Stefan's garters

[Stefan-A]

6and a half there was half a snake?

Yeah, I got the rear half on the 15th. This half had a head.

[Snakers]

Yeah, I got the rear half on the 15th. This half had a head.

Aw man hope shes feeling a little better do you think there all out?

[Stefan-A]

Aw man hope shes feeling a little better do you think there all out?

Probably. I wasn't expecting more than this anyway.

I also need to correct myself, the head count is currently 11 with no halves unaccounted for.

The mom's about to shed, too. Will be interesting to see what's left of her after that.

[gregmonsta]

Fingers crossed she's all clear now.

[Stefan-A]

Stuffed her full of food a few days ago. That must have dislodged them.

[ConcinusMan]

That's a reasonable hypothesis. That's why I was saying you should put her in a warm bath and force her to swim. It helps to dislodge dead neonates as well as intestinal blockages. I got curious and was looking for female snake anatomy but most of it is male or doesn't show were the babies develop. I did find an interesting article, probably a subject for another thread.

Garter snakes rape their females? http://www.jstor.org/pss/3473095

[drache]

I'm sorry for your poor girl, Stefan, and I hope the shed means she's all done

[Stefan-A]

She shed today. Also decided to dump another 3.

[guidofatherof5]

She shed today. Also decided to dump another 3.

Sounds like my Speckle. That sort of thing never happened before and I was very concerned for my girl. A month after birth she was still dropping stillborns. She would have had 43 babies had they all lived.
The good news is she is no worse for the experience and has bred again. I hope everything turns out well for your snake.

[Stefan-A]

On a positive note, she hasn't been this slim in a long time. Which might be the reason this happened in the first place.