My Big Eastern...

[stonyloam]

….is having babies as I type this. :eek: Can’t see what is going on, her head is sticking out about 5 inches from under her hide. Little wet babies keep crawling out. No idea how many yet, at least 20 so far. Going to try to beat KIKAT’s 41.:rolleyes: There are some very nice looking little snakes here.:D:D

[Josh]

congrats..........ill be here......waiting for some pics!!!

[Lee]

PICTURES PLEASE!!!!!
Congrats on babies! :D

[Sid]

Congrat's Terry. I just hope they are all healthy, no matter the number.:D

[stonyloam]

OK! Here is a photo. Two moms and the eastern babies (how many do you see?) :D

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/family2.jpg

[Josh]

i see 14.
Am i right?

[drache]

nice picture, Terry
count them?
I'll let Mikhaila have a try

[adamanteus]

Good stuff, Terry! Keep us posted.

[Howler]

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c175/gaiaphox/snakecount.jpg
18 babies 2 adult females and 1 big hide. X3

Congrats
--Nick and Sam

[Stefan-A]

Congratulations, Terry! :)

[drache]

what a great picture, Terry
and congrats again
I just realized that I posted last night
oops

[Snaky]

Congrats, how many did she have in the end?:)

[stonyloam]

There were 42 plus 2 did not make it for a total of 44. They are a lot bigger than the other babies that I have. Moma eastern ate today, so will probably release her tomorrow. She is in pretty nice shape. Will let most of the babies go too. There are a couple that are really really nice. Some look like normal easterns, but a few have almost no stripe or markings. Looks like colorwise my snakes are all mixes genetically. Will try to post some photos of the unusual ones.:D

[ScimitarX]

Wow, thats a lot of babies. Congrats!! cant wait for those pics :)

[Lulu Bennett]

lol terry that is fantastic news well done cant wait to see more pics. they look beautiful xxx

[adamanteus]

I'm looking forward to the photos of the unusual ones, Terry.

[stonyloam]

Well I just release "big eastern". I was playing with the babies and the top was off the viv. I turned around and she had climbed almost all of the way out and was looking at me, so I decided that it was time. Let her go at the end of the pool where I found her, she is a really nice snake. I will miss her.:( Down to 3 now Buddy, Green Girl and Gee Gee (for garter girl) not counting of course the 80 babies.:D

[Elliot]

Good job letting her go, I'm sure the 80 babies will keep you busy enough!:rolleyes:

[adamanteus]

How many of the babies will you keep, Terry?

[stonyloam]

Ultimately I am not planning on keeping any. Some will be adopted into good homes, but the vast majority will be released. That is the one nice thing about having wild snakes, I can do the fun stuff all over again next year.
There is one however......:D:D

[Josh]

lol
how babys did that have was i close?

[stonyloam]

I think 18 is pretty close, you misses a couple Josh.:D


i see 14.
Am i right?

[GarterGuy]

Very cool Terry, wow.....80 babies!!!! The 6 garters and 8 thayeri are keeping me really hopping, can't imagine another 66 on top of that!!!:eek:

Roy

[stonyloam]

Very cool Terry, wow.....80 babies!!!! The 6 garters and 8 thayeri are keeping me really hopping, can't imagine another 66 on top of that!!!:eek:

Roy

Yah it can be a bit of a challenge, but most will be released within a few days. I do have a new mystery though. I went down into the basement this evening and there was a baby garter scooting across the floor. I don't think it is one of mine (not that I counted them). That is the second free roaming baby that I have seen, so I suspect that I have a snake under the sunroom floor that has given birth. I may have to set up the "bait lamp" to see if I can lure anything up.:D

[Josh]

lol luckk
i dont see that many close to my house except the one i had for awhile.
im still looking for her again.

[ssssnakeluvr]

sounds like fun...wish I would have had babies like that.....maybe next year my florida blue will breed!!! I am also interested inhow many babies my melanistic will have....she is huge..42 inches....hopefully she will breed, got a normal male to breed with her...hopefully my albino male will be big enough....

[Josh]

what will a normal and a melanistic make,don?

[MoJo]

Congratulations! What an awesome sight that must be - 80 baby garters! YIKES!

[ssssnakeluvr]

normals...het for melanistic. you gotta breed a male back to mom to get melanistics of breed a pair of the babies to each other after getting to breeding size.

[Josh]

im really not good at the breeding stuff but i know what you mean.
do you know any morfs with maritimes?

[Gijs & Sabine]

Congrats with the 42 nice babies :).....and the one you found in your basement ;)

[Elliot]

im really not good at the breeding stuff but i know what you mean.
do you know any morfs with maritimes?

I don't know of any maritime morphs, I think a maritime is actually closer to a morph of an eastern really.

[Josh]

true.
Maybe i think there behavior is different.

[stonyloam]

Good news! I have found a home for all 40 of the Big Easterns kids. They are going to Ithaca College for a research study on nutrition and growth rates of baby eastern garters. After the study is completed they will be returned to the wild. Pretty good deal, and they should have a better chance of survival with a little size to them. Taking them down Monday and hope to get a tour of the Natural Sciences facility. The young man that is doing the study is a real "snake guy" (milk snakes though, but he still seams OK:D). Interesting the way things work out.:rolleyes:

[enigma200316]

sounds good Terry good luck......:)

[CrazyHedgehog]

that is cool:)

[drache]

that sounds cool
btw
we're heading for Ithaka on Monday
probably miss you there though

[Sid]

Great news Terry:D:D

[GarterGuy]

Very cool, that's interesting...would like to hear the results of the study. Funny too, my sister works at Ithica college...I'm going up to visit her in Oct. Do you live close to Ithica Terry?

Roy

[stonyloam]

I am a couple of hours away, up near rochester. You can probably visit the snakes though:D

[enigma200316]

hey Roy your not that far away from me...I live in Elk County PA
some day maybe we could meet.......:)

[drache]

I'd love to have an east coaster's meeting some time
do you guys go to the Hamburg expo?
I've never been, but I'd be willing to make the trek

[enigma200316]

I'd really like to, but I'm unsure if I could make it:(

[Josh]

I'd love to have an east coaster's meeting some time
do you guys go to the Hamburg expo?
I've never been, but I'd be willing to make the trek
i want to. you know the next one?

[enigma200316]

i want to. you know the next one?


September 8th 2007
9am-4pm I beleive.......

[GarterGuy]

Yep that's right, Sept. 8th. That'd be cool to have an east, or at least, north east coast meeting! I usually hit all the Hamburg shows and if I remember, this should be a good one as well. I'll be hopefully unloading my thayeri babies there (as long as they're all eating by then).

Roy

[GarterGuy]

hey Roy your not that far away from me...I live in Elk County PA
some day maybe we could meet.......:)

Elk County??? Never heard of it? What's it near? Yeh, that'd be cool....I'm expecting to go out several more times yet this year snake hunting. Actually I'll be going out for rattlers sometime in Sept.

Roy

[enigma200316]

Elk County??? Never heard of it? What's it near? Yeh, that'd be cool....I'm expecting to go out several more times yet this year snake hunting. Actually I'll be going out for rattlers sometime in Sept.

Roy

80 west towards Pittsburgh, 90 miles west,NW of State College......

[mikm]

Hello Terry ... Nice to see your brood ... they look fantastic :)