Oh... oh my

[brain]

Noted "expierience" is the best teacher. TY
I did check out the care sheet earler for the critters but that's where I got confused. New update i'll go look.

[Stefan-A]

Webster definition

Litter - the offspring at one birth of a multiparous animal <a litter of puppies>
And a
Clutch - a group of eggs laid by a reptile or bird.

What do we call the group of newly “born” garters?

Clutch. Strictly speaking, they actually hatch.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

they are a clutch.


But I love to say litter anyways

[brain]

Ovoviviporous correct scientific term for animals that carry the eggs internally and upon delivery of the offspring the entire shell structure has thinned to the point that only the thin mucous membrane remains from which the offspring emerges. Because no whitish shell structure is seen and the membrane is sometimes broken through by the time the baby is fully delivered by the mother, people often assume that these babies are born live.

[brain]

OK litter

[Lori P]

Well, since they've decided to expand the family, I decided today that they needed a much bigger apartment. LOL Someone gave me a huge, and honestly, kind of ugly homemade enclosure a few weeks ago and I've been pondering what to do with it. So today I decided to move the Blues family into it. It's 4 feet long, 2 feet deep, and a bit over 2 feet tall. I did a quick set up... but believe me, I have plans for it to improve it. This will do for now tho.. it doubles their space.



I think I can work with it, make a background like we did for the bp's!

And here are the Blues, Sanibel and Captiva, after moving in. They went right back to that cardboard hide thing... they LOVE that!

Captiva (the male: What're you looking at? You're just jealous! That's right, she's all MINE!)


Sanibel (the female: I'm sorry? Do WE watch YOU???)

[olive oil]

That is not too ugly, I bet they love it!
Wish someone would give me one!

[Lori P]

Well, lol, I did sound like I was looking a gift horse in the mouth there, didn't I?? I should have said how excited and grateful I was to get it for free. :-) I don't like the screening on the front... I guess I'm used to looking thru glass or plexiglass. I'm sure Jamie could change it out one day. I guess to me it kind of looks like a rabbit cage or something. But, it is HUGE (it blocked the mirror over top of my dresser... now I'll never know what I look like-- that's probably a good thing LOL) and I have to stand on a stool to get into it.

But overall, yes, it is big and spacious and has lots of room for improvement. :-)

[Loren]

Nice snakes and cage Lori. What size are the holes on that hardware cloth(screen)? It appears to be 1/2 " to me, judging by the number of holes per 2' of cage (yeah, thats right, I have nothing better to do than count holes )
Anyhow, Are you posiitive they cant escape, or get heads stuck in the screen? I once had to very carefully cut the 1/4" hardware cloth on one of my lids to remove my young california mountain kingsnake who was stuck. Now I always raise snakes past a certain size before putting them into cages with my home made lids.

[Lori P]

I'll have to measure. Too small for the adult blues, but certainly way big enough for babies to scoot thru. Er, we better get that changed before any wee ones appear!!