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1. Elisabeth is correct.

2. Why did you initially post in a group based out of the United Kingdom?

Per your post in the UK group:
3. Easterns are the only garter native to [Maryland]......

Yes you can do that. No processing needed. Since you're asking for "any advice"... Paper towel is the #1 bedding. When you spill something on your kitchen counter or dining room table do you wipe it...

Must be a bitch to keep that set-up clean.

Age and a size reference would be helpful. Is it an adult? Why don't you just take it out of that forest setup there and hold it beside a ruler.

BTW, that set-up is just asking for trouble,...

Heat regulated? You are gonna kill that poor snake! She does not need help eating she needs help sleeping until April. Many basements have snakes brumating in them this time of year, they are ideal...

Your "fridge stays at 35F" because of how you've set its thermostat. Also, where exactly in your fridge is the temperature 35F? The temperature in the average fridge, which measures ~5' x ~3' x ~3'...

Ya got a fridge, right?

I'm not doubting that they've been out in 40F, I've seen them sunning themselves on a calm day in the mid-30's. But it's an indication that there is an underground retreat nearby (aka hibernaculum)...

Elisabeth:
"Eastern" is a very general term for a very broad range of Garter subspecies. If I understand correctly, you got your three Garters 3 months ago. You weren't the breeder so either...

Which subspecies are your baby girls? Many of northern origin should have already be in brumation. That aside:

1) Garters will not attempt to consume an organism containing an exoskeleton.
2)...

LOL it’s unfortunate that you went thru it YEARS ago and still haven’t figured it out. A general consensus 4 years ago was that Hillary would win, but she got trumped into oblivion, so that’s how...

Terry why would you label that "pallidulus"? That's an Eastern (T. s. sirtalis) not a Maritime.

Turn that heat pad off at night, let them cool down. Thamnophis are temperate colubrids not tropical pythons/boas. Give them the 20+ degree fluctuation that they've had for the last zillion years. My...

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Yes you can.

My sentiments exactly. Pic-heavy but no substance. No real info on significant matters, e.g. brumation, breeding, shedding, feeding, practical set-ups... waterfalls & caves and Garters with names.

That's what they're saying: https://www.thamnophis.com/forum/general-talk/15244-help-itdentify-morph-species.html#post272668

Guido,
Two questions:
1) What's the most number of females you've put with a male? I don't think the male would wear out. The breeding season, the natural breeding season that is, lasts but a few...

Well since you want to know what we all think:
1) I think it's a male
2) I think you need to breed it to as many local females as possible in hopes of producing similar offspring.

I would...

365 Guido? So are you saying that you don't brumate?

Well, the reason I replied to the OP (not that he'll ever read this) that a heat pad on 24/7 is excessive is because I live relatively near his...

wxknight wrote: Does anyone keep heat pad on 24/7 or is that excessive?

It's excessive. (and yes, I know this thread is 6yrs old, thank you)

What's the location?

Have a look here:
Range map of subspecies of Common Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis)...

Would like to know when female juvenile T. sirtalis pallidus would begin to outgrow males of their age.

Let's use Maritime Garters born in northern Maine during August as an example....

Hi All,
Been a long, long time since I posted. Hope everyone + their loved ones are in good health, and Happy Father's Day to all you fathers!

So we were out hiking around the mountains and came...

I'm thinking the challenge/difficulty is not just long brumation. For the record I've never bred any kind of Garters, but I got a brain in my head and am an astute observer of what goes on in the...