Don's Massive Garter

[ssssnakeluvr]

No problem....kinda fun for me too!! might consider it every year...pick one and put her on here for a contest.....

[garterchick]

let me throw my 2 cents worth in: 19

[Cazador]

Given Don's recent disclosure, I'd like to change my guess from 19 to somewhere between 12 and 40 .



Kidding

[drache]

hey
I've been thinking about adjusting my number
I did make sure, Mikhaila would pick a different one
she was very careful to pick one that no one else picked, to save Don from a Salomon's judgment kind of scene

[Dracaena828]

Well I've been following this thread for awhile now and having fun seeing all the different guesses, and I suppose if there is a baby up for grabs I'll throw my guess in the hat and say 16 big healthy babies I hope the poor girl drops them soon, she can't be too confortable with all that weight to lug around...
Angela

[adamanteus]

Don, that is really generous of you! If I was to win I would donate my prize to the UK member with the highest number of posts......wait a minute...that's me!

[salzar]

okay , I say 33 . wow she is a biggie... good luck, salzar

[abcat1993]

One question: Does the number of babies include slugs and deformed ones?

[Daniel]

Hey abcat,

just have a look on the first post:

How many babies do you think ssssnakeluvr's (Don's) massive garter (below) will deliver? Let's include all offspring (live and otherwise) in the total. Rossman et al. say that average clutch size for T. radix varies from 9 to 29.5 with significant geographic variation. Don mentioned that litters of over 40 and 50 have been reported and that this female is 21" (53cm) long.

So all "things", that look like a babysnake should be counted, excluding slugs.


Because of the small size of the female and because it´s her first litter I guess she will give birth to 13 babys.

[adamanteus]

Don, no sign of any action yet? She's going to be as big as a bus!