weight and length

[GartersRock]

I weigh mine all once a week. You wouldn't want me to post all their weights. Too many!
My biggest female garter is 104 grams. 168 is huge!
But then again... I don't have any easterns.
My biggest snake outweighs my gram scale at something around 7 lbs. My female blood python.

[EdgyExoticReptiles]

they always have a smaller litter their first time, shell have a lot more next time

lol yup she'll be a big one!!! although my 30 ish in female only had 18 her first time..... lol good luck!!!

[Snake lover 3-25]

i hope i can find a male so i can have a "next time"!!!!! the only male i have is her son...... and he has been kept with her since birth...... i'm sure i can get them to breed.... but i really hate imbreeding...... even though it doesn't effect them unless you do it extensively......

[Snake lover 3-25]

do you think that it would be ok to keep the female over the winter and give her a short brumation and get her all fattened up to release next summer??? she is just so thin and i don't know if i can get her up to a good weight before fall..... and if we have a long winter again.... if she was out there like this she would have no chance...... i just want to give her a chance.....

[Snake lover 3-25]

anyone have an opinion????


i have been feeding her 4 + times a week as many worms as she will eat (around 4 huge canadian night crawlers) and she has only gained 7 grams!!!! she should be around 140 grams at the least... but she's only 75.

i have the time, space and resources to keep her but i don't think that she likes being in a cage...... i just want to know if it would have any bad affects on her if i release her in the spring.....

at this rate there is no way she could gain enough weight to survive another long winter.......

[Elliot]

If you fed mice she'd probably gain more weight, worms are mostly water. Mice probably have a lot more fat, protein, and calcium, so I'd guess that they'd support quicker growth.

[GartersRock]

Yes, you have only been feeding worms? If she needs to gain weight worms most likely won't do the job. Good luck!

[reptile3]

I weigh & measure all my reptiles every month....

my ball python- George he is 35 in long, 611 grams as of Aug 2008
I got him back in Dec 2007.

[crzy_kevo]

i believe i may have discovered the miracle grow for garters
george is still on a steady diet of 85% salmon dusted with calcium every other feeding and 15% frogs she has grown another 2" for a total of 24"

[Snake lover 3-25]

i need to get some fish.... but she shows no intrest whatsoever in mice...... even scented ones...... her food has to be moving..... and she will not eat if i am watching.... so tease feeeding is out of the question.... and there is NO way i could EVER feed her live pinkies...... it would break my heart..... but i need to get some feeder fish and then i might be able to fool her into eatng some mice and fish pieces..... but i put repti-vite on her worms once a week......