Most garters are hard to come by these days for some reason. Chances are that you'll have to fork out for a courier to send you one if you find any for sale, as it might not be local to you. Your only other option would be one of the Doncaster reptile shows, of which there are 3 a year- they do have garters there. Whether that would include the Florida blue garter is another matter.

 

When you say blue garter, which one? There are a few that are blue.

 

Ah good point. It was the blue striped ones which I was looking for? Blue on each side with a darker top

 

See whether Steven Bol is at Kempton. He specialises in Garters and often has some cool ones.

 

Unsure if it still the case but Steven told a friend of mine at one of the last Doncaster shows that he won't have a table at any more shows in the UK, I believe due to Brexit related issues he had travelling over.

 

Yes I believe it would be because of import duty and tax side of things.

 

Crystal Palace Reptiles currently have CB21 Lake Chapala Garters (Thamnophis eques obscurus) for about 45 quid. I believe these are quite variable in colour but most individuals have or can develop a good deal of blue colouration. Back in the 90s wc garters were quite freely imported from the US and I had a collection including marcianus, elegans, terretris, various forms or sirtalis, ordinoides, sauritus and others. Most did well on earthworms, flatfish strip with bone included and in many cases pinkies and fluffs. They were a delight to collect and keep but I'm glad the imports have stopped. I lost one female sirtalis a few days after purchase because she had been collected in spring after mating and the young had ceased development and died within her, perhaps due to stress in transit; she managed to expel the remains but never recovered despite all efforts.

 

Just curious have you ever owned a garter snake before, they can be difficult sometimes. If you get a good one who doesn't go off food then awesome used to sell garter snakes just stopped was more of a pain then the other snakes who I dont gotta eat fish

 

Garter snakes are not difficult to keep at all.

 

You could chat to gartersandgeckosuk they may have some pickeringii later this year, these are a blue lateral stripe with small blue bars.

 

Thamnophis Pickeringii
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