Is it worth it????

[drache]

hmm
is it worth it?
if you got it just to have a beautiful garter, it could be
if you're spending double to get a pair, you must be interested in breeding them, with the idea of profits in the future
in that case I must say that there probably isn't a huge market for 250 buck garters
I mean - you're into them and you're balking, right?

[GarterGuy]

hmm
is it worth it?
if you got it just to have a beautiful garter, it could be
if you're spending double to get a pair, you must be interested in breeding them, with the idea of profits in the future
in that case I must say that there probably isn't a huge market for 250 buck garters
I mean - you're into them and you're balking, right?

LOL....good point Rhea! I am interested in breeding them, but not for the interest in making some huge profit off of them. If I were to get them and breed them I'd probably only sell the offspring for less then $100 (that might upset some, but I'm not expecting to get rich off my snakes...I just like them). I don't breed for profit, I just don't like having a snake sitting around in a cage waiting to die. All life has this undeniable drive to pass on it's genes, so I like to allow my critters to be able to do the same....if only once in a while. It also gives me the satisfaction in being able to give a little bit to the hobby that I love and to be able to provide someone with good, healthy, captive bred snakes...which aren't always easy to find with garters.

[ssssnakeluvr]

hmm
is it worth it?
if you got it just to have a beautiful garter, it could be
if you're spending double to get a pair, you must be interested in breeding them, with the idea of profits in the future
in that case I must say that there probably isn't a huge market for 250 buck garters
I mean - you're into them and you're balking, right?

the market is bigger than you think...he sells out every year!! the reason it costs more is they are more rare than the flame easterns, which are common. these crosses will carry the red genes and the albino genes. the babies could all be normal looking and just carrying the genes for red, albino, and the red hybino. Like my xmas x nebraska cross. the babies are normal, but when they get to breeding size and i can breed them, they will produce a variety, nebraska albinos, ohio albinos, xmas albinos, and hopefully xmas nebraska albinos.
I have pics of red plains garters, they aren't common. the one in The Garter Snakes: Evolution and Ecology, (the big book by Rossman), is a deep red, looks like a red siders almost. would love to have one like that!!!

[ssssnakeluvr]

oh, and there was one on the old thamnophis.com....was as red as the new erythristic eastern Scott just got, the one that was found and shown on the field herp forum. I asked Scott about it and it was found in Kansas and released...not sure where in Kansas...but I sure hope it shows up next time I am out there!!!!