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RdubSnider
05-09-2011, 07:04 AM
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/IMG_20110429_151812.jpg big girl
RdubSnider
05-09-2011, 07:06 AM
This is my fastest growing garter ever. She's 31 inches at 11 months old. She's gravid and should have her babies any day now
guidofatherof5
05-09-2011, 07:10 AM
Any chance she's older?
If not, that would have to be some kind of growth record. And she's gravid to boot. WOW.
RdubSnider
05-09-2011, 07:28 AM
She is definitely 11 months in the picture. She'll be a year in two weeks. I've had some that hit about 26 inches but she holds the record at my house
guidofatherof5
05-09-2011, 07:50 AM
The reason I ask is that she would have had to devote energy to both growing and egg development.
The egg development would have been around her 6 month old or earlier time. Very strange.
Good luck.
Looking forward to seeing some baby pictures.
BLUESIRTALIS
05-09-2011, 08:58 AM
Are you sure you have not been feeding this girl miracle grow haha.
RdubSnider
05-09-2011, 10:10 AM
As crazy as this must sound one might think
ConcinusMan
05-09-2011, 12:49 PM
Yeah, that doesn't sound right. Now, I've had them reach 26 inches in a year when they were born big (10 inches or so) but to be sexually mature at 6-12 months, never. Not calling you a liar but if what you say is true than it's very unusual.
RdubSnider
05-09-2011, 03:56 PM
Wow. And I've never had any myself born at 10 inches or so
ConcinusMan
05-09-2011, 04:42 PM
I did last year. She only had 7 babies but they were huge. This is one of them, and it's only a day old. My hand/wrist gives you a pretty good idea. Those babies were 10-11 inches at birth.

http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/6901/babies006large.jpg
RdubSnider
05-09-2011, 04:57 PM
That is a nice big baby there
Eddie
05-09-2011, 07:26 PM
A couple of years ago I had a Florida blue grow at an alarming rate and she had healthy babies just before her first birthday! She ate un-cut pinkies on her first meal.
Good luck with her
Ed
d_virginiana
05-09-2011, 07:32 PM
Holy crap that has got to be the world's fastest growing snake! Very pretty baby as well.
RdubSnider
05-09-2011, 09:50 PM
This girl is the first Oregon red spotted I've ever owned. I've had lots of checkered and easterns over the years. I had know clue know one else hasn't experienced this kind of growth rate. I've Just been so excited about the size off her and the fact she's gravid I just thought I'd share it