last garter found?!

[ytee29]

hello new to this site found a small garter while raking my yard today nov. 5,06. I'm on long island in ny, anyway any suggestions on what to feed it? its pretty small

[abcat1993]

Hello welcome

[jasuncle1972]

helloytee29, I'm new here also. I found my e. garter snkae back in may'06,she'll eat feeder gold fish, at least mine does.after yours starts eating try slipping in a pinky mouse,I tried this,this pastweek end and she ate it.Mine has had a clutch of babies 14 only one lived and it got loose.maybe she'll have more in '07

[abcat1993]

I found my e. garter snkae back in may'06

hello new to this site found a small garter while raking my yard today nov. 5,06.

How many people had a wild caught garter for their first garter? Not saying this is bad (I have a wc), just wondering.

[NexXx]

My First Garter Snake (which i'm holding right now) is a wild one.

Got it like 2 months ago, she just runned across me.

[ssssnakeluvr]

My first snake was a wild caught garter.....I have had many wild caught garters over the years. Wild caught garters do real well in general, tho you will have a problem feeder here and there.

[Cazador]

Yep. About my first 100 snakes (including garters) were wild-caught. My Mom wouldn't let me bring them in the house, so I'd carry them around in a bucket before releasing them back on our property in Missouri (where I grew up). I guess I was practicing "catch and release" before it had a name .

[abcat1993]

My first pet was a wild caught anole (or 4-6 of them; I was around 5 and they all died when my father entrusted me with their care). Then I got more anoles last spring, one was an injured baby which eventually died of starvation after a few months, one was a very nervous girl who I think my cleaning lady accidentally let go (removed the water bottle holding the homemade top down), and then there is the anole which I still have today which recently got scared of me but is doing fine.
I just thought I would tell you all that.

[Stefan-A]

Newts, frogs, toads, viviparous lizards.. but no WC snakes in my past, unless you count the hundred or so that I have relocated. Of course all (minus one) Finnish reptiles and amphibians were protected species, but who's going to tell a kid that. Didn't keep them long enough to kill them and I managed to raise and release over 400 common frogs over a 4-year period, so that should sort of balance it out.

[abcat1993]

Of course all (minus one) Finnish reptiles and amphibians were protected species,

What is that one that isn't protected?