2011 Checkered Garter babies

[HazAnga]

well... good news and bad news... I'll start with good news... 2 of the albino's and the one het ate at least one piece of worm today when i tried to feed them.
And bad news... or something... one of the new albino babies has disappeared I'm positive that i had counted 4 albino's and the one het. But today when I took them all out i only counted 3... I just fed everyone yesterday so they all had full bellies... and no one looked like they were overly fat from maybe eating someone... They were all there yesterday when i fed and now one's missing.

[guidofatherof5]

Been there, done that.
I usually find them buried in the substrate.

[HazAnga]

Been there, done that.
I usually find them buried in the substrate.

But But But... I took the cage apart... I'm hoping that it'll just appear out of thin air and it's was playing a trick on me...

[guidofatherof5]

What type of enclosure was it in?

[HazAnga]

It's a 15 gal glass tank with a proper terrarium screen top on it that is very snug and fits right on top, there's not gaps or holes anyone could git out, I've checked and looked... i know that they could find one even if there wasn't, but still.

[guidofatherof5]

They are escape artists.

[ConcinusMan]

But But But... I took the cage apart... I'm hoping that it'll just appear out of thin air and it's was playing a trick on me...

Been there, done that too.

[kibakiba]

Thumbelina crawled up the side of the tank and came out of a hole that was flat as a stack of 10 pieces of printer paper. Scared the poop oout of me, because I came home to it and I was scared that if I tried to slide the top off, it would either crush him... or skin him alive. Luckily, I was able to slide the top just a small amount to push his head out so I could grab him.

When people say they're escape artists, they REALLY mean it. I'm sure he'll turn up somewhere silly for you, though

[HazAnga]

ok, I've delayed too long and I usually take pictures when i feed, but not the past few times I've fed them and I finally took pix when i fed tonight, so here it is.
These are the newest babies



I like this one because the couple of them have their tails twisted together lol, it's cute.



EDIT: I fed Talapia tonight and one albino ate a few pieces.

[HazAnga]

Here's some other pix of the older babies


This is the smaller Pastel, who doesn't eat a whole lot, but seems to love the talapia


This is the bigger Pastel, the one who i deff think I'll be keeping, if anyone can tell male or female from any of the pix please let me know, I'm hoping for a male (fingers crossed)