Draco, Albino Checkered Garter

Draco is doing good. He's about to be moved to my new place with the others, though, so hopefully he'll take it well.

No one's been fed yet but when feeding day comes up I guess I'll see how they took the drive.


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Draco's last weight was 43 grams, and takes rat pinks almost with ease now. The rest of my rat pinks are majorly freezer-burnt so his last meal was a hopper mouse while I wait for my next shipment to arrive.

He was out and about looking for food a few days after one of his feedings, so I took the chance to snap some photos of him! It was easy to draw him close, just wiggled my finger around. lol

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Originally Posted by dylanjwicklund

Me either only ever found 4 with blue and 2 having just blue cheeks that's why I liked them alot I mostly see ones with reds/oranges and very dark brown

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There are two species of garter snake (including their sub species) that do extend into different regions in Canada. T. elegans and T. sirtalis. They are known as the western terrestrial and the eastern garter respectively. T. elegans with at least 5 subspecies and T. sirtalis with even more subspecies. Either could have locales that harbor individuals with bluish labial scales or infralabial scales of black and or blue. T. elegans Southwestern Canada and T. sirtalis in South central Canada and the Canadian Maritime provinces.

Checking up on my favorite Garter Snake .

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i have an albino to! i was trying to upload a picture of her on the thread i just started and i couldnt figure it out i clicked the picture thing but i couldnt get it to upload still

Garter snake photo shoot from yesterday! Draco's belly was looking very pink today, so maybe I've finally caught him in shed without the tell tale blue phase. haha His last shed was in January, so he's definitely due for a shed. Guess we'll see in the next couple of weeks.

Trying - and failing - to capture that pink tinge.
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This one shows it a bit better, and you can see a pinkish area around the corner of his vent.
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Hey


Just wondering what you peeps think about the fairly recent developement / suggestion that Garter snakes are apparently rear - fanged and mildly toxic / venomous !?!?

There's a note about this on the Garter snake Wiki page apparently ...


Should I be concerned being hyper sensitive to just about everything and having 3 Albino Checkered Garter snakes ???

Thanks

The research isn't saying they're rear-fanged. It's saying they have Duvornoy's gland. They don't have any fangs, they have teeth like a non-venomous snake, and the venom just runs down their teeth. It's even less efficient than being rear-fanged, and their venom is even milder than a hoggie's.


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The research isn't saying they're rear-fanged. It's saying they have Duvornoy's gland. They don't have any fangs, they have teeth like a non-venomous snake, and the venom just runs down their teeth. It's even less efficient than being rear-fanged, and their venom is even milder than a hoggie's.


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Thanks .. Somebody joined a Garter thread last night suggesting they were rear-fanged and mildly toxic/venomous and quoted the WiKi section ..

Draco last weighed in at 51 grams. So he's still growing rapidly despite closing in on his 3rd birthday.

Here's some recent pics of him. :) He was being naughty and pooped (not musked, pooped) all over my hand. -.- Needless to say, his outing was cut short so I could wash my hands.

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He is now able to eat rat pinks without having 3 mouse pinks every other feeding.