2012 Albino and het T.s.parietalis (Red Sided Garter Snake)

[guidofatherof5]

Babies were born on the Ranch.
The albino het T.s.p. that Joe sent me had babies last night.
At this point she has had a total of 5 babies (1-stillborn het, 2-hets and 2-albinos)
One albino is much more red then the other at this point. It will be interesting to see how they color up.
I'm not real happy with the baby albino photo. It was over exposed. The adjustments turned the body more orange then it really is.
Better photos will be coming.
The last two photos is mom and dad.
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//773/medium/albino_tsp_31312.jpghttp://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//773/medium/hets_tsp.jpg
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//773/medium/momtsp.jpghttp://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//773/medium/dad_tsp.jpg

[mikem]

congratulations! beautiful little babies! :cool:

[kibakiba]

Congrats, Steve!

[InsanePirateDragon]

Squee Babies! And pretty Babies

Congrats and can't wait to see pictures.

[EasternGirl]

What a wonderful time to have some little babies born. Welcome springtime! Beautiful little scrubs! Hermes and Possum said they love that albino. ;)

[guidofatherof5]

*UPDATE*

1 more Het. born. (Total 6: 1-stillborn, 3-hets and 2 albinos)

[infernalis]

outstanding! those are some of the best looking albinos I have seen.

[mikem]

awesome news! :D

[EasternGirl]

They are very lovely albinos.

[indigoman]

I LOVE THIS TIME OF YEAR! congratulations Steve, nice looking group.

[guidofatherof5]

Thanks everyone.
They are just coming out of the shed box.
I'll try to get some outside photos. 75° and sunny here today.

[InsanePirateDragon]

Come to KS then, we're at 82.

But I would love to see how red these little guys are.

[zooplan]

Congratulation,
it´s a fact that those are real beauties
but you´ve worked out that both strains carry the same albino-gen too
Congratulations again!

[gregmonsta]

Lovely :D

[guidofatherof5]

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//773/medium/al3.jpghttp://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//773/medium/al2.jpg
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//773/medium/ai4.jpghttp://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//773/medium/al1.jpg

[InsanePirateDragon]

Those are just beauties, I'm just loving that Albino girl...

[BUSHSNAKE]

they look great...healthy looking!

[Jeff B]

Congrats!

[Eddie]

It's that time of year
Congrats!

[RicMartin]

Babies season is here! Congrats on the beautiful scrubs, Steve!

[ConcinusMan]

Gorgeous. Love the albino red sideds. One of my favorite aberrant garters. I just have a thing for red/orange on an albino. Beautiful.

[guidofatherof5]

I offered food on there birth day but no one ate. I wasn't surprised as very few snake eat that soon but it does happen.
This evening I place 5 worm chunks under the hide and 30 minutes later there were only 2. Looks like one of the hets.
has started eating.
I offer food as soon as possible as not to miss any fed opportunities. I mean an opportunity for them to eat.
I believe for some snakes the fed window can come and go rather quickly. By offering food early I catch all these windows.
Food doesn't go to waste if they don't eat. I have a few other snakes that will pickup the slack. :D

[guidofatherof5]

Make that 5 pieces offered and 5 pieces eaten. I think the larger of the two albinos has eaten.

I put 12 more pieces under the hide. I'll check it in the morning.
Hoping I can get all these special snakes eating and thriving.

[i_heart_sneakie_snakes]

They are absolutely adorable!!!

[InsanePirateDragon]

Awesome that they are eating! Good job little guys!

Now how big are they exactly, I'm kind of curious and still trying to guess age on my girl.

[guidofatherof5]

Been a good morning.
10 pieces of food eaten. I even watched the smaller albino swallowing a piece. That means both albinos are eating.

Here's a strange one. While feeding the adults Red Sideds the male dropped out and headed across the floor.
I went to the other side of the enclosures to intercept him. In order to grab him I had to move a small trash can.
Under that can was a Red Sided het. It must have escaped shortly after it was born.
Now the count is 7 born, 1 stillborn, 4 hets. and 2 albinos.

[chris-uk]

Good catch. Much longer and that baby het would have been facing dehydration. Hope he fairs well after his adventurous start to life.

[mikem]

maybe he was showing you where the little one had escaped to! :D glad you found it!

[guidofatherof5]

Thanks Chris.
I was just down in the snake room and saw the smaller albino out so I offered a chunk of worm.
The little scrub took it right off the hemostats. This group is doing very well for only being 2/3 days old.

[EasternGirl]

Wow....it has been mysterious baby time at the ranch. Glad you found the little one. Hope he is doing well. Glad the others are eating.

[guidofatherof5]

They are eating again.
Love it.

[guidofatherof5]

These are little monsters.
Now they are eating everything, every time I offer.
Not sure if everyone is eating but most are.

[guidofatherof5]

Watch both albinos and two of the hets. eating tonight.
There was plenty of food left when I walked away so I'm hoping to see full bellies on everyone in the morning.