Pic: handfuls of garters :)

Nice find!

I remember a couple years ago I found a couple garters hiding in a tarp in my back yard. I kept one for a year and then let him go the next summer. He never bit me but musked occasionally. The musk really isn't too bad. Salamanders were his favorite but he only got those on occasion.

Lol. I know this is a little old but I HAD to say. :P
Yes people keep and breed garters:
www.albinogartersnake.com
www.thamnophis.com

I personally have over 40 and thats just the beginning. Including:
http://www.iherp.com/Gallery/88783/9...N3siZuDGmE.jpg
And...
http://www.iherp.com/Gallery/88783/9...dhc0XqfOwu.jpg
(SOOO much redder in person. Like a rich solid cherry red belly and half way up the sides and head. Pic is very washed out)
So yeah. People keep garters. They aren't just trash beginnner snakes like some people say. :confuzd: :cool: