Questions about our first garter snake

[RedSidedSPR]

I have 3 babies in a 10gal. All of them are active, moving around in the day. BUT, i have one that likes to come out after dark... Dunno why.

If you want activity (of course you do) I think the bet way is make her feel comfortable and secure. If she feels safe, than she'll probably be put more.

Have you been handling her? Being new, that may stress her out to the point where she stays hidden. Is she really jumpy and skittish near you? If so, that may be the problem. She's still nervous about you.

[chris-uk]

She's been out long enough to get some photos
She was out for a while, and I took a few photos - they're not great because I was shooting without flash (don't want to put her off coming out by flashing bright lights at her).
On Sunday when we got her we did handle her and I think that wasn't a good idea now. Since then we've been trying to get her used to us being near her tank, she's not ducking back into her hide so quickly now, so I think she's getting used to the idea that we aren't going to hurt her.

I mentioned photos didn't I? Hope you enjoy my first shots of Binky.

Headshot -


Most of her body -


Not a great tail shot (does it look female?) -

I know ideally you need a shot of the tail from the bottom, but we're not handling her until she settles, so this is the best I have for now.

[found out how to add photos the gallery, rather than uploading them with a post, makes the pics a nice size in the post]