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[GarterNovice]

Hello Courtney. I've recently purchased two different snakes from Petco. The first they said was a common eastern garter which ended up being a Ribbon Snake. The second they said was a "Canadian Garter" which ended up being an Indonesian Striped Keelback. So if you post a picture on here the others on the forum will identify it very quickly for you so you'll know exactly what to feed it. Also I would stop feeding goldfish and start using guppies if you can get them. Hope that helps.

[Stefan-A]

Hello Courtney. I've recently purchased two different snakes from Petco. The first they said was a common eastern garter which ended up being a Ribbon Snake. The second they said was a "Canadian Garter" which ended up being an Indonesian Striped Keelback.

Speaking of which, we have a thread somewhere, with all 35 species and 44 subspecies currently recognized listed, with both English and scientific names. I would recommend that everybody who thinks about buying a garter from a pet store print that list and take it with them when they visit a store.

"Canadian garters" are not on that list for obvious reasons. Depending on if you interpret the word "common" as a name rather than a description, the "common eastern garter" isn't either.