Greetings from California

[Dougie]

My son (who is 7 1/2 yrs. old) finally convinced me to let him have a snake around a month and a half ago. I will let you all know right now that I am not a snake person and have been tolerated living under the same roof as his snake. My husband and son have been caring for Slither and just last week tried pinkie mice with no luck. Well this morning my son was estatic to find that Slither had babies! (I believe that there are around 6-7, with one that died in the sac. I was unsure if the process was finished so I would not let him open the cage for fear that he would disturb Slither, so I will not know the exact count until he is home this afternoon.) I told my son I would do as much research as I could while he was at school so he would know what to do now. Any help or links would be greatly appreciated. I am going to start reading through all the threads to see what I can find out.

[ssssnakeluvr]

Welcome to the forum! we can answer most any question you throw at us. there are care sheets in another section you can read. also, we love pics on here!!!! :cool:

[Stefan-A]

Welcome aboard. :)

[adamanteus]

Hi and welcome to the forum.:)
If you are not really 'snake people', as you say, perhaps the best thing you can do is keep Slither and continue to learn from this forum, but release the babies where their mother was found.
New babies can be a lot of hard work, and of course they will grow and require larger housing.

[Dougie]

I just posted a picture under "breeding" so that I could find out what kind of garter snake we have. I tried writing down all the names you guys mention and then googling them, but it was taking forever so I thought maybe you all could save me some time and just let me know what kind of snake we have. Also, when you mention snakes, sometimes you put numbers in front of the specie name, what does that mean? Sorry for being so clueless.

[Dougie]

Slither was purchased from a pet store and I am hoping that my son and husband will be willing to give them babies to them. I am the only one in the household who is not a snake person. The rest of the family is thrilled with the new additions!

[Dougie]

Picture of Slither and one of her babies. (One didn't make it out of the sac.)
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w24/gtalovt/P5270002.jpg

[jeanette]

Hi Dougie and welcome :)

[EdgyExoticReptiles]

those are ribbon snakes :)

Picture of Slither and one of her babies. (One didn't make it out of the sac.)
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w24/gtalovt/P5270002.jpg

[Odie]

Hi, from Oregon, Dougie :)

[Snaky]

Welcome to the forum and have fun here :)

Those are indeed ribbons and I would go for the advice of James and let the little ones go it you don't have that much experience...

Number like 1.2.3 mean the number of male.female.unsexed so in the example:
1 male, 2 female and 3 unsexed animals

[drache]

welcome to the forum
I guess congratulations are not called for
babies are more difficult to take care of, because they need smaller food items more often and they tend to be more difficult to handle, because of their small size
since releasing the babies is not an option, I'd get one of your snake people on here
my assumption is that your son won't willingly give them up either
is there an adult who's willing to do a little extra work?
it's just the first couple of weeks or so that are difficult and take some patience
once you've figured out what they'll eat, they're just as easy as adults, except that they eat more often

[anji1971]

Hello, and welcome! :)
Those are very pretty snakes. If you're not sure whether to keep the babies, then asking the pet shop if they'll take them is a good first option. Releasing them would be okay too.
Maybe your son could pick one to keep so the mom has a companion?
My husband isn't a 'snake person' either, but after all this time, he's actually developed quite an interest in them.

[Loren]

Hi- just a quick thought- we dont have Ribbons in California- Please Do Not release them. They do not belong here in the wild, and it is illegal to release them. You will need to rehome them or keep them.

[enigma200316]

Hello and welcome to the forum.................:)

[NikkiSixx]

hello, welcome to the forum!!!!! :D:D

[Thamnophis]

Welcome Dougie and son, from the Netherlands...