Eastern Blackneck project..

[Albert Clark]

These two will be coming out of the brumation abyss at the end of the week. I am looking forward to great things from them soon.14525Both of them were my biggest, healthiest pair. Both have the wide orange dorsal striping and vivid patterning.

[guidofatherof5]

Nice.

[sirtalis01]

Nice Al....

[Albert Clark]

Thanks guys... They both look like they gained weight while brumating. If that's at all possible. Maybe just longer?

[Jeff B]

How long did you brumate?

[Albert Clark]

How long did you brumate?. Put them down December 28th. Approximately 4 months now. They really do look a bit longer and larger but that may just be my vision. Lol. Low temp was about 46F for the greater part.

[Albert Clark]

14624Guess this girl is full of babies! Haven't seen her so big ever. Hoping she has a 100% healthy, live litter. :) I'm thinking by the end of June she will drop.

[Albert Clark]

14626Another view.... 14625

[sirtalis01]

She look awesome Al.. how big is she?

[Albert Clark]

She look awesome Al.. how big is she? Thanks Julio. She's about 19" long but 2 years old and a first timer. Last time I weighed her she was 70 grams.

[Albert Clark]

She looks like she will pop any day now. Fingers crossed for no stills or jellies.

[guidofatherof5]

Praying for healthy scrubs.

[Albert Clark]

She still looks very gravid! Soon as it hapens I will post up guys.

[guidofatherof5]

We are rooting for the girl, all healthy scrubs.

[Albert Clark]

Well she continues to expand and I expect her to have a really amazing litter soon. ;)14662

[Albert Clark]

This female is so huge and has been refusing food for 2 weeks now. I calculate that she should've dropped babies over 3 weeks ago. I hope she doesn't have a belly full of jellies /slugs!

[Albert Clark]

Well, they're here! First generation eastern blackneck scrubs. The female was not pushing out any babies when I checked on her at 5 am. But now, at 10 am I see 10 scrubs wriggling around the back of the tub. Boy, do they look magnificent. I'll post some pics later today guys. Glad this girl had some decent production. What a roller coaster too! Haha.

[guidofatherof5]

Awesome. Photos, please.

[Albert Clark]

14687On July 22nd I thought she would pop any day. So 8 days later really seemed like a eternity and I thought she was pretty late delivering but....this. I counted 11 live and no stills, jellies or deformities at the moment. :eek:

[guidofatherof5]

Sweet looking little scrubs.

[Qwerty3159]

Wow, seems like it was worth the wait. They are stunning.

[Albert Clark]

Wow, seems like it was worth the wait. They are stunning. Yes Q, it was worth it. Someone had said to me earlier today that when they had a garter snake that was late, she delivered larger babies! Ironically my girl delivered today. I thought that was good luck.

[Albert Clark]

Got a better count of these little diamonds. Some of them are pretty large already right out of the membrane. Amazingly colored and patterned. I will start them out feeding on cut fish scented nightcrawlers.14688146891468911 total born..no slugs, jellies or deaths.

[Eddie]

Congrats Albert!!

[Albert Clark]

Congrats Albert!!
Thanks Eddie, glad she proved out to have a stellar clutch with zero mortality.

[BLUESIRTALIS]

Congrats albert! They look great!