My first garters

[chris-uk]

When I saw the photos I thought I'd seen them before - you posted these photos on RFUK, right?
There can't be too many tetrataenia in Ireland. Did you ship them over from Europe? They aren't a bad species to start with, but not necessarily the easiest as I found mine to need a bit more patience to get him to take food when he was small (now he eats like a pig).
Also, as you have a pair it suggests that you may have plans to breed them? Do you know how they are related? I'm sure you'll be aware that all tetrataenia in European hands are related to some degree. There was a great article that Fons (username "Thamnophis" on here) posted last year that detailed what is known about the European lines.

[eden1968ie]

Hi Chris, I've always been interested in garters (especially tetrataenia) and when a mate of mine decided that he was going travelling
later this year, and had to trim back his collection, I was only too happy to take this pair off his hands. He would
only sell them as a pair. He imported them from Holland in February 2013 but I'll try to do a little more digging on their background.
He told me that they were fantastic feeders on mice / rat pups and fuzzy mice, and true to word, they both took a rat pup tonight.
He always fed them rodents, do you think that I should supplement the rodents with fish or should I leave well enough alone.

Martin