New sirtalis babies

[Sid]

Just got home from work and found extra movement in one of the enclosures. I don't have a count as yet, birthing still in progress. A disapointing number of still borns, but at least 10 very large and healthy babies:
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/Easterns_7-28-08.jpg

[GartersRock]

Aww!! Congrats! Sorry about the stillborns!

[Garter_Gertie]

Sid, what are those? Black necked?

[GartersRock]

sirtalis, Easterns. And Cute!!

[adamanteus]

Congratulations on the new babies, Sid. Will any be 'keepers'?

[infernalis]

There baby Jeepers and peepers:D

Congratulations Sid:D

sorry about the still Borns:(

I guess that is easier to cope with than having to euthanize live babies with birth defects.

Have A Cigar "Dad"

[Sid]

Sid, what are those? Black necked?
These are Easterns T. sirtalis sirtalis. Looks like there will be quite some difference in colors in this clutch.

James, I'll hold onto all of them long enough to see how they color out and most will be in the classified after that.

[crzy_kevo]

is that one with the tail at the bottom of the pic already shedding? just what it looks like to me
anywasy congrats and sorry about the still borns always unfortunate

[Garter_Gertie]

Congratulations, Sid! Gosh but there's so many DIFFERENT Easterns! They are cute. What's their coloring like, Sid? Hard to see from the pic.

[GartersRock]

Variations in Easterns are one of my favorite things!!!

[zooplan]

congratulations, Sid

[anji1971]

Congrats! They look very nice.
Sorry to hear about the stillborns though........:(

[Sid]

Thanks for all the replies everyone. It's hard to see in the photo, but some are so dark they almost look black and all have green bellies at this point. The mother is more or less an olive brown.

[jitami]

They look great Sid! Congratulations!

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

Congrats!!!!

[anji1971]

So, what's the final count?

[count dewclaw]

Congrats, Sid!

[bio6464]

Beautiful babies Sid...CONGRATS! :cool:
Jerry

[drache]

congrats, Sid
they look very nice
sorry about the stillborns - Sammy ended up having a few of those

[Sid]

Well, the final count is 19 still born and 10 fat healthy babies.

[drache]

wow, Sid
that's a lot of stillborns
I wonder what's going on
it seems, there's a lot more of that than last year, or am I just remembering wrong?
your live ones do look real healthy and vibrant

[anji1971]

That is too bad about all the stillborns.
That would have been an impressive litter!
Congrats again on the 10 healthy ones.:)

[Aundrea]

Congrats on the babies!!!:D Im sorry about the still borns. :( They sure are cute little babies!!!