Forum: Breeding

The first litter of my 2013 season was born yesterday from T. sirtalis infernalis aka California red-sided. Ended up with 7 big healthy babies. The...

STILL WAITING ON BABIES TO DROP FROM THIS PAIR.:rolleyes: FIRST PIC IS OF THE MALE SECOND PIC IS OF THE FEMALE.:D

had high hopes for my radix this year, but just found these jellybeans in the tank.. there are two females, one is a lot fatter than the other, so...

I have seen a couple of places that you are not supposed to handle snakes that you intend to breed. I understand if the female is prego or is it...

Trax has been looking heavy in the middle since she came out if brumation at the beginning of february. today I note a weight shift toward her tail....

I am definitely too excited to have another litter of scrubs, and am just so fascinated by polymorphism. I'm wondering how/if gender affects the...

An empirical test of evolutionary theories for reproductive senescence and reproductive effort in the garter snake Thamnophis elegans Some of you...

l've just started to warm up all my adult Garters,Waters, Ribbons,Milks,King,and corn snakes,l usually take about three weeks to get them back to...

Hi we got a litter of 24 Babys today of Thamnophis sirtalis concinnus. 24 little beautys, healthy and heartly. No stillborns, only three jellys....

I've had a couple of lock ups in the past couple of days. First is a female eastern snow that I paired with a het for silver male. Second is a female...

When you have newborns, say in a sterilite with moist sphagnum moss, how many do you feel comftorable co-habbing? Do you feed them communaly in the...

So my female Flame, Harley, is going to be two years old this May. I'm curious if that would be old enough to let her breed? You can look at her...

Hey guys, as some of you may know, I am fairly new to breeding garters. What steps (after coming out of brumation) do you guys take to get them...

So my snakes are coming out of brumation today! I am wondering, how long should I wait before I feed them? They will go into their cages today, so...

These are my pairings. I can guarantee that they will be attempted top be bred even though I cannot guarantee that they will breed. That's up to...

Has anyone attempted this? I used to simulate different weather and seasons when breeding fish but it seems like it would be a bit more complicated...

I just recently got a baby checkered garter snake for one of my clients. I am holding on to it until they are ready. I have fell in love with this...

My two Oregon red spotted garters are holding tails tonight! They are Sage and Basil and it appears we have had them mixed up until today. Hopefully...

these two species are the first out of brumation: Thamnophis melanogaster canescens

What dates do you guys start and end your brumation? I put mine in on November 1st, and they are brumating at 45-53 degrees Fahrenheit (7-12 degrees...