Ameron in Portland, OR

[GarterGuy]

Hi Don and welcome to the forum. Honestly I've kept kingsnakes for years and now breed Thayeri's. I was going to start a large collection of Lampropeltis, but was honestly completely entrigued with the garters. I now only have the one pair of thayeri ( I still love them ) along with an old girl PI King and am working on my 4th pair of garters. With their higher activity and they fact they're day active I love to just sit and watch them. It's all a matter of personal choice though.....but I think you'll find a bit of a bias here...LOL. If you prefer a snake the is very visable and interactive, I'd give garters at least a try. But just to warm you, it's very easy to get hooked.

Roy

[adamanteus]

But just to warm you, it's very easy to get hooked.
Roy

Roy's right......
After keeping reptiles for about a million years I decided (for various reasons) to have a couple of years off, but I missed having them around. So this February I thought I'd get a couple of Garters, just to 'keep my hand in'....I now have 22!

[Sid]

HI Don, and welcome to the forum. I've kept some Kinks in the past myself, but find the Garters far more interesting. Just my feelings.

[Snaky]

Here's another garter/kingsnake keeper. I can say that I agree with Roy. He says it well, so no need to repeat it. Although in the future I'll probably have some other kingsnake's as well. But now I'm much more intrigued by the garters and their 'personality'.

Welcome to the forum and enjoy it here