Sperm Plug

[guidofatherof5]

I pulled my Daisy out after she breed so I could get a weight on her(100grams).
While I had her out I saw something I've never seen on a garter snake.
I do believe this is a sperm plug.
Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Until tonight I've never bothered to check any of my girls for one.

Mating plug - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mating_plug)
http://i1113.photobucket.com/albums/k501/guidofatherof5/happytime2.jpg

[gregmonsta]

Could be ... it's more than probable that it's some sort of residue from the act. In picture I've seen a 'full on' plug appears a lot larger though.

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:U-T1mbhHjmyRVM:http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l304/andyoconnor83/Field%20herps%202009/Conboy/DSC08440.jpg&t=1

Sperm plug in parietalis at Manitoba. But then .... massive amounts of competition may equal massive plugging :rolleyes:

[guidofatherof5]

Thanks, Greg.

[ConcinusMan]

Looks like just a little leakage. Personally, I've never seen any garter I've ever bred get a plug.

[Stefan-A]

http://koti.mbnet.fi/thamnoph/photos/snakes09/meg2.jpg

Leakage.

[gregmonsta]

Your supposed to report alien life-forms Stefan :rolleyes: not keep them comfy on a fuzzy rug :eek:

[Stefan-A]

Yeah, you keep telling yourself that when they start bombing us from orbit.

[gregmonsta]

Yeah, you keep telling yourself that when they start bombing us from orbit.

I'll be on the phone, using my remaining arm, to inform the authorities of what they already know :p

[ConcinusMan]

Oh wow. That's one pic that I could stand to have missed. Very attractive.:rolleyes: