T.radix Ranch rescue [Archive] - Garter Snake Forum

guidofatherof5

07-10-2009, 02:35 PM

I received a call this afternoor from a guy who(through the grapevine) found out I was into Garter snakes. He said that he had a big snake in his shed and that he wanted it gone. He said he didn't want to kill it but that if it didn't leave he would. The kids and I had just finished some kayaking and were only a few miles from the guys house. I went to his shed thinking, ya, right a big snake. He had one of the small metal sheds with the sliding doors. I did expect to find a snake. I mean, what are the chances it would be in there during the day at the exact time I was there. I slide open the door and looked down. Here's what was waiting for me.
She's beautiful. She musked me and puked a bunch of worms.
I'm guessing she's gravid.
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/rescue_girl.jpghttp://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/rescue_girl_1.jpg

mustang

07-10-2009, 03:00 PM

wow...u goona keep it

TheArtist

07-10-2009, 03:03 PM

Pretty girl! And ideas on what your gunna do with her?

guidofatherof5

07-10-2009, 04:36 PM

Here's another photo of this beautiful girl. She'll be staying here on the Ranch. I'm very interested in seeing her babies. I see that these brown phase radixes are even on the other side of town.
She has a great attitude and is already calming down.
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/rescue4.jpg

drache

07-10-2009, 04:57 PM

She has a great attitude and is already calming down.
of course she is
she's landed in a place that smells of happy radix buddies

guidofatherof5

07-10-2009, 05:27 PM

of course she is
she's landed in a place that smells of happy radix buddies

Rhea,
I'm beginning to think you might be on to something. These guys have such acute sense of smell. I know that moments after taking a bucket of worms out of the frig. they are out looking for food. Once I transfered a couple hundred frozen pinkies from the basement to the upstairs. The pinkies were in ziplock bags and the transfer took about 15 sec. I walked into the radix nursery and most of the babies were out looking at me when I walked in. It wasn't a "hey, what's going on" look. It was a "Where's the food" look. I'm sure there acute sense for food also works well in identifing friend/mate or foe.
It would be cool to really know what they felt when they came into my house. Maybe "Home Sweet Home"

ssssnakeluvr

07-10-2009, 07:01 PM

Nice looking snake!!!!! another good rescue!!! she does look gravid...and could have a lot of babies!!!!!

count dewclaw

07-10-2009, 07:45 PM

She's very pretty. Nice save!

Snake lover 3-25

07-11-2009, 02:59 PM

wow she's huge!!! very pretty too:)

gregmonsta

07-11-2009, 06:19 PM

Wow :D ... so when are you moving into tents in the garden and giving them run of the house :rolleyes: ... Nice addition for sure :D

guidofatherof5

07-11-2009, 08:15 PM

Wow :D ... so when are you moving into tents in the garden and giving them run of the house :rolleyes: ... Nice addition for sure :D

Tents? outside?
Greg, give me a break. We sleep with them.:D

Took this new girl out for a check-up, today. She looks great and feels very full. She has calmed down substantially. She got a bath and a few pinkies. Hand fed her while holding her. She must think she's in a Maternity Ward as calm as she is.
Nothings too good for one of my radixes. :)

guidofatherof5

07-31-2009, 11:23 AM

As I type this girl is having babies. 5 so far. Took some video of the birth. Will see how it turned out and maybe post it on Youtube. Gabby is grabbing them as they come out and helping them break out of their egg sacks. She's a great snake girl. Gotta go.
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/gilly_babies.jpg

Didymus20X6

07-31-2009, 11:36 AM

Frankly, I prefer Butter Pecan or German Chocolate ice cream. I'm not real fond of Garter Snake flavor.

guidofatherof5

07-31-2009, 12:17 PM

Frankly, I prefer Butter Pecan or German Chocolate ice cream. I'm not real fond of Garter Snake flavor.

