Gravid radix

[guidofatherof5]

Being a just caught snake I would think her stress level is high. I would handle as little as possible.
Disturbing her as little as possible also.

[katach]

She is pretty. You could call that one Stubs. Is there any clues to what could have happened to her tail?

[Dan72]

No idea on the tail Kat, could have been anything. This won't be a hands on situation with her. The plan, (depending what is delievered) is to release her and the young back to the wild. My main reasons for bringing her in is to use a WC snakes gravid situation as a learnning curve to see if this is even anything I want to mess with in the future. If it turns out to be an experience I want to repeat with snakes I acquire in the future then so be it, if I discover it is a little more than what I wish to be a part of then I'll know maybe to base my future acquistions on keeping things same sex around here. I plan to do everything and then some to make her time with us a positive thing. Where for her everything is as favorable to be safe healthy and secure as she prepares to have the litter, and recover after. For the baby snakes a safe place to put some time under them so maybe the big bad world won't be as big and bad. Ultimately it is an event to event decision making process where the outcome of one will dictate what happens next.

[katach]

Sounds reasonable. She still needs something to be called though

[Dan72]

Funny you bring that up, my wife says we're going to call her momma snake. Not to formal were any attachments are made yet a name given so we know who we're talking about in conversation.

[katach]

Momma snake works. I have a feeling you will end up with a new adult snake and a bunch of babies before all is said and done though. Garters are like crisps, you can stop at just one or two.

[Dan72]

Not to place the cart before the horse. Something I've had to think of though. If this snake produces any living albinos when the time comes. If she would be mated to a albino male in the future would the % on the normal young of that litter be 66% het for albino? She would have to be het for albino herself, plus mated with male that is het to produce any this litter. What would her % be if that ends up being the case, 50%?

[Dan72]

Momma snake works. I have a feeling you will end up with a new adult snake and a bunch of babies before all is said and done though. Garters are like crisps, you can stop at just one or two.

Yeah, never say never right. My first wish is for a smooth experience. Little stress on me and even less so on her. But there is that fingers crossed part of me that hopes one or two of her offspring are special in a way that gives a sign that she is worth hanging on to. My wife could kill me but I have the garter bug something terrible.

[katach]

You are in the right place then. You are safe and with friends...

Hi, my name is Kat, and I'm addicted to garter snakes.

[Selkielass]

Very nice looking lady.
The gravid Butlers I took in last summer adjusted to captivity. *very* quickly as they were constantly hungry and quick to associate me with food. They gentled up more quickly and completely than any of the non gravid females, males or juveniles. I have since found.
I had good results with small but frequent meals, and I found my hungry ladies eager to try almost anything. After a quick inspection. Younger wc's have been harder to tempt with anything unfamiliar.

The birth process is amazing. I'll never have more than a few tanks of snakes, but ill keep a small tank in reserve for little. Ones transition. They are more fun to watch than añy other small thankful of critters I. Can think of. (Barrels of monkeys have always struck me as mean, not fun at all.)