My newbies!

[gregmonsta]

Best thing is she was hanging from my hands with her head in the foodbowl when she was eating.

[drache]

sounds great, Greg
it's so cool when they become relaxed around you
on a funny note -
I got to this thread after reading two newbie-on-the-forum posts, and despite the fact that I've looked at the thread before, for a moment I thought you were introducing human newbies - wish I could adequately describe the mental image . . .

[reptileparadise]

Phew...Thats all I can say right now....

[warbot]

Hi everyone warbot from South-Africa here

Nice to be back, I am getting my red sided garters tonight (it is now 3:49pm in the afternoon here) so I can't wait

Is there anything different between them and checkered garters?

and what is their Latin/scientific name?

@ gregmonsta - " I AM SO JEALOUS!!" I would love a pair of radix like you have there!

please email me any information to war_bots@hotmail.com

thanks in advance , sorry for using your thread for me, but that's me soz

and happy thamnophing hehe

[gregmonsta]

Hi everyone warbot from South-Africa here

Nice to be back, I am getting my red sided garters tonight (it is now 3:49pm in the afternoon here) so I can't wait

Is there anything different between them and checkered garters?

and what is their Latin/scientific name?

Congrats on the new additions.
Red-sideds are Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis. You'll find that they can be kept just like checkereds (although they come from Northern America and into Canada, whereas checkereds are found mostly in the Southern States).
post some pictures up for us once they've settled in.

[gregmonsta]

wish I could adequately describe the mental image . . .

Paint us a picture?

[gregmonsta]

Phew...Thats all I can say right now....

it must be seasonal considering the rest of the brood went off food too. But the worm trick definately worked. I'll use another live worm tomorrw (mixed in with salmon and pinky parts) and then I'll use defrosted worm parts for another 4/5 feeds using less and less until she gets the idea that 'normal' food isn't so bad after all .

[drache]

Paint us a picture?

more like a cartoon really
miniature humans in bags - all perky and inquisitive
a sort of reverse anthropomorphism

[gregmonsta]

more like a cartoon really
miniature humans in bags - all perky and inquisitive
a sort of reverse anthropomorphism

Lol with a giant thamnophis peering into the bag and saying 'How cute!!!'

[reptileparadise]

it must be seasonal considering the rest of the brood went off food too. But the worm trick definately worked. I'll use another live worm tomorrw (mixed in with salmon and pinky parts) and then I'll use defrosted worm parts for another 4/5 feeds using less and less until she gets the idea that 'normal' food isn't so bad after all .

Its most likely seasonal. But still! It always scares me when I rehome garters and they stop eating!

Your tactic is a good one by the way. Same as I do when they are newborns (although I haven't used this tactic in the last two years...they all went for fish on the first try)