It's a special flavor Tradix Swirl

The total was 17, 16 alive and 1 stillborn

jere000

07-31-2009, 12:37 PM

It's a special flavor Tradix Swirl

The total was 17, 16 alive and 1 stillborn
how do you keep getting these pregnant females lol

ssssnakeluvr

07-31-2009, 12:58 PM

It's a special flavor Tradix Swirl

sounds yummy...send me some!

gregmonsta

07-31-2009, 02:50 PM

Lol ... :D congrats on yet another litter ;)

P.S. ... I think your signature should read 200+ Radixes by now .... also .... you're now banned from any more litters until Sky delivers :p

guidofatherof5

07-31-2009, 03:20 PM

Here's a link to the birth video. YouTube - Garter Snake(T.radix)babies born (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYc2HTdATzA)

Mommy2many

07-31-2009, 07:07 PM

Send me a few scoops of the Tradix Swirl.:D;):cool:

guidofatherof5

07-31-2009, 07:17 PM

how do you keep getting these pregnant females lol

These were all rescue snakes. I had nothing to do with them getting pregnant.

I'm 50 years old and the first time I'm accused of getting something pregnant, it's a snake:D

I had 3 planned births here on the Ranch this year.

Mommy2many

07-31-2009, 07:21 PM

hehehehhehehhe:p

drache

08-02-2009, 07:26 AM

nice babies - congrats
and it's good to see that radix swirl comes in family size buckets

guidofatherof5

08-02-2009, 07:38 AM

nice babies - congrats
and it's good to see that radix swirl comes in family size buckets

Here it's buckets and buckets and buckets............:D

guidofatherof5

08-17-2009, 12:50 PM

Received a phone call this morning at 06:30. "Get it or it dies" were the words I heard. I felt like a fire fighter answering a call. I made the 20 minute drive and saved this beauty. I think she's gravid. I'm a lucky and blessed man. She's a welcome addition to the Ranch.
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/new_radix3.jpg
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/new_radix11.jpg
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/new_radix2.jpg

gregmonsta

08-17-2009, 12:59 PM

Wow ... she's gorgeous!!! :D

jitami

08-17-2009, 01:07 PM

Very pretty girl!

wolfpacksved

08-17-2009, 01:24 PM

"get it or it dies .....can't fathom the notion of hurting that beauty. nice save , man!

guidofatherof5

08-17-2009, 01:29 PM

"get it or it dies .....can't fathom the notion of hurting that beauty. nice save , man!

I don't understand it either. This guy was serious. Garter don't have an easy life.
Unless they're on the Ranch.:D

ssssnakeluvr

08-17-2009, 01:32 PM

awesome! she does look gravid.

wolfpacksved

08-17-2009, 01:38 PM

I don't understand it either. This guy was serious. Garter don't have an easy life.
Unless they're on the Ranch.:D

All snakes have it pretty rough. Even venomous species can be removed without killing them. Keep up the good work. It's always a rewarding feeling to know you have saved a serpent from certain doom. And, if she is gravid , you have saved many lives! Let's call her Octo-Mom. :)

guidofatherof5

08-17-2009, 03:04 PM

Let's call her Octo-Mom. :)

I'll get back to you on that name.:D

ssssnakeluvr

08-17-2009, 03:29 PM

geez....don't insult the snake like that!!! :rolleyes:

SnakePrincess

08-17-2009, 04:44 PM

gorgeous snake!!

Snakers

08-17-2009, 05:37 PM

Beautiful mothers and hope the best for the babies

Mommy2many

08-17-2009, 07:04 PM

Yeah!!! More babies on the ranch:D

count dewclaw

08-17-2009, 08:07 PM

Beautiful snake! Nice save.

guidofatherof5

08-23-2009, 04:31 PM

I just helped her finish a shed. She went into blue phase the day after she arrived here. Wow, nice radix. I'm hoping she's gravid. If not she'll be staying to breed with one of my red male radixes. Looks like I missed a little of the shed.
She's a beauty and to think she was going to be killed for just being a snake.
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/new_red_benson.jpg
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/new_red_benson1.jpg

Mommy2many

08-23-2009, 06:52 PM

Beautiful snake, Steve! I may want one of those yungin's if you ever was to get some! We don't have them colors here in the North East:(

guidofatherof5

08-23-2009, 07:52 PM

Here's another rescue snake. Big dark phase radix. This is one of my "Brown Bags", as I call them. When I came home from work one day I found a brown paper sack on the front steps. Someone at least had the kindness to bag her and not kill her. She's full of babies and due anytime now. I love these dark phase. The great thing is the number of light phases that they produce.
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/big_mother.jpg

brain

08-23-2009, 11:32 PM

She's a beauty and to think she was going to be killed for just being a snake.

