Might be a dumb question...

[GarterNovice]

This may be a dumb question. But I was curious if ribbons ever breed with garters. I have a male ribbon and was wanting to get a female garter. I just want to make sure I'm not going to end up with a lot of baby snakes if I do that. Also, Beth was curious if there might be a risk of the garter eating the ribbon. Any thoughts or advice would be much appreciated. Thanks!

[crzy_kevo]

i think i read somewhere that there is a garter/ribben integrade found in the wild but we snake keepers like to try and keep the bloodlines straight without making hybrids i woldnt suggest it but i have no knowledge as to how well garters and ribbons do in a single enclosure together

[Elliot]

This may be a dumb question. But I was curious if ribbons ever breed with garters. I have a male ribbon and was wanting to get a female garter. I just want to make sure I'm not going to end up with a lot of baby snakes if I do that. Also, Beth was curious if there might be a risk of the garter eating the ribbon. Any thoughts or advice would be much appreciated. Thanks!

They will definately breed if the conditions are right. A ribbon snake is a garter snake, they just have different common names. They're both thamnophis. So they'll act similarly, and they would eventually breed.

[GarterNovice]

What conditions do they need to breed?

[Elliot]

Well the best way to get them to breed is to brumate them. But in some cases, they will just breed, without brumating.

[GarterNovice]

Huh. That's kind of a bummer cause I was wanting a female garter since they're significantly larger than the males. Would it be a bad idea to put a male garter in with Sku?

[Elliot]

Nope, there shouldn't be a problem with that.

[GarterNovice]

Cool:) Good to know:)

[Elliot]

Cool:) Good to know:)

Just make sure that there isn't a huge size difference between them.

[GarterNovice]

Just in case the garter accidentally were to eat Sku?

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

Just in case the garter accidentally were to eat Sku?

yes.

I am glad you steered away from getting a female garter. But y'know.... why not get a female ribbon? They can get ABSOLUTELY GINORMOUS!!! I have seen female ribbons at over 4 feet!

[Elliot]

yes.

I am glad you steered away from getting a female garter. But y'know.... why not get a female ribbon? They can get ABSOLUTELY GINORMOUS!!! I have seen female ribbons at over 4 feet!

I saw one in the woods that was that big once. It didn't look real. :rolleyes: My female ribbon is easily over two feet so they still have some size to them.

[GarterNovice]

That'd be cool. Except we're already expecting a little one of our own in August and I think it'd be too much to have to take care of a ton of baby ribbons along with a newborn infant:)