25 bright shiny SQUIGGLIES!!

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

Well... between today and yesterday so many of us were having babies that I guess my biggest girl decided to join the fun! As some of you probably remember, I caught her in early spring (march/april-ish)... a great big female with a big scar on her head and at the time, had some scale rot under her chin I wanted to fix up. I didn't know at that time she was gravid, but well... that soon changed!

Last night, me and the boyfriend were jsut about to go to bed at 12:30 when my phone rang. odd... it's my mom! even odder.... I pick up the phone and she says "shannon I just peeked in your snake room and there is BABY SNAKES EVERYWHERE!!! I was like OMG so of course I simply HAD to go see them... so here me and my tired boyfriend are at 1 am at my house catching baby snake after baby snake in the aspen! Mama snake was still having them when we arrived...

There were 2 stillborn. But I KNEW that I saw the one move... and I simply could not leave him alone... well.. after a HALF hour of being massaged and poked and mini CPR'ed (not quite literally).... the live baby count went up one! He took a HUGE gasp of air... then a few minutes of nothing... my dad is saying shannon hes DEAD give him to the tiger salamander... I was like.. no!!! Well sure enough he came to!

The final count is 25 live sqirmy spermies.. So itty bitty! I apologize for the lack of pictures just yet,

Sorry, I dont have any pictures of the little squigglies... no one in my family was home and I dont have my key (its inside haha) so they will come laterrrrr :p

to hold you out, here are a few of the proud (and now much more athletic looking) mama!
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Snakes/Garters/bandit8002.jpg

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Snakes/Garters/030.jpg

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Snakes/Garters/034.jpg

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Snakes/Garters/038.jpg

about two weeks ago she was pretty chubby!
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Snakes/Garters/bandit8009.jpg

[beaniesmommy]

Congrats! What a great job you did bring the baby back. Maybe you will have to keep that one? :)

[infernalis]

Congradulations Shanon!!!!:D:D

http://www.danceswithreptiles.com/1fun/stimp.jpg

[jitami]

Awwww, more babies! Congrats Shannon! Can't wait for pictures :)

[count dewclaw]

Congratulations!

[crzy_kevo]

congrats shannon
cant wait for pics

[Sid]

Congratulations to you and mommy, Shannon. Look forward to the photos.

[Lori P]

Congrats Shannon!! :-)

[Garter_Gertie]

Way to go, Momma Shannon! Mom's a beaut! Can't wait to see the babies!

CONGRATULATIONS!

[ssssnakeluvr]

congrats!!!! can't wait for the pics!!!! :cool:

[anji1971]

Holy Moly!
This forum is literally crawling with snakelets!!
Congrats, Shannon! :)

[jitami]

Holy Moly!
This forum is literally crawling with snakelets!!

And I wonder why I want babies :rolleyes::confused::rolleyes:

:D

[ssssnakeluvr]

.......just waiting here...my eastern should pop anytime, my wanderings in late july or august

[jitami]

Don, that wouldn't be your SILVER eastern, would it? Sorry, I'm a bit obsessed...

[ssssnakeluvr]

no....she will be big enough to breed this next spring....have a yellow male, possibly from the same litter that will be bred with her, hopefully he will have the silver gene. if not will have hets!!!! :D

[bio6464]

Baby snakes are taking over...CONGRATS! :D
Jerry

[MoJo]

Congratulations!

[Stefan-A]

Congratulations! :)

[Snake lover 3-25]

wow 25!!!!! congrats!!!!!!:D:D:D:D

[drache]

25 wow - congrats, Shannon
looking forward to the pics

[gregmonsta]

Go the babies :D

[Lori P]

{Pouting} No pics yet. Hmph.

[Gijs & Sabine]

Congratulations, Shannon :D 25 is a great job of the mom !!

[lestat]

Congratulations to you. Hope the little ones will are ok.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

well here they are!!! i recounted, there are actually 26!!! yay!!!

They are being released tomorrow!

Except for Lucky.... the one that was "stillborn" he's staying with me!

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Snakes/Garters/643001.jpg

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Snakes/Garters/643004.jpg

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Snakes/Garters/643013.jpg

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Snakes/Garters/643015.jpg

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Snakes/Garters/643016.jpg

Here is lucky on a Clematis!
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Snakes/Garters/643076.jpg

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

And Lucky on a Coneflower

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Snakes/Garters/643092.jpg

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

oh yea.. and dont laugh at my bumpy finger nail :confused:

I got my thumb whacked not too long ago and its been like that since!

