Draco, Albino Checkered Garter

[CloudtheBoa]

How did you like working with BHB?

I didn't personally talk with them because I was in class at the time, but my mom says they were really nice and personable and were willing to work with a schedule. He arrived here in perfect health the next day, just with that bit of poo that he eventually passed. So, it was a good experience and I got a nice animal. I would buy from them again.

[CloudtheBoa]

I got a photo of Draco next to an average-sized pinky mouse. The only reason he sat still was because he was getting excited by the scent of the mouse.


This was the 4th successful feeding with mice, and this time he actually took the chunks unscented! Just like last time, he started doing laps around his tank once he got a whiff of the thawing rat, and when it seemed he was going to take the rats unscented this time I made him hunt for it. I waived the two chunks I gave him a few inches away, around the side of the water bowl, and he crawled after them hungrily and took them from the tweezers without any hesitation.

[CloudtheBoa]

In his bowl for a bit of a swim. I'm hoping to put a decent part of one side of his permanent tank as a large swimming pool, since he seems to like to take a dip every once in awhile.


I got a new decoration for him recently, a fake vine plant. He liked it for the first few hours, but I haven't seen him hanging out in it since.














Hanging out at the top of the plant.


I moved the camera slightly and it spooked him. lol He shot out of the plant like a bullet shortly after.

[Boanerges]

Colors pop!! Very pretty

[CloudtheBoa]

Took some new photos of Draco today. He's starting to get rather fat, so I may reduce the size of his pinky parts, or space out his feedings.

Any advice on which would be better?



He's see-through!

[Bluebonnet Herp]

With more pics, there is greater want in this one...
He's looking better with every update! I'm not sure he's getting fat, although I'm not a garter owner (yet) but I would just say he's just growing since he's still a little guy.

[aaront126]

How nice! I hope you get (got?) it.

Just arrived the other day finally after waiting for weeks for the weather to warm up enough to ship. They had 2 of the sunglow's left when ordered mine back in Jan.

[CloudtheBoa]

With more pics, there is greater want in this one...
He's looking better with every update! I'm not sure he's getting fat, although I'm not a garter owner (yet) but I would just say he's just growing since he's still a little guy.

Could be. lol I'm used to snake's necks being smaller around than their head, so maybe having the neck the same circumference is normal for garters. He was looking a slight bit heavy around his cloaca as well, but with how often he poops that could have just been a poo getting ready to come out. I can take him out again and look.

He's growing pretty fast now, too. He was roughly 6-7 inches when I got him, and he's now right around 10 inches.

Just arrived the other day finally after waiting for weeks for the weather to warm up enough to ship. They had 2 of the sunglow's left when ordered mine back in Jan.

Congrats! I'm still waiting on word about my little garter, but I'll be putting up his profile once I have word he'll be on his way.

[CloudtheBoa]

From above.


His little tail.




Escaping into his vine.




A bit blurry, but a truer representation of his colors.


I'll also post some videos once I get them uploaded.

[CloudtheBoa]

Video #1.
Just some of his activity from outside the tank. I was trying to get him to follow my finger for you guys, but he wasn't interested that day. >.>