I found an Albino Garden Snake

[guidofatherof5]

It's diet time for Casper. Feeding twice a week would work well until she slims down.

[ConcinusMan]

She does seem way too fat

[Invisible Snake]

It's diet time for Casper. Feeding twice a week would work well until she slims down.

I concur.

[ConcinusMan]

It is possible to love them to death.

[WarriorPrincess]

Just got back to this site. My computer crashed and I had lost my info for this site. Got a new Laptop but couldn't remember how to get back here. Got back to the YouTube video I had posted and saw post ThamnophisMan had mentioned this site and looked up my user name which I had forgot too LOL!! Anyway blah blah blah! I found my way back after over a year. Casper is still doing GREAT! I think she's old enough to breed now. Haven't seen anymore snakes in my yard that she might be related to so I'm going to venture out of my area to find a compatible mate soon. I was told to breed her to her offspring to try to get an albino male to occur and then breed her to it. Is that what the recommended steps are? I got to thinking...Why not breed her to an albino checker wouldn't that produce the same or better results? Just wondering. Anyway She's now 2 years 3months old and Happy and Healthy. Not bad for a newbie eh? For all the doubters and haters I first encountered

[NancyG]

oop.. didn't realize how old the thread was!!

[NancyG]

I'm bookmarking this thread, I hope everyone keeps it going, I want to see how Casper is doing too! it's been a fun read!

[NancyG]

the Checkered is a different subspecies of snake... they are closely related enough that they can breed, but the results can vary.. and hybrid offspring like that isn't good, sort of like mating a dog to a wolf or coyote, they don't normally crossbreed, and the result can be very unstable.. and again, not good for either species... There can be odd health problems that can show up as well as behavior.

It's much better to breed her with another Western Garter snake, maybe you could have a couple of the local/semi local garter folks out for a visit at the right time of the year (spring maybe?) to meet Casper and see if they can wild catch a nice boyfriend from the local area, (who MIGHT also be carrying that albino gene) for Casper. IF you are very lucky, you might get a few albino babies,

Trust me, you have people here who are very interested in giving all (regardless of normal or albino color) of those babies good homes and hopefully one day having albinos of their own. Did you know that they give live birth? It surprised me when I found out, my other pet snakes are cornsnakes, and they lay eggs.

[Dan72]

Glad to see you back and everyone is doing good.

[guidofatherof5]

Nice to have you back and good to hear Casper is doing well.

Please, no cross breeding. It produces mutts that don't benefit anyone especially the gene pool of both snakes. I hope you can come across another albino Northwestern but the chances of that happening are not good. This means you have to take the slow road to reproducing another albino. The bright side is you will be producing hets. which is awesome.