425 Country:	Re: i need help welcome to the forum Cody __________________ rhea "Life is just one damn thing after another" - Mark Twain this place is one damn beautiful snake after another - me

02-20-2008, 08:21 AM	#15 (permalink)
codyy Hi, I'm New Here! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: oklahoma,oklahoma Posts: 19 Country:	Re: i need help thanks ill try that but also my grandparents own a house in newalla with a like 20 house neighborhood thats relly seperated houses, since the ice storm they havent been able to pick up the wood and its been laying around and trees are rotting and stuff and he had boards and rocks all over i might try to look throught most of the rocks and stuff, he also said that when he mows(riding lawnmower) a bunch of baby snakes come outnof the ground by the house so im see if i can find one,

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