Hi there!

[Spiritwolf]

I have two eastern garter snakes, one is much smaller than the other, both caught in the same area two weeks apart, and they are friends...they sleep together in their box and tend to stay together most of the time. Today the biggest one who I had been pretty sure is female, proved my guess of her sex to be right by multiplying. Neither she or her little buddy have shown any indication of even thinking about trying to eat the babies. And it was sure cute to see mom and one of her newborns curled up together behind the sleeping box...and her companion curled up inside the box with a few more of the newborns...the rest of the newborns all curled up together in one of the areas where the heating pad is under the cage.
This was the first time I'd seen newborn snakes, and I was fascinated to see that they are born curled up much as a newborn mammal is curled up within the placenta.
I am sort of reluctant to remove the newborns because they all look so contented together (and mom has been living amicably with a cage mate half her size for almost three months now.) I will separate the babies out at feeding times (because they are too close to the size of earthworms for me to not worry about them being accidentally mistaken for worms at feeding time!) Otherwise, how much risk is there, of the adults eating the babies, when so far, they've shown no inclination to do so? The only creatures showing interest in trying to eat the newborns have been my cats, who earned themselves plenty of squirt gun discipline today by trying to jump up on the top of the snake cage!

[adamanteus]

Hi, and welcome to the forum. Congratulations on your newborn snakes. Although nothing has gone wrong so far, I personally would recommend that you separate the neonates from the adult snakes straight away, as the risk of cannibalism is high.

[Lulu Bennett]

The only creatures showing interest in trying to eat the newborns have been my cats, who earned themselves plenty of squirt gun discipline today by trying to jump up on the top of the snake cage!

pmsl thats not a bad idea using and water pistol lol. hi and welcome to the forum spiritwolf.
to be honest i would remove the babies from the tank just for my piece of mind incase the male decides to eat them. i hope you plan on posting pics of mom dad and babies

[Stefan-A]

Welcome aboard, Spiritwolf.

[Snaky]

Welcome to the forum, enjoy it here

I want to give you the same advice as James. It's already recorded multiple times that the male can eat the young. Also when you'll be feeding, both the other can eat them just by mistake.

The very big size difference in your snakes could mean that you have a couple ( or a young snake is he sheds often).

[drache]

welcome to the forum, spiritwolf

[Sid]

Welcome to the forum and congratulations on the new ones. I would like to echo the recommendations of the other members on moving the babies.

Sid

[chloe]

Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your babies. I have lost a few babies this year when the male in the viv ate them.

[Thamnophis]

Hi Spiritwolf, welcome here on this forum...

[Odie]

Hi, from Oregon, Spiritwolf