Garter snakes do not consider other snakes as food. Therefore - it's highly unlikely they'd even consider eating another snake.

Yes. We found some in our backyard hiding around a retaining wall made of those big decorative red bricks that are rounded on one side. The snakes were hanging out in the cracks between the bricks. We caught one and now keep it as a pet.

ok i do not have any clue what you mean. do you mean they do the water?

This article is by Jonathan Crowe, from the following URL: http://www.gartersnake.info/articles/001129_differences_between_.phtml One of the questions I get most frequently, particularly from prospective garter snake buyers, is whether there is any difference between males and females. For most snakes, the sex doesn't matter much, unless you're trying to breed them (or, conversely, trying to avoid breeding them, if you want to house two in the same cage and therefore want them both to be the same sex). With garter snakes, though, there are a few differences; some of them may matter to you. First of all, garter snake females get much larger than males. A good rule of thumb for the most commonly kept species is that males reach a length of about two feet (60 cm), while females can reach around three feet (90 cm). Why is this so? Garter snakes bear live young rather than lay eggs. A larger female is capable of carrying more babies; natural selection encourages larger females, because larger litters mean a greater chance that some of the babies will survive. In most live-bearing species - for example, other natricines, such as water, brown, red-bellied and queen snakes, as well as most boas - the females get considerably larger, and in roughly the same proportion: a female boa constrictor, for example, may reach a length of 11 feet (3.3 m), but a comparable male only 8 feet (2.5 m). Female garter snakes are also much bulkier than males, for the same reason. Females tend to be much less active than males because they're conserving their energy for reproduction. The more they burn, the less they can put into babies. Males, on the other hand, are much skinnier because they're much more active: in the wild, they're spending a good deal of their time chasing girls. Evolution favours skinny, fast males that can catch females, and fat females that can pump out a lot of babies. (The exception to this rule is rattlesnakes, which are also live bearers. Male rattlesnakes engage in ritual combat with one another during mating season; as a result, natural selection encourages large males as well as large females.) What are the implications of these differences in size and behaviour on keeping garter snakes in captivity? For one thing, females may need a larger cage. Zoo guidelines suggest that a snake should be kept in a cage with a combined length and width that is equal to or greater than the length of the snake - for example, a three-foot snake would be properly housed in a cage two feet long and one foot deep. On the other hand, males are so much more active that they might need more room than their length might indicate; mine, for example, frequently race around their cages, and I suspect they'd use as much room as I give them. Several years ago, my advice was that females were calmer and males were more active, so that someone wanting a calm, friendly snake might want a female. After a few more years of observing my garter snakes, I don't think this is true any more. Male garter snakes may be more active - they move around a lot when you try to handle them, and it can be a bit of a challenge to hang on to them sometimes - but they're not necessarily jumpy, nervous or aggressive; if anything, they may actually be friendlier than female garter snakes. Just quick. Female garter snakes, on the other hand, may be more sluggish, but that doesn't necessarily mean calm. I've found some of my female garter snakes to be more aggressive when disturbed, and more prone to bite and musk. My yearling female Blue-striped Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis similis) is incredibly jumpy and given to strike at you through the glass, and I once had a female Eastern Black-necked Garter Snake (Thamnophis cyrtopsis ocellatus) that was, quite frankly, insane. But these are generalizations based on patterns I've observed in my garter snake collection. There are always exceptions. For example, my late breeder female Red-sided Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis) was quite possibly the sweetest-tempered garter snake on the planet, and my female Wandering Garter Snake (Thamnophis elegans vagrans) is pretty good, too. Still, the tame garter snakes have invariably been male. So, if all of the above has helped you decide whether you want a male or female garter snake, how do you tell them apart? It's not easy, especially if you're dealing with very young snakes. The standard methods of sexing snakes - probing, popping and by visual appearance - apply equally to garter snakes. Alan Francis has a good summary on his web site. I don't probe or pop snakes myself, so I have to rely on visual sexing, which is the least reliable method. In a nutshell, males have longer and thicker tails than females, whose tails are narrower, shorter and taper more sharply. It's much easier to tell the difference when you have one of each sex, and it's much more obvious with adult snakes; with baby snakes it's very hard to tell. Sexing a garter snake by size alone is not a sure thing: while a robust three-foot garter snake is almost certainly a female, a young, anorexic, hyperactive female could conceivably be very difficult to tell from a male. If, on the other hand, you're raising several baby garter snakes from infancy (for example, a litter), you will begin to see differences in size when they're about one year old, at which point the females will start to grow larger and huskier than the males. When you have several garter snakes, there's one other, somewhat more unofficial method of sexing them. A year ago, I was at a reptile show with the last four snakes from my 2002 litter of Red-sided Garter Snakes. I had not taken the trouble to sex them, but knew that they were old enough that I could visually sex them for prospective buyers as needed. In the event, though, the snakes sexed themselves by behaviour - I found out that I had three males and one female, because the males kept jumping on the single female (as it turned out) in the display cage and began courtship behaviour. In other words, they were sexed by the "hey, get off your sister" method.

