Stefan's garters

[drache]

they're beautiful
perhaps a tad chubby, but that's still baby fat

[Stefan-A]

I still feed them as much as I did three months ago, even if they're about 15 cm longer now. There was a time when those white markings between the scales were visible practically all the time, now they only show for about a day after they've eaten, and that's how it should be.

They really are bottomless pits, they'll eat as much as you're prepared to give them. I sort of tested it once, the smaller one of the two ate about 50% of its weight in fish and would probably have eaten a lot more.

[Stefan-A]

September 17th, 2007



February 29th, 2008.

Hard to believe it's the same snake. Except if you're used to the idea, of course.

[Stefan-A]

So, almost two months and two sheds of a garter later, I got bored again and I decided to measure my snakes.

Grabby (aka "the bigger one"): 50 cm
Squeezy (aka "the smaller one"): 51 cm
the tetra: 47 cm

[Lori P]

Oh my god, look at those ghoulishly huge hands... why, you could kill a bear with those!!

[Stefan-A]

..and a few new pictures of one of these, too.

[adamanteus]

You must be very proud of these two, Stefan. They're gorgeous.

[Stefan-A]

I am, they're both terrific little characters. Especially the one with fused supralabials has absolutely no fear and usually climbs onto your hand without even the slightest hesitation. But it makes taking pictures a bit tricky sometimes.

[Lori P]

They are sooooo gorgeous, Stefan, and you take such great pics of them. :-)

[Stefan-A]

Thanks, Lori. Close-ups are the only thing my camera does well, so that's what I prefer to take.