Miss Marley

[EasternGirl]

Hmm...could be then...good asking about the temps and humidity then.

[InsanePirateDragon]

That grey patch between the sixth and seventh slit from the vent was another puncture wound, I think kitty was playing with her for some time. I'm not sure of the humidity, she has a good sized water bowl and the local store always seems to be out of hydrometers whenever I go and the next nearest store is a bit aways but the warm side is 86 degrees, with a lamp set on a timer that brings it up to 90 about mid day and shuts off in the afternoon in case she wants to me warmer.

Here's a pic of the area how it looks today, the scars look a bit red but otherwise fine



And why its difficult to try and take pictures of her by myself, silly thing keeps getting in the way with that pretty head.


And she let me measure her, she's a lot longer than I thought at about 15 1/4 inches long.

[katach]

Looks better. Thanks for the updated pics.

[EasternGirl]

Cute pic with her sticking her face in the camera!

[EasternGirl]

I don't really want to try to guess at age...she is under two feet and a female...depends on the species...is she a northwestern?

[guidofatherof5]

The bite seems to be healing nicely.
Good looking snake.

Bad KITTY.

[InsanePirateDragon]

Yes, very bad kitty. She put a lot of wholes in her and she even sits in front of the tank constantly trying to find her. Marley of course takes off hiding until she's chased off. Crazy cat, she tends to harass everything from dogs to people.

And no she's not, no Northwestern, they're not even native to my state. KS only has three garter spiecies; Checkered (which is illegal to own in KS since its endangered), Plains and Common Garter thats often called the redsided out here cause of their coloring, but I'm not sure if its a subspecies around here or not. And out in Eastern KS its mostly the Common and Redsided.

Most see Garters as pests around here and often times meed the bad end of a shovel. Most everyone around here worry more about Copperheads and the rattlers that you occasionally find, and tons of little Browns. THey're aren't many who keep them as pests. Its mostly Kings, Corns, and boa/pythons that are popular here.

There is a local herp show in town every other month but I've always been unable to go to see if they have any Garters there.

[chris-uk]

Checkered (which is illegal to own in KS since its endangered)

Didn't realise that they were endangered, that's got to just be a state law? Checkereds are pretty common overall.

THey're aren't many who keep them as pests. Its mostly Kings, Corns, and boa/pythons that are popular here.

Sounds like the UK snake scene. It's all about anything but garters. There's a small group of garter people trying to spread the word.

[InsanePirateDragon]

Its a state thing only, the checkered has been pushed to the southwest corner of KS so its on the KS list of endangered/threatened and in order to possess the checkered you have to have a permit from the state.

Not sure about CB ones though, might be like what I've heard about the San Francisco garter, its something I'll have to look into on owning ones from out of state. Right now Marley's all I need at the moment, might be interested in getting another female at a later time.

[katach]

You have a very pretty red sided (T.s. parietalis) if I'm not mistaken.