16 Red Stripe Babies!!

[prattypus]

awesome. i really want to breed garters but have no where to hibernate/brumate them

Some folks don't brumate them at all, and others use the fridge.

[bmreptile]

not brumating at all would be easier.
i wonder if that works for checkered

[adamanteus]

not brumating at all would be easier.
i wonder if that works for checkered

Yes, it works for Checkereds. I guess because their natural home range is warmer than that of many other Garters.
I've bred Checkereds numerous times without brumation. Incidentally, this species frequently breeds more than once a year.

[bmreptile]

i hav heard frm a local breeder the only way to no breed checkers is to keep them seperate. appaerently they take no stimulus and if housed together often breed 1-2 times a year?

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

wow... something must be wrong with my pair!!! haha, I even brumated them this year and all I got from Marcy were jellybeans. My male shows no interest. I do have a female from Rhea due to drop any day though!!!

When I had adult albino checkereds though... the male never, ever stopped trying!!!

[adamanteus]

i hav heard frm a local breeder the only way to no breed checkers is to keep them seperate. appaerently they take no stimulus and if housed together often breed 1-2 times a year?

Yes, that's what I have always found with marcianus. I've had three litters in a year a few times.

[Quibble]

Congrats! Glad to hear they eat well, bet that saved a lot of work eh?

[bsol]

thanks everyone... and I am proud to announce that ALL 16 are eaters!!! they ate right from my tongs!!! they were even easier than the water snakes! I was amazed....

how are those water snakes doing?

[bkhuff1s]

Very Nice!