Hibernation ended!

[reptileparadise]

Today I ended the hibernation of all of my garters.
Sadly one of them died. (thamnophis cyrtopsis cyrtopsis) I noticed some strange things on him and will open another topic to deal with that.
All snakes where nice and cool, so I got an excellent chance at taking some pictures. Hope you enjoy!

[reptileparadise]

At one of my parietalis males, I noticed he had a lot of scaring on his belly.

[reptileparadise]

I have weighed all snakes before and after hibernation.
For the ones that are interested, I have an Excell file with their weights.
To putt things short, Almost all snakes have lost 2 to 4 grams. Two snakes lost 8 and 10 grams and one snake gained 4 grams. I have no idea how that is possible...but it happened...
PM me for the xls file

[KITKAT]

At one of my parietalis males, I noticed he had a lot of scaring on his belly.

That looks like dehydration to me. When snakes dehydrate, their belly sometimes develops a "fold" in the skin. A good soak and plenty of fresh drinking water may help.

[Elliot]

Nice photos, I hope they don't give you any more trouble!

[Lori P]

Great pics Sjoerd!! Thanks for sharing.. glad everyone else is doing well!!

[tikichick]

Nice photos and beautiful snakes!

[drache]

fantastic photos, Sjoerd
thank you much

[Snaky]

Nice pics, Sjoerd.

[adamanteus]

Some really nice photos there, Sjoerd. What camera are you using? That close ups of the parietalis scales is awesome!