Over the last few weeks my daughter and I have been catching & releasing garters in our area. I thought I'd share a few photos We may end up keeping one or two eventually. I miss having a pet garter.

This one we nicknamed "Checkers". She spent a few days keeping us company, chowed down a bit food, and then we let her go. I loved her patterning! I believe she was gravid, I hope she passes on the patterning to her offspring.


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This girl we nicknamed "Dragon". We found her on a bike path which has very high retaining walls. It's a bit of a death trap for garters, the walls make it difficult for the snakes to get back into their habitat and there is allot of bike traffic on the path. She is shedding as we speak and will probably give birth soon. We will release her and her babies in the same general area we found her, but far away from the path.



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More photos to come...