Checkered Breeding

[Greg'sGarters]

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 little guy and was thinking about breeding them. How do you breed checkereds? Is it the same thing as sirtalis? Fast, brumate, breed? Or is it different?

[guidofatherof5]

I don't think breeding for T.marcianus is any different then most garters.
Not sure what you mean by fast brumation.

[Greg'sGarters]

I don't think breeding for T.marcianus is any different then most garters.
Not sure what you mean by fast brumation.

I'm not saying fast brumation, I'm saying that I fast them, as in I don't feed them before I brumate them.

[twgrosmick]

Not as cold of a brumation or as long otherwise they are the same

[guidofatherof5]

I misunderstood your statement. I apologize.

[Invisible Snake]

You must fast any snake regardless of species before you put them in brumation or cooling, Checkereds are found in certain southern states so their brumation temps don't need to go as low as northern species.

[Greg'sGarters]

Ok, I want to start breeding them, i just need to find a breeding pair and more importantly, space for a breeding pair! If you are or know anyone who is selling Breeding Size Albino/Normal Checkered Garters please let me know. I only want Albino or Normal though.

[Ctah_Lu]

What would be the max size of the T. Marcianus? one of my friends says that the males reach 1.3 meters long, Is this correct?

[Invisible Snake]

What would be the max size of the T. Marcianus? one of my friends says that the males reach 1.3 meters long, Is this correct?

That's really big for a male! I've heard of some females getting to be 1 meter, but never any males.

[chris-uk]

What would be the max size of the T. Marcianus? one of my friends says that the males reach 1.3 meters long, Is this correct?

My marcianus aren't fully grown yet, and both are female. But 1.3m would be very large for a male from everything I've read. One of Pinjohn's snakes was a large male marcianus, he had kept marcianus for years and considered him large but I don't think it's more than 1m. Gregmonsta has that male now, so I'd be interested to see how long Greg thinks the male is.