Favorite Snakes

[Stefan-A]

Originally Posted by adamanteus

Actually, Reed, I can't. To me they look like toys... or candy. They have no appeal to me at all... but 'to each, his own'.

I agree, they do look fake.

..and they aren't garters..

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

Yea I must say, I am not fond of honduran milksnakes at all.... the only hondurans I like are the normal ones. the hypos, the albinos, they are pretty at all but after having them for a while they lose their luster. their personaliy is... blah. that's why I am selling my pueblan milksnakes at the next show along with a bunch of other goodies....

I have to say for me, it's gotta be sirtalis. I have kept LOTS of garters and sirtalis will always be number one in my book. I actually find the california red-sided garter more attractive that the san francisco garter.

[Gijs & Sabine]

Anji gave the best answer ever: all of them !!

But when I really have to choose it definitaly will be radix !!

[EdgyExoticReptiles]

haha woops i didnt read the post my favorite garter in a puget sound

[ssssnakeluvr]

hmmmmm....very tough decision.....tetrataenias are high up at the top...red spots, melanistic easterns.... sumichrasts garter (mexican species, LOVE the one with the bars....), will have to post the pic I have of them.... I could go on all night....

[drache]

I can't say anything about the ones I've only seen pics of . . .
my favourite here is still Sammy my T.s.sirtalis, with Chloe, my T.S.pallidilus a close second and then the T.s.concinnus and the T.e.vagans, the anery T.radix, the T.radix . . .
oops - I just ran out of garters
I guess the sirtalis are my favourites, but I'm looking to get to know the T.elegans realm a bit better

[mycolorfulheart]

Originally Posted by adamanteus

Actually, Reed, I can't. To me they look like toys... or candy. They have no appeal to me at all... but 'to each, his own'.

Maybe I just have an active imagination but I can see them slithering around a rain forest or possibly an aztec temple. I know nothing about their actual habitat, so I don't know if this is possible, but it's a cool image none the less!

[Loren]

I like my Mount Diablo garter- T. a. zaxanthus and Sierra Garter - T. couchii the best I guess. Not sure why. Maybe because I dont see them as often in collections, and because I have had the Sierra for about 5.5 years.

[adamanteus]

Have we seen a picture of your T. a. z. Loren?

[Loren]

Originally Posted by adamanteus

Have we seen a picture of your T. a. z. Loren?

Yes, I posted pics of my garters on one of my first posts on this forum.
Heres a pic of my Diablo. She was given to me by a friend who was having difficulty getting her to eat after she had babies. She weighed only 27 grams then, and I got her up to 75-80+ grams in a few months,now she looks great, even better than in this pic. Started her on treefrogs, now she pounds peach fuzzies like mad, as long as you reach them into her hidebox. Disturb her at all while you do it, and she wont eat.