I've done a little bit of research and reading... "Wandering Garter Snakes" (Thamnophis elegans vagrans) are not like most other Garter Snakes...

http://www.gartersnake.info/articles...ns-vagrans.php

Semi-Aquatic
Mildly Venomous
"technically" a Constrictor (but not like a Boa)

The live fuzzy I fed her was grabbed and held underwater for about 1-2 minutes... the mouse was easily very dead before the snake started to swallow it. I took a rough 6 minute cellphone video of the whole thing, quite brutal, I might edit and toss it up on Youtube. I need to take better pictures and I'll do that in time, since the snake is wild it is very easily startled, it has only recently gotten used to seeing me "moving" without it hiding... she does the "I'm just a twig, no reason to pay attention to me" act very well