My first baby!

[snake man]

Hey guys I recieved my first baby snake yesterday and have to share. She is a female axanthic X red. Not too much color yet but she should be buetiful. More pictures and updates soon.

http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z438/redcar122/2012-07-31_17-23-15_12.jpg

[guidofatherof5]

Sweet.

[snake man]

Thank you.

[Mommy2many]

Congratulations!

[Invisible Snake]

Congrats! Good looking scrub.

[norcalj]

Congrats! I've a feeling that she is just the 1st of many to come.;)

[i_heart_sneakie_snakes]

Aw, she is so cute!! Everybody loves babies :)

[kueluck]

Yup, she's a cutie.

[EasternGirl]

What a cutie! Without the coloring showing yet...she looks just like my eastern babies.

[setfree]

Nice!!!:d

[Mandi0284]

Awww... she is so cute.

[snake man]

She is about 10 inches long and has been letting me handle her with only a little bit of attitude. She was fed three days ago and wont take any food, is this normal? How often do you think she needs to be fed?

[-MARWOLAETH-]

She is about 10 inches long and has been letting me handle her with only a little bit of attitude. She was fed three days ago and wont take any food, is this normal? How often do you think she needs to be fed?Three days is nothing to worry about she's just adjusting to the new environment.As for feeding I found that every 2 days on bits of food about half the size of the head until you see a small lump in their bellies works well.When she starts to gain some size drop feeding down to every 3-4 days.also it's important to note with babies that you should worry about over feeding more than underfeeding them as it can kill.

[snake man]

I have been taking her out of her original tank and feeding her in a smaller one because i read somewhere to do that. Is that what you do?

[snake man]

Heres some more pics of "lucy", I made a little makeshift hammick as seen in the last two.

http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z438/redcar122/2012-08-05_11-35-55_769.jpg

http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z438/redcar122/2012-08-05_11-53-54_123.jpg

http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z438/redcar122/2012-08-05_11-56-25_624.jpg

[mikem]

Lucy seems to be enjoying it :)

[snake man]

I put the heat lamp above it so she loves basking there.

[Invisible Snake]

Lucy looks good! Will you be getting her a Ricky Ricardo? lol jk xD

[-MARWOLAETH-]

I hope you haven't patented that hammock for I might try that my self.:)

[snake man]

No patten yet you can get the suction cups at any hardware store.

[snake man]

She decided she was hungry the other day and will eat when ever I offer food now. Does she look plump enough? Here are some pictures.

http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z438/redcar122/2012-08-08_12-08-58_716.jpg

http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z438/redcar122/2012-08-08_12-13-54_586.jpg

[Invisible Snake]

I'm loving that first pic and she looks plump to me. What have you been feeding her?

[snake man]

On the menu is frozen yellowtail got it about a weekago from a fish market, fresh out of the ocean nothing added.:cool:

[norcalj]

On the menu is frozen yellowtail got it about a weekago from a fish market, fresh out of the ocean nothing added.:cool:


You might want to be a little cautious about this. I don't remember where I heard or read it, but I think that feeding saltwater fish to your snakes can be detrimental to their health.

[snake man]

I was reading the caresheet and it said that yellow tal was ok but will do some reaserch.

[snake man]

Heres a pic of her tank, she absolutely loves her vine she is up there almost all day. You can see her at the top of the vine.(had to put direct link wont show as an image)
http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z438/redcar122/2012-08-13_12-35-59_411.jpg
Heres a closer look at her on the vine.
http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z438/redcar122/2012-08-13_12-37-13_739.jpg

Lastly here she is looking kinda sad because she managed to break er hammock.
http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z438/redcar122/2012-08-13_17-48-52_903.jpg

[ProXimuS]

http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/general-talk/10373-gails-garter-snake-kind-silly-13.html

Here's a link to a thread where someone is using some type of reptile hammock for their snake. If yours breaks again, maybe something you might want to look into. I know I'm interested!:D

[gazzamann]

nice , the same as one of mine :)

[EasternGirl]

Do you know how old she is? I'm guessing at 10 inches she is at least 4 mos old? When I got Hermes, he was 4 mos old and the breeder was feeding him half a pinky every 4 days. I increased the feeding interval to every 3 days until he was about a foot long...then I went to every 4-5 days. Now that he is a year old...I feed him about every 5-7 days...on the same schedule as my other adults...and he has been eating one pinks worth of food since he was about 7 or 8 mos old.

