Stefan's garters

[jitami]

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I don't know if the same holds true for your water babies, and I know you can't feed live, but my garter babies never went in their dish until this week. They would take a drink, but actually seemed to avoid getting wet. My husband even commented about how the babies really didn't like the water. I gave them live fish this week and now they constantly lounge in and on the dish waiting for fish to appear Before this week they've only had pre-killed food items. It made me wonder if most of the garters who spend time in the water have been conditioned to do so?

[Stefan-A]

We'll have to ask Gijs & Sabine about that. It's their vagrans. None of my other garter snakes have been fed live fish, at least not in my care, and none of them are very interested in using the water dish for anything other than drinking.

[Stefan-A]

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69.5 cm

I think they're both getting ready for brumation. I already arranged my snakes according to species, in case I decide to give these two a fake brumation. These two have their own enclosure now and the tetrataenia shares one with the parietalis.

[Stefan-A]

That same damn maura hissed at me,musked me and did several mock strikes when I cleaned their enclosure a few minutes ago. It was really upset.

[Garter_Gertie]

What a pudgy, happy fat little snake! So cute!

[Lori P]

I really, really like your new ones, Stefan!! Hisses, strikes and all!

[jitami]

The vagrans are gorgeous Stefan! I can't wait to see the young they produce!

[Stefan-A]

The vagrans are gorgeous Stefan! I can't wait to see the young they produce!

I'm looking forward to it, myself. We'll see in a year and a half.

[Stefan-A]

Yeah, the viperine snakes are so much fun with their little protests.

The new vagrans is still pretty skittish, though. He hasn't been aggressive in any way (yet), but doesn't curl up like the females do, either. Definitely a runner.

[Stefan-A]