Garter snake disposition

[confused]

Anyone think another garter buddy that was more mellow might do her some good?

[guidofatherof5]

Absolutely. I've had strike happy ones calm down very quickly when place in a group of calm ones. I've also done it on an individual bases. I've never gotten the opposite effect. The more jumpy snake always calms down. I think you've got a good idea there.

[confused]

Thanks! Can I keep mixed species together or do I need to find another eastern?

Also, lol, now looking for a small, mellow eastern, preferably male.

[drache]

you can mix species (of garters) as long as you don't mix genders or sizes

[guidofatherof5]

Thanks! Can I keep mixed species together or do I need to find another eastern?

Also, lol, now looking for a small, mellow eastern, preferably male.

Mixed can be fine as long as they are same sex and about the same size. According to other member and somethings I've read, I would be concerned about housing any of my snakes with a Thamnophis elegans vagrans (Wandering Garter snake) for fear of cannibalism.
My two main snakes are T.radix and T.s.parietalis. In both I can say the females are the calmest. My males that are housed together are not near as calm as my females.

[confused]

Well, then change that to a small friendly female of just about any species!

[mustang]

treat all illnesses and handle her everyday w/o glove shell stop biting u eventually....i know i make it sound so easy and so much fun

[confused]

She has given me a few days of being nice again.

Tried the guppy trick again in a 1 gallon enclosure or so. She watched it for 30 minutes. It flipped out and landed on her head and stuck. She just sat there looking like "what are you doing to me". The guppy survived so far.

[confused]

Well, I think she is ready to hibernate, or she is sick. Her gut is empty and she is sleeping all day. Won't even take a worm now, she just looks at it.'

Sigh, I don't have any place to put her at all. Any advice?

[ConcinusMan]

King snake food. I'm only kidding. could be she needs a chill. Probably wouldn't hurt. Assuming she's not sick of course. The behaviors you are so concerned about wouldn't really get to me. A snake is a snake. It's not always going to be fully active, feeding and in a good mood.