Garter Snake

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

Gopher Snakes are light colored dorsally (white to beige), with contrasting dark saddles and blotches (brown to black). Gopher Snakes have a light ventral coloration that may have a dark checkered pattern. There is a dark line that extends across the snout and on past each eye. Gopher Snakes have keeled scales, this helps distinguish young Gopher Snakes from juvenile Racers, which have smooth scales. Gopher Snakes have round pupils, which is different from both Night Snakes and Western Rattlesnakes. These two species could be confused for Gopher Snakes, but both have vertical pupils.

Garter snakes do not lay eggs. They give birth to live young as the eggs hatch while still inside the mother. Snakes reproduce sexually like most other vertebrates, with the male injecting sperm into the female.

Yes, but the little bones are a turn off. Good for emergency...

- Relies mostly on its sight

- Hears by sensing vibrations in the ground, smell and taste

-Garter snakes are very agile, a feature which helps them to capture their prey successfully.

-Like all snakes, the garter snake is carnivorous. It eats just about anything that it can overpower such as frogs, rodents, fish, birds, lizards, leeches, insects, earthworms, and slugs.

-When they live near water, they hunt and eat other aquatic animals

-They swallow their food whole

-sometimes they will even eat eggs

-When garter snakes hibernate, they do it in aggregations, which means hundreds of them collecting in the same hibernaculum, where they spend the winter together and also have access to each other for the breeding season in spring

None. Garter snakes give birth to live young. A female garter snake may give birth to anywhere from 3 to 80 young.