Stefan's garters

[ConcinusMan]

As many slugs (and garters) as there are around here, I could never get a garter to eat a slug. Well, one time an ordinoides tried it. It ended in disaster. I thought she was going to suffocate on the slime and it took days before her "lips" would close properly.

[Snaky]

I will be guessing 94 and 15

[Stefan-A]

First one to congratulate me, gets banned. Maybe.

Well, the pregnancy lasted somewhere between 73 and 76 days. Who wants to guess what exactly I got out of the whole deal?

[gregmonsta]

Oh bugger, did you get slugged? .... The worlds largest garter poo (in which case I could congratulate).

[drache]

beats me, but apparently not snake babies

[Stefan-A]

What I got was 1 (one) live one, that I didn't take any photos of, plus these two:



No slugs, no deformed. These two might be heat shock victims, or more likely, crush victims.

As you can see from the graph, we have a decrease in weight of 29 grams, but only three offspring. Furthermore, the snake now weighs as much as it did a mere 5 weeks ago, halfway through its pregnancy.

My guess (and it is just a guess) is that I'll be seeing the remaining ones in a couple of days, after they've exited the mom a second time.

[Snaky]

That's a shame. Was mom the only one in the enclosure? I've never heard of the mother eating the babies till now, always another snake.

[Stefan-A]

That's a shame. Was mom the only one in the enclosure? I've never heard of the mother eating the babies till now, always another snake.

She was alone and I can't think of any other answer. The enclosure was sealed tight enough to keep these three inside. Almost 30 grams for only three babies is not plausible, imho.

[guidofatherof5]

Was there a large fluid discharge?

[Stefan-A]

Was there a large fluid discharge?

Almost no sign of it at all, but then again, it seemed like it had had time to dry up, meaning that they were born at least a day or two ago. I was away for 3 and a half total.

At the moment, I'm not entirely convinced that she's finished giving birth, she still looks wide, even if she's lost a disproportionate amount of weight.