First time babies

[Albert Clark]

It also sounds that those two parents were left there inside a backpack by a po who wanted someone to find them. The other possibility, imo, is that someone lost their backpack while transporting the garters. It just seems to defy the odds that two w/c easterns, both het for albino, and opposite sexes would wind up inside a backpack together in a park??????? IDK. Congrats to Intra.

[Intra]

Well I had 12 live fish in the enclosure with the 3 picky eaters, and the next day there were only 2 fish left, so one of them ate.

I tried feeding them cut up worms tonight. To my surprise, two of them ate (even the little runt). However, the albino was not interested even after several attempts of waving the food in his face. Then things got worse. As I was feeding the other enclosure of 10 snakes, I looked over and saw the albino opening his mouth. He threw up this grey paste. He either ate when I was not looking, or this was old food. What does it mean? Is he sick?!

[guidofatherof5]

Hard to tell what it is. It certainly is something to keep and eye on. Some neonates develop slower then others. The digestive tract is one of those developing areas. Just my opinion.

[Intra]

Hey everyone. I decided to give away most of my baby garter snakes (will be keeping one albino and one regular). I posted an ad and got a surprising number of offers. The people who responded all seem to have experience with snakes or reptiles, so they are going to good homes. Thanks again for the help, everyone here really helped me with this new challenge

[Dan72]

Good luck with keepers and keep us updated. Pics from time to time seem to be a hit around here as well.

[Intra]

Yesterday I checked the parents cage, and found these three things that I thought were pieces of poop floating in the water dish. It smelt absolutely horrible. Upon closer inspection, they looked like snake fetuses. I took some pictures if you guys really want to see them. I think you guys call them 'slugs'. Its been 5 weeks since these babies were born, is it normal for slugs to appear after such a long period of time?

[guidofatherof5]

No reason why it can't happen. I've had snakes push slugs out weeks after birthing live garters.

[Intra]

Hey everyone,

Its been a while since I posted, but I thought I'd update everyone due to recent developments.

Overall, I gave away 9 of the babies and my girlfriend kept 3. Originally she only wanted two, but one escaped (was missing for a month or so) and when we found it again she decided to keep it as well. These 3 are doing very well, eating cut up pinky pieces and continuing to grow. I'll get some pics of them later.

About two weeks ago (April 26), my female gave birth again. I was caught off guard since the last birth was in July, so it hasn't even been a year. This time there were 30 babies, but 2 did not make it There are 5 albinos this time (slightly better odds lol). Here are some pics of them in a temporary container while I was cleaning their enclosure.



The new babies are doing well. Most of them have been eating cut up worms (except for 4 of them). I'm going to post another ad, but this time I think I'll make a bit of money back lol. Maybe $10 per snake, $25 for an albino. Its definitely more of a challenge making sure all 28 are eating and doing well.

[Zdravko092368]

I have been looking for someone with albino easterns in Canada, I am very interested. I have melanistics and need albinos for them to make snows.

[Zdravko092368]

They are beautiful babies btw!