maritime garters

[Josh]

Nice one.Stonyloam

[GarterGirl]

Originally Posted by stonyloam

Hay Garter Girl: how do you like this one. It is sitting in my hand as I type this. I'll keep it for a few days.

That's beautiful!
I'd love it!
Drache says we have to wait a couple
of weeks but I can have it.
Can you hold it for me?
I'll tell you when to send it.

[GarterGirl]

Thank you
so much,
Terry!

[Josh]

Congrats mikhaila.
Beautiful snake.

[stonyloam]

will do Mikhaila. I'll try to get a good pix as soon as it sheds. this is a wc snake so it would have to isolated for a while, but it appears to be perfect. I don't feel to bad about taking it, because we have some big milk snakes around, along with a couple of prowling cats, so It probably has a much better chance with you.

[drache]

Wow, Terry
that's really sweet of you
it's such a beautiful snake
and shedding soon
Mikhaila is a lucky girl and so am I (I got an unexpected snake today also)
are you far from Schenectady?

[stonyloam]

Rhea: Sweet uhhh... don't tell my buddies that. According to Yahoo maps, it is 195 miles to Schenectady from here.
I had been looking for that little snake for a few of weeks now. The first time I saw it, it was under the solar pool heater, and I was able to almost catch it then, but it squirmed away. About a week later I found a perfect little shed in the exact same place. I checked that spot almost every day and never saw him again, I was just hoping that it had not been eaten. It was one of two that I had in mind for Mikhaila. Came back from the lake this PM and checked, there it was all curled up sleeping. It is a pretty calm little guy, and just sat in my hand while I ran around and took its pix, sent out the note and got my 15 gal tank ready to house him. I think he’ll be OK there, he is not long enough to get out under the screen top, I hope (I have been fooled before). Put in some slabs of bark for a hide and a little water bowl and it settled in quite nicely. Last time I looked he had just finished a water bowl bath. I’ll try to see if he’ll eat in a day or two.

[GarterGuy]

Originally Posted by stonyloam

Hay Garter Girl: how do you like this one. It is sitting in my hand as I type this. I'll keep it for a few days.

It's hard to tell since it's in shed, but I'd have to say that this little guy may be a T.s.sirtalis. It doesn't look like the dorsal stripe is broken anywhere along it's body and the spots look a bit bigger. But then again, a palidullus my just be a variety of sirtalis.

Roy

[Josh]

That is what i thought. But im not the best ider so i kept my mouth shut.

[stonyloam]

Ahhhh... I think I am starting to understand. I'll take a closer look when I get home. I was mainly focusing on the coloration and lack of distinct stripe. Just when you think you have it figured out......