new to the site....possibly pregnant

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

Would I get more albinos or would the babies come out green?

Provided your female is not heterozygous (carrying) the albino gene, all the babies will come out as normals, they will look much like their mother... green, tan or yellowish brown with black checkers. The albino checkered is very, very common in today's trade, and hets are everywhere. It would not surprise me at ALL if you female ended up being a het, and had some albino's too. Whatever the case, you'll soon find out!

There's really no need to separate them just yet, not until she starts looking really fat and close to giving birth. When she's closer to laying, and she goes into shed, that's a good time to separate. But don't move her, move him instead, because you want to put as little stress on a gravid female as possible. Stress can cause them to lose their babies.

[Stefan-A]

There's really no need to separate them just yet,

Unless the female isn't gravid and you'd like to keep her that way.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

Unless the female isn't gravid and you'd like to keep her that way.

true, very true

[k2l3d4]

Those are both t. marcianus, you can clearly see the neck and head pattern indicative of that species!! so be ready for a litter of miniature Ms. Greens!

I will be happy if she is pregnant,.. but a bit more happy if she is not. I am not quite set up for any more snakes then I have at the moment. I originally thought that I had two females, and that was how I set up for. That, and I do not know any one that would take a few snakes off of my hands, if she does have babies. All of my friends think that I am completely crazy for having snakes in my house.... They are beauties though. And if I do have some babies,... I can not even send them to my boyfriends house, cause he has the ball pythons that run around his room.... His snakes are huge, and have never been in tank, except for feeding times.

So if I do end up having babies... I will be looking for homes for them.

[k2l3d4]

There's really no need to separate them just yet, not until she starts looking really fat and close to giving birth. When she's closer to laying, and she goes into shed, that's a good time to separate. But don't move her, move him instead, because you want to put as little stress on a gravid female as possible. Stress can cause them to lose their babies.[/quote]

If she is pregnant, how will I know? (other then having extra snakes in the tank) Will he quite bothering her? I put up a divider in the tank, so that way she could get some peace, but now he does not appear to be interested in her.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

There's really no need to separate them just yet, not until she starts looking really fat and close to giving birth. When she's closer to laying, and she goes into shed, that's a good time to separate. But don't move her, move him instead, because you want to put as little stress on a gravid female as possible. Stress can cause them to lose their babies.

If she is pregnant, how will I know? (other then having extra snakes in the tank) Will he quite bothering her? I put up a divider in the tank, so that way she could get some peace, but now he does not appear to be interested in her.[/quote]

Depending on the male, he may or may not stop bothering her. Some males will court any female, any time, anywhere, all day long no matter WHAT the situation is, whether she's receptive or not. Some males only court receptive females. Some males fail and don't ever court anything!! If your female is gravid, you will most likely start to notice a huge, almost SCARY increase in her appetite. She may become a good bit aggressive at feeding time. you will start to see the back half of her swell with girth, she will look fatter. Provided she is carrying a decent sized litter, eventually her back end will be so fat that the skin between her scales will all be showing and even when she hasnt eaten in days, she will look like she just ate her own weight in food. Eventually, she probably will stop eating as she gets closer to birth. The babies take up too much room in her belly. Now, just remember, this is how the normal and ideal pregnancy goes... and that all of these things MAY or may not happen. Sometimes you don't even know a snake is gravid and ALL the sudden, you have babies born.

[k2l3d4]

The babies will come out looking green, but will heterozygous "het" for albino.
Meaning their alleles will be "Aa", as opposed to "AA" in the green female and "aa" in the albino male.

What do you mean by the Aa and the aa? I really do not know what you are talking about. I got the snakes for pets, and was not intending on breeding them.

[k2l3d4]

So pretty much the guy snakes are just like the guys I know... you never know what they are going to do......lol.

[gregmonsta]

Petco are 100% clueless ... nice checkereds

[Stefan-A]

Petco are 100% clueless ... nice checkereds

Come on now, at least they knew they were snakes.