How Do You Tell if the Female is Gravid?

[Jack Neary]

To pepare for my gravid(?) garter's upcoming delivery of her babies?
Just want to make sure I am fully prepared....
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
Jack

[crzy_kevo]

well what i have done is seperated her from the others in her own enclosure and have used papers towel as substrate (damp one on one side of the enclosure)

this way if she delivers when i am not home the other snakes wont be able to get to the babies and as well with the paper towels the babies wont have bit of substrate stuck to them and they won't bury under it so i can make sure i have all of them

hmm i wonder how no1 caught this post

good luck jack

[Jack Neary]

well what i have done is seperated her from the others in her own enclosure and have used papers towel as substrate (damp one on one side of the enclosure)

this way if she delivers when i am not home the other snakes wont be able to get to the babies and as well with the paper towels the babies wont have bit of substrate stuck to them and they won't bury under it so i can make sure i have all of them

hmm i wonder how no1 caught this post

good luck jack

Kevo,
I was just wondering if there is a different Temp and/or Humidity that you try and reach help move things along?
Also, is there less stress on them when they are placed alone in seperate housing?
I have 2 Garter's that are either well fed or both Female and....gravid???
Also, is there a time that will prove these 2 snakes I have are just well fed? In other words, if either of these 2 garters has not had their babies by Mid-August, does that mean they were not gravid?
Geez, the wait is killing me already

[Jack Neary]

well what i have done is seperated her from the others in her own enclosure and have used papers towel as substrate (damp one on one side of the enclosure)

this way if she delivers when i am not home the other snakes wont be able to get to the babies and as well with the paper towels the babies wont have bit of substrate stuck to them and they won't bury under it so i can make sure i have all of them

hmm i wonder how no1 caught this post

good luck jack

Kevo,
Maybe a dumb question, but will my other 2 Garter's eat the babies of the gravid Garter if I'm not there when she has them?

Any advice would be appreciated!
Thanks!

[crzy_kevo]

any1 on here would tell you the same thing although cannibalism is rare in garters there is still a chance that they myab eat the babies and everyone advises to get them seperated from the mother ASAP

um as for temp and humidity that is a god question and i am still new to this too so hopefully some1 with experience will be able to tell us


and as for if they are wel fed or not my question is have you fed them since you have gotten them because if you had them for at least a week and not fed them and they have deficated but still look fat then i would say they are definately gravid

[jitami]

Jack, if you've recently acquired these two females odds are very strong that they are gravid. From what I've learned the other two may not eat the babies, but it's too much of a possibility to risk it. What do you plan on doing with the babies once they're here?

[Jack Neary]

Jack, if you've recently acquired these two females odds are very strong that they are gravid. From what I've learned the other two may not eat the babies, but it's too much of a possibility to risk it. What do you plan on doing with the babies once they're here?

Tami,
I have another 10 gallon Terrariom tank I plan to use for the babies.
I plan to care and feed them with the utmost care!
Thanks!
Jack

[crzy_kevo]

your do realize just how many babies you are going to have if both of the girls are gravid right?

that is going to be a lot of babies i would suggest releasing a good amount of them back where you found the mommas

[jitami]

Tami,
I have another 10 gallon Terrariom tank I plan to use for the babies.
I plan to care and feed them with the utmost care!
Thanks!
Jack

And I'm sure you'll do very well, but you could end up with dozens of babies! What I meant was what do you plan to do with them long term That's a lot of little mouths to feed for the rest of their lives

[jitami]

Kev, you're always one minute ahead of me... and I type fast... I must just think slow We're definitely on the same page, though... figuratively and literally I guess!