T. ordinoides on the Ranch

[Selkielass]

Awww northwest romance.
I had sort of hoped Flicker would be the one playing Romeo.

[guidofatherof5]

Awww northwest romance.
I had sort of hoped Flicker would be the one playing Romeo.

Me too.

[guidofatherof5]

Aww yeah ordinoides babies in a few months, congrats Steve!

I didn't see a lockup but my hopes are high.

On a side note I took the little male out of the fridge today. Hoping his 3 weeks in the cold will snap him out of his non-eating slump.

[ConcinusMan]

Very cool Steve!

Aww yeah ordinoides babies in a few months

*maybe*. They're known to mate with multiple males and they can control when the eggs get fertilized. They mate anywhere from late winter to autumn. Sometimes they hold onto the sperm from several males and can decide to ovulate/fertilize whenever they feel like it. Could even be a year or two later! So, you can't really expect with any degree of accuracy, when the babies will come. And if she's been with more than one male you can't really know who the sire is. A litter could even have more than one sire.

You should definitely let Flicker have a crack at her!

[guidofatherof5]

You should definitely let Flicker have a crack at her!

That's up to Flicker.

[ConcinusMan]

Oh, so they're all together and it's just one male doing the courting? That's odd. If a female is putting out signals, Flicker / all males are usually all over her!

[guidofatherof5]

Maybe he has been.

[guidofatherof5]

[guidofatherof5]

This little Northwestern needed only 5 minutes in a warm shed box. She was relieve to get this retained shed off. I noticed it this morning and I hoped she would have taken care of it on her own but that was not to be.

[guidofatherof5]

My 5 youngest Northwestern are unbelievable eaters. I stuffed them with worms for breakfast yesterday and 4 hours later they were at the sides begging for food and looked like they could eat it. I gave then another dish and they stuffed themselves again.
I thought young radixes could put the food away but these little scrubs are setting me straight.
Northwesterns are an awesome garter snake.
If you have the opportunity to acquire them, I strongly suggest it. They may be a little on the small side but make up for it in attitude(good) and personality.