Born Sept 16 (Lots of Pics)

[Wyoming]

Not sure exactly what these ones are. My 9 year old caught mom in late June and on September 16 we had a surprise, 12 of them actually. Mom had 12 live healthy babies and 1 slug.

Here are photos and all the info we have gathered so far for the dozen healthy little ones (Split into 2 posts due to forum restrictions).

http://masonwyo.com/graphics/photos/92411/A.JPG
Weight after birth: 3G
9/22: Ate a head size piece of salmon filet
9/23: Ate a head size piece of fishy jello

http://masonwyo.com/graphics/photos/92411/B.JPG
Weight after birth: 2G
9/22: Ate a head size piece of night crawler
9/23: Ate a head size piece of fishy jello

http://masonwyo.com/graphics/photos/92411/C.JPG
Weight after birth: 1G
9/22: Ate a head size piece of salmon filet
9/23: Ate a head size piece of fishy jello

http://masonwyo.com/graphics/photos/92411/D.JPG
Weight after birth: 1G
Has not eaten

http://masonwyo.com/graphics/photos/92411/E.JPG
Weight after birth: 2G
Has not eaten

http://masonwyo.com/graphics/photos/92411/F.JPG
Weight after birth: 2G
Has not eaten

[kibakiba]

You might want to make those pictures a bit smaller. Not many people will be able to see them, since they take up most of the screen on just one end.

[Wyoming]

http://masonwyo.com/graphics/photos/92411/G.JPG
Weight after birth: 2G
Has not eaten

http://masonwyo.com/graphics/photos/92411/H.JPG
Weight after birth: 2G
9/22: Ate a head size piece of salmon filet
9/23: Ate a head size piece of fishy jello

http://masonwyo.com/graphics/photos/92411/I.JPG
Weight after birth: 2G
9/18: Ate 2 feeder guppies
9/22: Ate a head size piece of salmon filet
9/23: Ate a head size piece of fishy jello

http://masonwyo.com/graphics/photos/92411/J.JPG
Weight after birth: 2G
9/18: Ate 1 feeder guppy
9/22: Ate a head size piece of night crawler
9/23: Ate a head size piece of fishy jello

http://masonwyo.com/graphics/photos/92411/K.JPG
Weight after birth: 2G
9/18: Ate 2 feeder guppies
9/22: Ate a head size piece of salmon filet
9/23: Ate a head size piece of fishy jello

http://masonwyo.com/graphics/photos/92411/L.JPG
Weight after birth: 2G
Has not eaten

[Wyoming]

Sorry I had uploaded them full size to my server. Fixed that and they are good to go!

[kibakiba]

Those look like Plains garter snakes (thamnophis radix)

They're very cute little snakes!

[Wyoming]

The guide I used to ID them says they are most likely thamnophis sirtalis but I really do not know enough myself to argue one way or the other.

Mom (Medusa) was caught in grandpas pond in northern Colorado. I would love to id them for sure.

Thanks for the initial input.

[kibakiba]

The pattern is very radixy ;) You can look at some of Steves pictures. He owns hundreds of radix.
http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/general-talk/7405-t-radix-ranch-photos.html

[Wyoming]

Awesome I'll take a look, thanks for the input and the link. I welcome the knowledge of folks that have more experience with these guys.

[kibakiba]

Careful, the more you look into them, the more you'll become addicted. It happened to all of us... ;)

[RedSidedSPR]

Pretty little radix!!! I love 'em!

[guidofatherof5]

At first glance I would say T.radix (Plains Garter Snake)
Good looking little scrubs.

[ssssnakeluvr]

definitely radix. cute little babies too!

[katach]

Very pretty little ones! Congrats!

[Mommy2many]

Congratulations on the babies!

[d_virginiana]

Well, she has 10 already, so she is in a good position to fall prey to garter addiction :rolleyes:

Very nice looking little babies. Do you have any photos of mom?

[Mommy2many]

Squiggles have the cutest little faces!

[RedSidedSPR]

So do Scrubs!

And garter snakes..