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My infernalis is a bit of a nut and nowhere as nice as my radix but she makes up for it by being an absolute stunner.

Where are you from? My guess is a radix (Plains garter snake)
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Garters poop quite often so if you make any of your own hides be sure that they can be cleaned easily without getting ruined because they will get pooped on ;)
Also what is the height of the tank?...

Since both those tanks have the same floor area it really comes down to how you want to set the tank up.

Got this little beauty about two weeks ago. Colors are already getting brighter :)
https://i.imgur.com/drlpueP.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/SMEUWs3.jpg

Even though it says 2 striped here I think this might be what you're referring to since technically there's one lateral stripe on each side making 3
https://i.imgur.com/rLjUOQm.jpg

Came back from being out of town for about a week to a putrid smell in the reptile room I thought I was going to find my female Radix dead but thankfully it was just a nice pile of infertile eggs....

Get a cheap LED strip light from Walmart and put it on the lid, the plants will love it.
Also is that aspen shavings above the dirt? Be careful if so as Aspen doesn't take well to moisture and will...

I think as long as you vary the diet and don't feed only pinkies until the snake is big enough to take bigger mice you should have no issues.
I raised mine on Sally's San Francisco bay silversides,...

What are you measuring the temps with?
To me an 100 watt bulb and a heat pad for such a small tank seems a bit overkill, is it possible it's too hot in the cage?

I keep mine in a regular 20 long with a screen top with clips, two on the front panel and two on the back panel. An extra or tighter fitting pair of clips will only run you a few dollars. You can...

You're going to get a lot of radix recommendations and I agree. As a general rule most garter snakes are docile, handleable, and active. A lot of people will tell you females are more docile than...

Tank is a beautiful and impressive turtle, almost like a dinosaur.

Very nice copper color on that one, cool find!

Very sorry to hear that.

Welcome.
The California Red Sided Garter (Thamnophis sirtalis infernalis) is perfectly legal to keep in the states and I'm pretty certain it is the same in California. I could be wrong and if I am...

Wow, seems like it was worth the wait. They are stunning.

Thanks Albert! I'm pretty happy with how it looks as of now. Of course, the snake has been doing some rearranging but that's okay. All the plants are still holding up and if they don't I don't mind...

I introduced a good number of springtails from some existing cultures I had. I'm going to head off to a wildlife refuge this weekend to get some isopods from a safe area as well as some leaf litter....

So I went ahead and decided to give my female radix a nicer setup.
20 gallon long tank lit with a 24 inch walmart LED fixture with a small 25 watt bulb for heat although its been so hot inside that...

I'm sure they'd be difficult to find locally but you can did pretty much anything on online classifieds

Snake Fungal Disease.
https://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/disease_information/other_diseases/snake_fungal_disease.jsp

Seems to be a particular hell for timber rattlers.

Sorry to hear that. Sometimes the really little ones can stick to the glass if they're wet.
Large, flat objects like sheet metal and plywood that you can flip are good places to look. Other than...

That was a photoshopped corn snake.
They normally are a reddish brown and orange color not blue.

They take advantage of microclimates.
On a summer night for example when it gets abnormally cool they can still stay pretty warm curled up under a log or down a hole.