Now this is a beaut, yea when you have more of this coloration i would love to have some.
Matbe in a few years :cool:

guidofatherof5

08-24-2009, 05:41 AM

Now this is a beaut, yea when you have more of this coloration i would love to have some.
Matbe in a few years :cool:

I think it will be much sooner than a couple of years.

guidofatherof5

08-25-2009, 03:30 PM

They just keep coming. 11 More little scrubs. Notice the one in the middle with the couple of bends. He's having trouble moving around. He'll need some extra attention. Sounds good to me.
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/more_radix.jpg

brain

08-26-2009, 09:35 AM

As many of the little guys you have... you do see a lot of the abnormalities don’t you?

guidofatherof5

08-26-2009, 02:41 PM

As many of the little guys you have... you do see a lot of the abnormalities don’t you?

Very few. This has been a good year.

guidofatherof5

08-31-2009, 06:17 AM

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/new_red_benson.jpg

As I type she's having her babies. Big babies. Trying to get ready for work, I'll post a photo later tonight.

These are the biggest radix babies I've ever seen. They are the size of 1 month old babies. They look like they just ate a meal.

guidofatherof5

10-18-2009, 05:16 PM

My kids came home from a weekend with their Mother and Gabby brought me a little surprize. This beautiful dark phase female radix. Gabby located it at Grandma's house and they are not welcome their so she bought it home.
That Gabby is such a good girl. Now that's an orange stripe. Remindes me of the stripe of Tang(R.I.P.). I sat and held her for about 30 minutes. No biting or musking.
I also found an adult male in the backyard today while hunting slugs. I gave him a quick check over and released him back in the native grass area. I'll see him again next Spring. I hate Winter as the radixes will have to sleep.
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/fall_snake.jpg
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/fall_snake1.jpg

count dewclaw

10-18-2009, 05:36 PM

She's a pretty one.

guidofatherof5

10-18-2009, 05:39 PM

She's a pretty one.

Thanks for the comment.
She is very beautiful. But then, I'm a bit biased towards radixes.
I can't say I've ever seen an ugly one.

drache

10-18-2009, 08:07 PM

another beauty

guidofatherof5

10-30-2009, 08:34 PM

Check out this great looking little male radix my daughter Gabby found. This little guy was outside the big snake room basement window. I would have seen him if I had the blinds open. The poor little guy just wanted in where it's warm and there's food and shelter.
It has been in the lower 40's all day, cold and rainy. I gave him a good checkover tonight and he seems go-to-go, other than being a little under weight. He's a beautiful lite phase, green head male. They just keep coming.
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/last_radix.jpg

mustang

10-30-2009, 08:36 PM

geez it NEVER STOPS for you does it?...lucky i can never seem to get it started

guidofatherof5

10-30-2009, 08:39 PM

geez it NEVER STOPS for you does it?...lucky i can never seem to get it started
No, it never does. By the time I find all the wild ones in my basement it's Spring time.
I must have died and gone to heaven, radix heaven that is.:D

mustang

10-30-2009, 08:40 PM

No, it never does. By the time I find all the wild ones in my basement it's Spring time.
I must have died and gone to heaven, radix heaven that is.:D
u goto heven i goto ....the back of the frekn line!!!!!!!!!!! it goes on for miles and miles!

drache

10-30-2009, 09:26 PM

what a pretty boy - love that green

duh duh duh

10-31-2009, 05:16 PM

do you release any of the ones that hatched from the gravid females that came in?

I'm real curious about what you do with these!

Any pictures of the ones that beautiful red female popped out?

guidofatherof5

10-31-2009, 05:54 PM

do you release any of the ones that hatched from the gravid females that came in?

I'm real curious about what you do with these!

Any pictures of the ones that beautiful red female popped out?

I will release the babies back into their own areas in mid Spring.
That red girl's babies all looked normal but some are starting to get some red on them. I'll post some photos later.

guidofatherof5

10-31-2009, 10:39 PM

I just spent about 30 minutes holding this new little male. I've never had a wild male radix act so calm and contolled with me. He had no problems being touched, held, bent and inspected. He is one of the calmest males I have. No biting, musking or bolting. I'm beginning to think coming inside was just want he had planned. Maybe he was checking out my ladies through the window.:D

confused

10-31-2009, 10:52 PM

duh duh duh

11-01-2009, 11:47 AM

I will release the babies back into their own areas in mid Spring.
That red girl's babies all looked normal but some are starting to get some red on them. I'll post some photos later.

awesome. Good for you on the release.

I can hardly wait for the photos of those babies.