[Snake lover 3-25]

wow that's a great second to last pic!!!!!!! i'm amazed!!!:D:D

all those babies are adorable!!!!D:D:D

[GartersRock]

Wow!! You take GREAT pics!!

[bio6464]

Amazing pics Shannon, the babies are adorable. If I lived closer I'd adopt a couple from ya. :eek:
Jerry

[Garter_Gertie]

You do take the most amazing pictures, Shannon. I always enjoy lokking at them. the babies are so sweet! I'd love to see what it's like having a slew of babies crawling on me like that!

[Lori P]

Awww... good luck, little babies, go forth and populate!!! Keep us updated on little Lucky, Shannon... what a bunch of cuties. :-)

[Stefan-A]

How the hell did I miss those shots? :D Nice, Shannon. Nice.

[anji1971]

Absolutely gorgeous! :cool:
And Lucky is an adorable baby. I'm looking forward to updates as he grows up!

[infernalis]

oh yea.. and dont laugh at my bumpy finger nail :confused:

I got my thumb whacked not too long ago and its been like that since!

With all them excellent babies, who in the heck is looking at your fingernail???:D

[Lori P]

The horror of that fingernail shall haunt my dreams forever...:D

[count dewclaw]

With all them excellent babies, who in the heck is looking at your fingernail???:D

My thoughts exactly!! Beautiful babies you have there, Shannon! The shot of Lucky on the clematis is stunning.

[jitami]

Wow, very nice pics Shannon! I love lucky on a Clematis!

[Sid]

Excellent photos, Shannon and great looking babies. I especially love the lighters ones with the reduced checkering.:D

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

thanks guys! I personally think that the shot of lucky on the clematus is one of my best to date!

[lestat]

Nice pictures as usual. After holding those babies i wouldnt be able to let any go.

[infernalis]

It belongs on the cover of Thamnophis magazine:D

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

hahaha, well, ysterday I had a second litter born... totally blew my mind! I didn't even know that snake was gravid!!! She birthed 20 easterns.. but 10 were stillborn and the ones that are alive are SUPER thin compared to the chunkers the first mama had. I am sure they will do just as fine... its jsut amazing to see them compared! I tried saving all 10 individually.. but it looked like tehy were just a DAY or two under-developed. Their heads had this funny slight bulge to tehir shape taht yuo could tell something jsut wasnt right. She did not shed either! Oh well, my tiger salamander and My cali king had the stillborns as a snack... I would rather see them go to some good use than in my trash. I guess I will jsut be thankful that I have 10 extra little ones I didn't think were gonig to be here! I am also just glad to see that at least half of them made it. I will try and take a comparison picture of one from the first litter and one from the second to show you how tiny they are!


Nice pictures as usual. After holding those babies i wouldnt be able to let any go.


trust me, after a while... you get used to the idea that you can't keep them all! Though, I still have all of my ratsnake mutts, the first snakes I ever bred and hatched on my own... there is something very sentimental to me about those 6 snakes that I can't eplain.

oh and one other thing.. the count from the first litter is now at 27... I found one scooting his way through the kitchen last night!!! I am guessing that when I removed the deco piece from the cage, I did not check it as well as I thought I did... I pulled 3 babies out of it and could not find anymore...

oh well, goes to show you... once you think you are done checking.... check again!!

[Lori P]

oh and one other thing.. the count from the first litter is now at 27... I found one scooting his way through the kitchen last night!!!

ROFL... I can see him just going like crazy...

"I'm almost free!!!!! I'm almost freeeeeee!! (puff puff grunt)" And all his brothers and sisters have been egging him on...

"Look, 27 got out!!! He's almost to the door!!! Go 27, go!!!!!!"

:D

[jitami]

LOL! Congrats on the new little ones and on finding number 27 :)

[Garter_Gertie]

ROFL... I can see him just going like crazy...

"I'm almost free!!!!! I'm almost freeeeeee!! (puff puff grunt)" And all his brothers and sisters have been egging him on...

"Look, 27 got out!!! He's almost to the door!!! Go 27, go!!!!!!"

:D

Great picture, Lori! I can see it, too.

CONGRATULATIONS, Shannon! Happiness to you and the new kids!

[anji1971]

Congrats on your unexpected little ones, Shannon! Too bad so many didn't make it, but hopefully the others will thrive and catch up to their fatter 'cousins'!

[drache]

congrats to both litters, Shannon, and to finding the little escapee

[GartersRock]

OMG Lori! Your little situation thingys are SOOO darn funny!