garters & dekayi's...

[adamanteus]

No, they're live-bearers, Shanley.

[Snake lover 3-25]

ok good.... bc i just found one out side.... it's like 15 out and dropping and he didn't even move when i picked him up so he's inside sunning under a lamp he was right over a large group of small egg like things.... prob. bug eggs....

[adamanteus]

Slug or snail eggs, I bet.

[Snake lover 3-25]

ooooo that would explain it....... should i feed him???

[adamanteus]

You could try... if he wants it, he'll take it!

[Snake lover 3-25]

ok cool i'll let him warm up for a bit first maybe tomarrow morning

[infernalis]

Depends Shanley, any plans on keeping it?

From my personal observations here, DK snakes are the last ones out and about in the fall, first ones out and about in the spring.

They seem to tolerate cold better than others.

[Snake lover 3-25]

hmmmmmmmmm........ well...... it's SOOOOO cute lol........... um......... if i did decide not to keep it could i release it in the spring???

[kbear]

Cross species, even cross genus matings can occur but are seldom productive. Hasn't someone somewhere crossed Corns and Kings?
Somewhere in my heaps of books I have a series of photographs of an Adder (Vipera berus) attempting to mate with it's dinner, a Slow Worm (Anguis fragilis).
So while a successful pairing is unlikely in the extreme... never say never!

So if I house two different kinds of garters together, is that okay? Other than the mating issue, do garters tend to adjust well/quickly to new cagemates?

[Stefan-A]

So if I house two different kinds of garters together, is that okay? Other than the mating issue, do garters tend to adjust well/quickly to new cagemates?

It should be okay, as long as you don't mix sexes and as long as there isn't a significant size difference. Especially if the larger one is a wandering garter snake.