Haz'z garters

[ConcinusMan]

Lol my one female likes to burrow. I have cypress multch as my substrate.

No wonder they're hurting themselves. Too splintery. If you're talking about the kind intended for gardening, not so good.

[HazAnga]

well here's some new pix. my trio have been mating for the last 3 weeks so I'm hoping that, and I've seen significant weight gain's in the last bit (mind you they only came out of brumation just over a month ago) so I'm hoping for babies for sure this year. Maybe a few more then I got last year




I thought they looked cute together lol. All 3 will constantly go in the rock hide and cuddle up together, and an hour ago i caught the male trying (possibly succeeding) to seduce one of the females while they all are under the hide lol.

[guidofatherof5]

Babies are always awesome. Best of luck.
Give that boy a couple extra pinkies so he can keep his strength up.

[HazAnga]

HE WON'T FRIGGING EAT!!!
I've tried lots and he refuses I just have to try worms but my hard part is getting them right now, so once I find them I will try

[guidofatherof5]

HE WON'T FRIGGING EAT!!!
I've tried lots and he refuses I just have to try worms but my hard part is getting them right now, so once I find them I will try

He may be more focused on his "lady time" then eating at this point.
I've had male radixes do that early in the breeding season.

[EasternGirl]

They are lovely snakes! I love the pics of them snuggling together...so cute!

Richard...is that an albino baby you have in that pic? Is that going up for adoption?

[ConcinusMan]

Oh, you mean on the previous page? Those are 2010 albino and pastel checkered's. They are being held for me. (2 of each) I won't actually get them until it's safer to ship. Too darn cold right now and those babies are in New England, right in the middle of that snowstorm right now.

And heck no they aren't even for sale, let alone adoption. The albinos are het for pastel, and the pastels are het for albino. They are valuable treasures! A future breeding project for me.

It's been a good day for me. I just sold the last trio of red spotted garters for very good price, AND secured a deal to receive a female nebraska christmas albino, het for iowa albino. She'll make a perfect mate for Amy, who is my male Iowa, het for nebraska.

Nick, that male of yours is not going to interested in food as long as he has that fine girl on his mind. If you get a for-sure lockup, it might be wise to separate them, preferably in another room, so he'll eat.

[EasternGirl]

Well...they are beauties. I would really like to get an albino someday...when I can afford one. I can't wait to get another snake! And someday...I will have an albino...someday...

I don't really understand all the "het" stuff...

Amy is an awesome snake.

[ConcinusMan]

Het: heterozygous

When I say they are het for albino for example, I mean that even though they don't show as being albino, they carry the gene. A pair of normal looking snakes that are "het" for albino, are capable of producing albino offspring.

A normal, mated to an albino, will produce normal looking babies that are het for albino. Those hets can then be bred to another albino, or to each other, and produce some albinos.

[HazAnga]

Well my male is het for albinos because I got albinos last year. What would his % be? And what would be the babies % be?
I havnt seen any lockups myself, just a lot of action. Tina shed last night so I'm going to leave him with them for another week or two. Then I'll seperate them and hopefully he'll eat. Do I have to put him in another room?