An Idea

[crzy_kevo]

ok i was walking home from work when i had a great idea
i was thinking of an easier way to find a male garter so here is my idea

a male snake trap

ok all it is, its a big tote with some holed cut in the top and u put like grass clippings or whatever for a substrate and all the things that a snake needs then you take one of your female snakes and put it inside you then take it to an empty field of tall grass or leave it in the woods or wherever you find your snakes and leave it there rigged up so there is no way out out of the tote but can be easily gotten into by snakes
then you leave it there for like a day maybe even leave some fod in there

anyways onyone think this can work

[bio6464]

Kev, just curious...how would you set it up so the male can get in but not out? In theory I suppose it COULD work, I'm just not sure about the logistics of such an idea...interesting concept though.
Jerry

[crzy_kevo]

ok well make sure the tote is tall enough for the snake to not be able to climb out you can test this by putting your own snake in to make sure and to make sure they can get in set up some boards or sticks on an angle towards the top of the tote so they can climb up and then go in the hole to get to the female

[bio6464]

Gotcha...it would have to be a TALL tote to keep my escape artists in. I haven't seen 'em do it but I think my garters are related to Spiderman the way they climb in their enclosure.
Jerry

[crzy_kevo]

ya and the snake you put in the trap you would have to be willing to lose just in case you never know what could happen to it in 1 day

[infernalis]

Gotcha...it would have to be a TALL tote to keep my escape artists in. I haven't seen 'em do it but I think my garters are related to Spiderman the way they climb in their enclosure.
Jerry

[crzy_kevo]

ya that would be a problem but checkers has never clinged to the glass plus i think she is a little too heavy for that to work

[infernalis]

The only flaw in your plan Kev, your gal would need to be "in heat" (poor use of term) producing pheromones that would make the males want her.

If she were making the right smells, your tote would fill up with boys, who have no desire to leave.

[crzy_kevo]

ya i know and there is no way to tell if the snake is in heat eh (unless you have a male im guessing) but then you wouldn't really need this trap unless you were trying to find a bunch of males to pick out one with the best color

[infernalis]

yes you can tell if they are "ready"

The acceptance of males occurs primarily right after brumation.