[snake man]

Its amazing shes only 2 1/2(born in late may) months old and 11 1/4 inches, she migh be a big Gal

[snake man]

Well, when I woke up this morning there was a fresh shed in the cage and Lucy sitting there looking triupthant. I am very happy this is MY first shed and every whent well(both eye caps came off).
http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z438/redcar122/2012-08-17_10-58-58_660.jpg
http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z438/redcar122/2012-08-17_11-01-17_174.jpg

[EasternGirl]

Good news! Pretty girl!

[Mommy2many]

Congratulations on "YOUR" first shed! Beautiful baby!

[guidofatherof5]

Sweet looking radix.

[snake man]

You know I was thinking.... and I am very happy my first garter is a radix!

[guidofatherof5]

They are a special snake, though I may be a little bias.:D

[snake man]

I agree, hopefully in the forseeable future I will own two little radix buddies ;).

[guidofatherof5]

I agree, hopefully in the forseeable future I will own two little radix buddies ;).

Now, is it you agree they are special or that I am bias or is it both?:D

[snake man]

That they are special!

[snake man]

Now, is it you agree they are special or that I am bias or is it both?:D
That they are specail.

[ProXimuS]

She really is a very pretty girl:)

[snake man]

Quick update: Lucy is doing very well I can't believe it but when I measeured her today she was exactaly a foot. She is still living in her vine but is acting like a normal little snake. Pics soon.

[guidofatherof5]

Good news is always welcome. Looking forward to seeing some photos.

[snake man]

PICS!
Here she is being a lazy snake in her favorite vine.
http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z438/redcar122/2012-08-20_23-37-00_438.jpg

Little photo shoot.
http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z438/redcar122/2012-08-22_20-05-45_734.jpg

Heres an old picture, I might have already posted this one.(the more the marrier!)
http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z438/redcar122/2012-08-17_11-01-17_174.jpg

[guidofatherof5]

They do seem to get favorite spots don't they.

[snake man]

They do seem to get favorite spots don't they.

They sure do she doesn't come down unless she needs water. Whenever I go to put her back into her tank I start to go to the actual floor and she goes crazy until I drop her off on her vine.

[Lovok]

Here are some pics of my own newest edition, born on August 5th. I actually helped deliver (in a manner of speaking)! Not sure what sex it is yet, so I've no name picked out either.
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[guidofatherof5]

Sweet. Nice work.

[ProXimuS]

Nice pics both of yall! I really like the one with Lucy all curled up:)

[snake man]

Thank you and good luck with your baby too Lovok.

[EasternGirl]

Lucy is a lovely girl! Great pics. I love how she is particular about her vine. Cute baby Lovok.

Steve...you biased? Nahhhh.....:D

[snake man]

Its been a while so heres an update and pictures(of course). So I moved Lucy into a critter catcher to travel and she looked like she was missing something, I put a small little vine in there and guess what I found 10 minutes later.....
http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z438/redcar122/2012-08-25_19-44-08_952.jpg

Heres a picture of her body patterns
http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z438/redcar122/2012-08-28_12-16-35_20.jpg

Her head(looks almost green)...
http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z438/redcar122/2012-08-28_12-16-45_257.jpg

[snake man]

I put a branch in for her and she likes almost as much as her vine..
http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z438/redcar122/2012-08-28_14-15-23_63.jpg

Last but not least Lucy enjoying her first pinky parts!..
http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z438/redcar122/2012-08-28_15-41-14_456.jpg

[snake man]

Now I have a few questions. Lucy stopped eating today with two chunks of a little pinky left is she just full? also I have been holding her a little every day, how much should I hold her and how long will it take until she doesnt flintch when I reach for her? thank you.

[guidofatherof5]

Sweet radix.