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Hi
Interested in picking up an albino male baby and female baby normal looking garter.

What is everyone's opinion on housing them together and if okay can they be housed in pair as adults ?

Thank you

>>Hi
>> Interested in picking up an albino male baby and female baby normal looking garter.
>>
>>What is everyone's opinion on housing them together and if okay can they be housed in pair as adults ?
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>>Thank you

housing them together should not be a problem.i house mine together and they do fine.
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until next time make mine slither.herb
www.housesnakes@yahoo.com

I house my Garters in pairs and have been doing it for years without any problems.

Tim

Third Eye

I house my Garters in pairs and have been doing it for years without any problems.

Tim

Good looking garters thanks

it's not a problem housing them together, just make sure they are the same species.
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Don
www.donsgartersnakes.net

I would not if you get checkered garters.They tend to be canibalistic.I cant count the number of times I have Had to pull a slightly smaller male out of a female's mouth during breeding.

Thank you all very much .
It seems safe to do so other than with checkered garters .

I house all my garters individually, but not because I necessarily think there is something wrong with doing so, it's more a matter of I want to keep exact track off who is doing what, who's eating, popping, shedding, separate food, water, less sharing if illness occurs ect. ect. Of course pairs are put togather during breeding time regardless, but feeding is done in separate quarters even during the breeding season, so you might want to at least put them in individual containers for feeding time to avoid any accidental problems should two snakes start eating the same food item at opposite ends and the same time, because the one with the bigger mouth wins when they meet in the middle and just keeps going.
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Jeff Benfer
gartersnakemorph.com