Litter sizes?

[bkhuff1s]

The thread on the first litter of the year made me wonder.... what are normal garter birth sizes?

[ssssnakeluvr]

depends on the species....from around 4" to 8" butler's garter babies are around 4", oregon red spots around 7-8"

[guidofatherof5]

Birth sizes?
Do you mean individual length or do you mean the number of babies born?

[ssssnakeluvr]

.....litter sizes vary too.....red spots average around 7-9, easterns and plains can have 30-50 :cool:

[Stefan-A]

.....litter sizes vary too.....red spots average around 7-9, easterns and plains can have 30-50 :cool:
The record being about 95. ;)

[bkhuff1s]

I was referring the the amount of babies born, 95! That's a lot of mouths to feed!

[Stefan-A]

I think it was actually 92, but that's not a huge difference. To my knowledge the record for any snake is 156.

[bkhuff1s]

I've got Pugets as I've stated before, what's their average amount of babies born?

[Snake lover 3-25]

my three litters have had 17, 15, and 22 all different females that were all 2 yrs (i think)

[bkhuff1s]

Did you brumate them before hand?

[ssssnakeluvr]

western species tend to have smaller litters and larger babies. I believe it was an eastern that had 92 babies....radix have large litters, larger ones can have up to 60 or so.... I hope my huge melanistic eastern becomes pregnant this year....should be a huge litter!!!!!