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I've got a pair of Western Blacknecks, and their eating habits are the same as their Eastern counterparts. My female hasn't eaten since October, the male actually stopped after the female. My male...

Hard call. My parietalis had almost no red at all, so the red isn't any guide as to whether it's a parietalis. My opinion based on your photos is that they aren't parietalis (I looked at a lot of...

I'll start with an, "it's the time of year, her instinct will be telling her to brumate" response.

However, that leads me to say that she should have been tucked up brumating when you found her....

I wouldn't necessarily jump on thiaminase deficiency as a culprit. It could also be an acute infection, what you described and the rapid deterioration is very similar to the garter I lost to...

Hey Le Ann,
How did this turn out? Sorry I'm late seeing your post (I've not been on the forum since before Christmas) but my advice would have been the same as Steve's, warm damp box and vet if it...

Welcome aboard.
Checkereds are a nice species, tend to be active and not too flighty. Although my albino hides away a lot more than the normal.

Welcome aboard.

In the last month or so I've just started letting Joseph touch some of my garters. Joe was two in September. He certainly doesn't understand that be could hurt the snake, so he's very much just...

The human scrub is doing really well too. He was two in September and all he wants to do is read... And he might have started talking fairly late, but I've already reached the point a few times where...

So, not much to report since my last update. They're all doing nicely, and as expected for the time of year I've got a bunch of garters choosing not to eat (about 50/50 on the last feed). Both the...

Happy birthday Marnie.

Nice scrubs Marnie.

How cold is your cold side Snipstedy? Unless it's pretty damn cold it's not going to be enough for full brumation, and I'd suggest that all the time the snake has heat available then you can't...

Personally I like to enjoy looking at my snakes, and keeping them on newspaper would taken something away from that pleasure for me. I'm currently using Lignocel, which is similar to aspen but...

They aren't bred by many people in the UK. Not surprisingly, natrix breeders often also keep thamnophis. Probably the most common are Viperine (Natrix maura), or Dice snakes (Natrix tessellata)....

The Marines is a fine choice of career. Takes a special person to sign up for a "boots on ground" armed force.

I'm sure there's documentaries about the USMC over on your side of the pond, but...

I agree that it's just the season. Right now I have some of mine going off food and most have slowed down, and all mine are in vivs that I haven't altered the temps in (they sense the length of day...

Greek and Roman gods and heroes are a good source of names. I've worked in many places where the servers have been named after gods. :-)

Don't leave it so long between updates again Marnie...

Reasonable points about wild populations getting smaller.

In captivity though I'm aware of a female marcianus which weighs in around 800g measures well over 100cm and is generally regarded as a...

Indeed. They do a good job.

Good looking checkereds.
One problem feeder out of the litter is perhaps par for the course. I've been through it when I got 4 scrubs from Pinjohn's last litter, lost two that FTT even after...

I agree with Lora. Dried urates and nothing to worry about in that photo.
I've noticed that sometimes the urates are pretty dry and passed with faeces, other times I see more fluid when the urates...

Sad to loose such a special snake. :-(

You want an indoor pool? You could always throw on your Speedos and join Tank in there. :D

The eques species do seem to be the largest garters (excluding gigas). There are definitely larger females than my girl, Steven Bol has some T. eques scotti that are over 130cm that he mentions on...