I found an Albino Garden Snake

[kibakiba]

I believe the care for all garters is the same, albinos just need to stay away from a lot of uv exposure.

[katach]

I offered to take it too. I sent her a PM and told her if she ever had any questions to call me or if she didn't feel she could care for it would happily give it a home.

[BUSHSNAKE]

keep trying Kat, she may listen to you...help the snake!

[katach]

Maybe a mod would be willing to give me her e-mail address? I really want to at least be there for questions if it's not too late. I would love to take the little one in, if need be too. She's not that far away from me.

[infernalis]

Kat - send me a pm of what you would like to say, I will forward it.

[katach]

I think it's easy to say that someone wasn't or isn't doing something right, but remember she came here for advise. I don't know why her post got delayed, but she came here and that's a step in the learning direction. All of us started somewhere and had people to help and encourage us. We need to get back to doing that for this person. Thanks!

[ConcinusMan]

All first posts get delayed so they can be reviewed by moderators. That's why this forum isn't riddled with spam like many others are. A minor inconvenience for new members, a major improvement in forum experience for real members.

[ConcinusMan]

Well it's not "all the same" Chantel, in my opinion. That may well be true if all the garters you have are from the same state/climate/range (then if one thrives, they all thrive) but not all garters are created equal, that's for sure. What's good for a checkered and/or radix isn't necessarily good for a northwestern/concinnus/pickeringi. Species/subspecies all have their own tolerances to diet/temperature/brumation/breeding, etc. They are definitely not all the same. We can congratulate you however, on your thriving collection of northwesterns. They are one of the more difficult ones to keep.

[EasternGirl]

Well...we may be getting a little off topic here...but staying on the same topic just the same...because since I have a new checkered albino on the way, I need to know what is different about caring for him than caring for my easterns...

And you make a good point Kat...she came here looking for help...we all just want to help her and help the snake. Keep trying to get a hold of her and offer to take the snake for her...I think that is a wonderful thing to do!

[ConcinusMan]

In my experience, albinos don't like bright light. They tend to be active right after dark or at twilight. Also, exposure to UV from the sun or light bulbs can cause blindness, cancer, sunburn, etc. Other than that, they're pretty much like a normal snake.