Garters Dunn Right

26/08/2025

And since some have asked, he’s doing great!

25/08/2025

So calm. Torch sure makes great babies.

25/08/2025

This is the 4th one of these coppery colored ones. They all share the same sire and are from 3 different litters. You can already see the white at the neck too. Love the contrast between the coppery colored and the blue/grey back. Neat!

24/08/2025

We’ve decided to continue to scale down the collection, so along with babies, some adults will be looking for ✈️ rides

Proven female Lake Cuitzeo garter. She’s about 44” long and has produced two litters for us so far. She’s still pretty young at about 4 years old. She came from Steven Bol.

Gentle giants of the garter world. She eats one big mouse every 5-6 days, from tongs

You can see that she’s going to shed soon. When she does, the black will be darker and the yellows on her face will be brighter. Pretty cool belly too…like zebra stripes

23/08/2025

One of my male Apalachicolas. His name is Vinny. He’s 6 now and going into his 5th brumation soon. Have a good rest, buddy!

21/08/2025

Historically, people in the garter community have believed that only full black examples are considered melanistic. This simply isn’t true. This has led to misidentification of several “morphs” within the genus Thamnophis. We often call anything darker than normal and less than full black, anerythristic or “anery” for short.
Removing red and yellow pigment in an animal that doesn’t have much red or yellow pigment, doesn’t result in a nearly black animal…it results in shades of grey.
There are many examples of melanistic animals that are not full black, express some coloration and even patterns.

https://www.facebook.com/share/1CDUksj1bR/?mibextid=WC7FNe

A rare melanistic tiger, known as the black tiger, was spotted alive in the wild — an event that captivated photographers, researchers, and wildlife lovers. Recognized for its dark fur, this majestic animal owes its unique appearance to a genetic mutation that intensifies its black stripes, giving it an almost completely black
These elusive tigers are found in few forested regions, with the highest concentration in Odisha, India. The sightings are extremely rare, making this encounter an exciting time for conservationists and a sign of a healthy ecosystem. As apix predators, tigers require high biodiversity, and their presence indicates a balanced forest environment.
Experts stress the urgent need to protect these habitats to ensure creatures like the melanistic tiger remain free. The sighting has reignited interest in ecotourism and global conservation, reminding us that nature still has wonders to discover.

03/08/2025

I have an interesting opportunity for people that are interested in raising a group or entire litter. I’m looking for people with experience only. PM me if interested. Subspecies involved is Florida Blue Striped

02/08/2025

Aug 2 Flight manifest.

Ready to ✈️. Going through them now and will post them as I take the photos. It’s a very time consuming process with wiggly juvies. Also please be patient for responses from me; I expect there will be a lot of inquiries to juggle. Thanks

PM’s only

MRAD-M1, M2 and F1. 2 males and a female. Produced from my line by a friend. These melanistic plains have the blue dorsal stripes, are 100% het axanthic and 66% poss het albino. Long shot for “blue ax”, as well. These are 10-11” long and eating great! Super docile and great for beginners or someone that wants to start a multi-morph project.

GONE! SRAD-F1. Female snow plains. Sibling to above, which validates the albino gene in the mix. This is a double visual of melanistic and albino. Also 100% het axanthic and long shot for “blue ax”. Easy handling and great eater

HRAD-F1. 12” female. Don’t sleep on hets if you’re trying to get started in breeding. That’s how most of us started. 100% het for axanthic and melanistic, 66% poss het albino and long shot for “blue ax”. Super sweet snake

GONE! WAND-F1, F2, F3, M1. Wandering garters! Super cool, very docile and crazy eaters. These are uncommon in the hobby but the best part is that they are 50% poss het T+ albino. These are some of my wife’s favorite because they are so easy to care for. They all look pretty similar so just posting pic of smallest female.

HAVA - ok here’s an awesome opportunity for anyone looking for a shortcut to Avalanche plains…males and females that are visual albino, 100% het axanthic (that’s the avalanche combo) and also 50% poss het melanistic. Some are also starting to express erythrism. Super docile, eating machines. They range between 8-11”.

YSUM-F2 and M1. Total of 3.1 with pics of 2 of them below. Lower expression Florida Blue Striped. These are yearlings and in the 16-18” range. Pretty snakes that won’t break the bank.

LC-F1. Female Lake Cuitzeo’s. These black and yellow juvies will eventually turn almost completely black. Really cool subspecies of eques, one of my faves, for sure. These can get big…40”+ for females! Gentle giants. Multiple females

Still have some more to post but I’m starving. Must go eat. Will get more posted later today or tomorrow.

Checkered from axanthic project
Easterns
Oh my

Thanks

24/07/2025

33 Dixie County Florida Blue Striped born here this afternoon. make that 38, just found 5 more. Haha

23/07/2025

Preview of coming attractions. Approx 2 weeks out…

Torch babies, 2025

21/07/2025

Well lookie what I found. 6 little surprise Durango noodles. Haha. Our first litter of these.

First time mom did great. These are beautiful, as adults