Well, yesterday morning I found another baby garter snake dead. He was one that didn't want to eat. When I picked him up, I noticed there was a green spot towards the middle of his body. Does anyone might know what it could have been? Something that might have busted or...?
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10-06-2011, 05:41 PM #1Never shed
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10-06-2011, 05:42 PM #2Thamtographer
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Re: Baby Garter Snakes. Now 15
It is the gallbladder. It turns green after death. I'm very sorry for your losses.
Kat
2.2 T.s.pickeringii, 0.4.7 T.ordinoides 1.1 T.marcianus 1.1 T. radix 1.0 T.s.parietalis 1.2 Pseudacris regilla
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10-06-2011, 05:45 PM #3T. radix Ranch
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Re: Baby Garter Snakes. Now 15
Sorry about your loss.
Kat is correct about the gallbladder.Steve
5 awesome kids!
Emmy, Kale, Molly, Gabby, Hailee
They are not just snakes. They're garter snakes.
http://www.youtube.com/user/thamnophis14?feature=mhee
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10-06-2011, 06:32 PM #4I have a condition!
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What they said. Sorry for your loss.
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10-06-2011, 06:35 PM #5Pyrondenium Rose
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Not all babies make it, even when they seem to be in perfect health, they can drop dead at any time.
Chantel
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10-06-2011, 06:46 PM #6I have a condition!
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Re: Baby Garter Snakes. Now 15
Yup. We call it failure to thrive. (or something 'long that line) they are destined not to make it no matter what
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10-07-2011, 09:26 PM #7Forum Moderator
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Re: Baby Garter Snakes. Now 15
Originally Posted by kibakiba
It's a part of this most of us wish didn't happen, but it does. Originally Posted by RedSidedSPR
I lose a few babies every year, no matter how hard I try, it just happens.
Sorry for the losses. Focus on the ones that are thriving.
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