new to the site....possibly pregnant

[gregmonsta]

are you sure?

[Stefan-A]

are you sure?

Well, knowing Petco, there is indeed a possibility that they really were just labelled "Eastern Green" and "Albino Checkered".

[k2l3d4]

lol lol ... Well the new news is that i have no idea why I put a divider up in the tank..... Second day in a row that I have gotten home to find the Female green over in the Albino Male's? side... These snakes have me so confused.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

haha, it;s very, very hard to put a divider in the tank that completely cuts off access between the two!!! You'd have to really work at it!!!

[k2l3d4]

well.... for the moment I have taken the divider down,.. and the male is leaving the female alone... I think that he is done trying to breed with her for the time being.. and if he did successfully breed.. How woudl I know, since everything I am reading is that the females snake can hold the sperm until she is ready to use it (up to five years?) what a trip.

Oh yeah... and I expected the male snake to be trying to get to the female.. not the other way around.

[k2l3d4]

There was six pinkie mice...... and then there was not. (I think that Little Dude might have gotten one or two at the most) Oh yeah.... and Hudina is still on the lid that they eat off of.

[k2l3d4]

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.

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.[/quote]


Well.... she just ate seven pinkie mice today, whch is probably about three times what she normally eats..... so I am guessing that I have a pregnant lady.

[Snake lover 3-25]

wow what a pig lol glad they're doing well.... i think that it may just be spring that's making her appetite so big..... but there's always a possibility!!

[k2l3d4]

I do not know for sure,.... this is their first spring and they did not go into hybernation of sorts... so I am not sure if the seasons would have an effect on them since I keep the tank pretty stable. I will know for sure though in a couple of months as to whether or not she is pregnant.

[k2l3d4]

Just got back from Petco, picking up some pinkies and some fishies,.... and lo and behold they have a snake that they are calling a "garter snake" that is definately a Ribbon Snake... made mention to the girl there about it so we will see if they change the name.