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    Babies

    After what age after birth would be good to release newborns into the wild? Is it ideal to release mom with them? I was planning on keeping my newborns until Spring, because then they'd be approximately 6 months old, but I was wondering what you guys think.

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    Re: Babies

    Oh, and I'm also looking at the idea of seeing if any of y'all on here want one or 2 or whatever, but shipping and pricing, etc... seems like a rather large task, considering I don't know how much a captive born radix baby with a WC mom would even START at...

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    Re: Babies

    The sooner they get into their area the better, unless you do a next Spring release. You get cold quick up there and stay cold longer. They have to find a place to brumate before Winter hits.
    Holding them until Spring gives them a better chance at making it though.
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    Re: Babies

    That's what I'm worried about. I want to give them the best chance of survival, and the only way I feel like that could happen is by keeping them until spring.

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    Re: Babies

    I think you are right. Mother Nature can be cruel to the little scrubs but it is nature and natural.
    Steve
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    They are not just snakes. They're garter snakes.
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    Re: Babies

    What about the other side of it? finding them good homes? What's your opinion?

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    Re: Babies

    It certainly can't hurt to place a ad in the classified section to test the water.
    Steve
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    They are not just snakes. They're garter snakes.
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    Re: Babies

    can you post pics of them? I would like to have some

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