Gail's garter - the snake kind silly.

[Invisible Snake]

When I put all the evidence together(as I see it):
Nice taper on the tail even though there is a slight bulge/swelling at the vent(not usual but not uncommon on some females)
Nice full body and head structure and size.
Not accounting for the former owners statement.

Female

Just my opinion.

That first photo is awesome. Nice taper.

I stay with FEMALE.

I understand you position and need to know for sure.

Good call Steve! Spot on I was thinking male myself.

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She's such a poser...........I love this girl.

Zena Looks great!

[ProXimuS]

What a good girl, Jewels! I'm glad she brought a "non-believer" around


Hi Zena

[guidofatherof5]

Zena is a fine looking snake.

[kueluck]

She's been eating "todes"..........don't know if I should lol or ewww.

[ConcinusMan]

Was just a joke, but seriously if it took a microscope to see them, it probably wasn't roundworms. Just about any wild garter is going to have nematodes. Many of them are harmless. Still, treating the snake with panacur is a good idea. it can get rid of a wide range of parasites, including a lot of harmful ones. It just doesn't seem to work for certain tapeworms. (the kind that use fish or amphibians as an intermediate host) For that I use praziquantel and repeat the treatment two weeks later. But if your snake has those you would know it. They have poor appetite,(or "can't get enough" to eat) low body mass, malnutrition, sometimes blood in the feces, and segments of worms coming out of them. It's pretty obvious.

[-MARWOLAETH-]

Hope the new arrival gets rid of her passengers

[kueluck]

Richard - I know you were joking, just that the sound of "todes" is toads, which I have 7 of them as family members. I just can't imagine using them for food *shudders* . Jewels seems very healthy and won't even have know about her "friends" by the way she acts. She just finished her first round and will do a second round in three weeks. And once this is all done I'll start probiotics to help replenish the good stuff.

Wm - I'm sure they will abandon ship soon.

[kueluck]

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Mona practicing her nautical knots.

[snake man]

Mona looks awsome I really like those melanistic.

[ConcinusMan]

Gorgeous. I really need to get my hands on a melanistic, but I don't want an eastern.