Finally erythristic eastern babies August 2nd 2012

[Thamnophis]

Great news, Udo. Congratulations!

[zooplan]

This is their mother, my wild sired St.Matthews female, born in 2008. She´s a big girl
weighting 236 gramms after giving birth and was star of several of my photo contest entries.

[thamneil]

Beautiful snakes you have. I hope my Carteret County Erythristic develops into something similar to your female.

[charles parenteau]

Congratulation very nice litter!!!

[mikem]

The mom is beautiful! Congrats on the babies! 43 little mouths to feed

[Invisible Snake]

What's your secret for having such a large litter? o.O

[zooplan]

I don´t know how she produced such a gorgeous litter.
It is her secret not mine.
Maybe some of the honor should go to the male, who delivered good sperm.

[Invisible Snake]

I don´t know how she produced such a gorgeous litter. It is her secret not mine. Maybe some of the honor should go to the male, who delivered good sperm.

Thanks for replying, but what I meant by "your secret" I was wondering how long did you brumate the parents and at what temperatures? Did you wait for them to get to a certain age before pairing them up? Also did you feed the mom anything special while she was pregnant?

[BLUESIRTALIS]

I think alot of those big erythristic garters and fl. blues have big litters i witnessed a big wildcaught ery have over 70 babies last year.

[EasternGirl]

That mother is simply stunning! And the babies are adorable. I think that if I looked in an enclosure and saw a pile of scrubs like that...I might faint! Big litter you have there! Congrats and good luck with them. Keep us posted!