A few weeks ago I rescued a gravid female Eastern Garter from being chopped up by our neighbors. She had a slight infection which I rectified by taking her to the vet. Anyway, I grew fond of her and decided to keep her until she gave birth and then release her and most of the offspring behind our house where I found them (a stream). Well, she gave birth last night to 35 babies. One has a pretty bad kink.

She and her babies are very lovely and some of them resemble their dams unusual appearance.

I'm posting them to ask two questions; 1: What do you think about the baby with a kink? Do you think she could live a captive life? (The kinked baby is in the second photo, bottom, middle) She's the one that appears silverish. 2: What do you think of the litters appearance? Is it normal for them to be blue/green? I think I counted around 7 that are blue or green.

It's really amazing how different some of them are. Some are dark brown with broad stripes, yellowish with round spots, light brown with yellow stripes, some are blotchy and one even appears to be void of spots and stripes. They are all so cute!

ANY input is greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Dam


Her "litter".