They will strike, like most other snakes. They flatten their heads out to make themselves look larger and they strike. They also secrete some nasty smelling white stuff. Not sure if it's defecation or not, but it is smelly.

Personally, I had one live for 13 years. It depends on the quality of care given in captivity, and if the snake was a baby when obtained. In the wild, they probably live only a few years due to predation and other hazards (such as getting hit by cars).

Garter Snakes were thought to be nonvenomous, but recent discoveries revealed that they do produce a mild neurotoxic venom but lack effective means of delivering it. Garter snakes can't kill an individual with the amounts of venom they produce. They can be found from Alaska, Canada, North America to Central America. Garter snakes diet consists of slugs, earthworms, leeches, lizards, amphibians, birds, fish, toads and rodents.

You don't. You catch it seeing as how its not posionus and relocate so that you both win. There is no need to kill it. Take it far enough and it wont come back. But he is not harming anything and is actually helping your yard by getting rid of rodents and other vermon so leaving him would be benificary to you to. Maybe this URL will help you... http://www.ehow.com/how_2079050_build-funnel-snake-trap.html

yes, it has a open circulatory system, which is not contained within veins.

After mating, the female retains the developing embryos within her body, until they're fully developed. Each baby is ejected or 'born' from the cloaca - the ventral opening to the reproductive organs.

no they stick there toung out like all snakes to sence whats around but i dont beleave they hiss

The vertical stripes down the side of garter snakes resembles men's sock garters popular back in the day.

They are, but the venom is not deadly and the venom is delivered from the back of the mouth so the snake has to get you all the way back there and chew on you for a while.. In humans, it's just a minor irritant. In people who are more sensitive to bee stings and the like, it might be more painful.

The key is to find where the snakes are gaining entrance to your house. Look for cracks or holes (the size of a quarter) in your foundation. Sewage and drain pipes can also be the problem. Block and/or fill in anything that looks like it could be their access point. Eliminate all habitat around your house such as leaves, tall grass or wood piles which garter snakes love. They hibernate in winter and then slowly emerge as the sun warms them back up. They feed on small rodents such as mice and shrews as well as insects. Inside the house keep things neat and tidy so they have no place to hide. Also vacuum all bugs that could be their next lunch. If you are unable to pinpoint where they are coming in make a trap of rolled loops of clear packing tape in areas where they are seen and they get stuck so you can remove them. They are attracted to any warm sunny spot, so keep a look out in windowsills etc. Garter snakes are helpful in the grand scheme of things as they eat rodents and insects. Their instinct leads them to warm places where they feel safe from predators. We just have to convince them that our house is NOT their home.

they are about 1 foot and 2 inch

^^^^ I left this answer alone - just to show how some people DON'T read the question properly !.

After mating, the gestation period for Garter snakes is between two and three months. The female 'gives birth' to live young - as opposed to laying eggs.... Snakester1962 (Supervisor)

no garter snakes come out in the hot days garter snakes not like to come out in a night

Garters were long thought to be nonvenomous, but recent discoveries have revealed that they do in fact produce a mild neurotoxic venom. Garter snakes are nevertheless harmless to humans due to the very low amounts of venom they produce, which is comparatively mild, and the fact that they lack an effective means of delivering it. They do have enlarged teeth in the back of their mouth, but unlike many rear fanged colubrid snakes, garter snakes do not have a groove running down the length of the teeth that would allow it to inject venom into its prey. The venom is delivered via a duvernoy's gland, secreted between their lips and gums. Whereas most venomous snakes have anterior or forward venom glands, the Duvernoy's gland of garters are posterior (to the rear) of the snake's eyes. The mild poison is spread into wounds through a chewing action. The properties of the venom are not well known, but it appears to contain 3FXT, commonly known as three-finger toxin, which is a neurotoxin commonly found in the venom of colobrids and elapids. A bite may result in mild swelling and an itching sensation. There are no known cases of serious injury and extremely few with symptoms of envenomation.

Many snakes can cross breed. You would just have to see if they mate or not, I bet that there will be no problems. Just make sure that none of the offspring escape into the wild, as it could badly affect the environment.

Yes. Any type of snake will bite if it feels threatened. Garter snakes do have venom but it is very mild and they do not have well-developed fangs to help deliver it.

you give it a small mouse every once in a while. but if it dosent eat it than give him a big small or medium cricket depending on its size YOU GET TWO STICKS AND PUT THEIR FOOD ON ONE STICK AND LET THEM EAT IT. IF IT SARTS TO EAT THE STICK THEN USE THE OTHER STICK TO GENTLEY PUSH IT AWAY. My brother-in-law said to feed a garter snake when its a baby feed it crickets or little little goldfish..NOT mice So yea if you wanna contact me my AIM is pokemondude723 or my e-mail Pokemondude723@aim.com

Garter snakes are non-poisonous and not very dangerous as their mouths are so small, it is actually difficult to receive a bite. However it is possible to get bitten on the toe, finger, or webbing between your fingers.

Treat a garter snake bite as you would treat any other puncture wound - clean it thoroughly and see a doctor for a tetanus shot if you haven't had one lately.

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because they will eat any harm full insects around or in your garden that's where they got there name and there not harm full to people