Hey, what's up 'new guy'? LoL!I too live in Colorado (Denver) and caught a female Bull (Pituophis Catenifer Sayi) right near the Cherry Creek Trail last year... Didn't know it at the time- she was pregnant! 2 of the 7 eggs laid, hatched and I'm holding one now... Obviously, had I known she was prego, thing's would have been done differently... it was definitely a learning experience. Perhaps in the future I'll have some more eggs, and will do thing's differently in the incubation process so, they all can survive.
I too used to catch Garter Snakes as a child! And had some as pets growing up as well! That's cool you got back into snakes, and taking care of them- Way cool!!
I got 'the Pit FEVER lol,as they say- and absolutely love these little guy's...this forum is AWESOME! (sort of new here as well hahaa!) For what it's worth... WELCOME!