4th litter of the year!

[reptileparadise]

And another bummer...
My sirtalis sirtalis gave birth to 13 babies in total. Only 5 of them healthy and alive, 3 with weird shaped heads and 5 that didn't make it out of the eggsack (also being deformed).
Both parents where het. melanistic and I totally missed the odds. There was one black in the litter and it was a stillborn.

This litter really keeps the moral up
4 litters with 9 young in total...
2 of them consisted of nothing but slugs.

Ah well, all we can do now is hope the young will eat and be healthy!
pictures will follow

[Stefan-A]

Damn, I'm sorry to hear that.

[count dewclaw]

So sorry to hear this. You are having a rough year with the garter snake litters. Hope your next one(s) are ok, if you are expecting more.

[reptileparadise]

Thanks,
I'm defenitly having a bad garter year. I''m not sure what 'caused' it...I'm still expecting 2 cyrtopsis cyrtopsis females. I'm really hoping one of them will deliver succesfully (well, I hope both will...)

[infernalis]

My Condolences for the crappy litters

Better luck with the next.....

[Gijs & Sabine]

You indeed have bad luck this year, Sjoerd
I'm very sorry for you.... fingers crossed for your cyrtopsis females

[reptileparadise]

Thanks Sabine
But on the other hand...I was right predicting when she would give birth

[Gijs & Sabine]

Thanks Sabine
But on the other hand...I was right predicting when she would give birth

That's true, you are an expert !!

[anji1971]

Awww, Sjoerd.........
that's too bad. It has been a rough year for you.
But congrats on the 5 healthy ones, and hopefully your cyrtopsis litters will be a success.

[Lori P]

I'm sorry too, Sjoerd... hopefully things will improve with the next litters!