Record for longest gestation period?

[snakeman]

I had my flame in with my albino male the last two weeks of december.I got four babies all alive today.Over four months and 10 days.I thought for sure I was getting slugs.

[Serpentine99]

That's great they came out ok, can't wait for pictures.:)

[drache]

wow
that is long
can't wait to see the babies

[CrazyHedgehog]

Garter snakes store sperm, in captivity they are recorded to have given birth several years after the male has been separated from the female! I suppose its a preservattion thing, ( "I'll just store some of this in case all the men dissapear!")

[mikm]

CONGRATS TOM !!! SO very excited for you ... can't wait to see the little buggers, lol ...:D

enjoy,
marian

[GarterGuy]

Hey that's great!:D That is an awful long time, are the babies unusually large or something that they had to "cook" extra long? Very interested to see what that coupling has produced as well.
Roy

[adamanteus]

Congratulation! Let's see some pics.

[mikm]

Very visual guy you are there eh, James ??? lol :p

[adamanteus]

I do enjoy seeing other peoples pictures. Maybe I'm just some sort of voyeur!

[Cazador]

About 120 days is the upper end of a "normal" gestation range if the temperature is low, but it IS unusually long for T. sirtalis. Do you recall the most common (modal) temperature during gestation?

Rick

[snakeman]

I had a basking light. the temp under the light was 85 average.Found 3 more babies crawling around my basement.I have boafile cages.They squeezed thru the gap in the door.

[vwsrcool]

hey tom i would love to see some pics of the babies, congradulations

[ssssnakeluvr]

Congratulations!!!! Maybe the melanistic female will pop out some late babies!!!!!