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2017 California Red Sided garter...special story.
This guy was the runt of the litter back on 8/23/17 and took a long time to start feeding. I thought he was a candidate for "failure to thrive" until I started picking him up and feeding him by hand. I basically had to "tease feed" him while in my hand. He has been feeding on his own for some time and has started really making strides. He was slated as a holdback bc of his superior coloration and patterning.
Stay in peace and not pieces.
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bcr229 (12-14-2017),Bogertophis (05-05-2018),Craiga 01453 (12-15-2017),Dxw425 (12-14-2017),Godzilla78 (12-14-2017),John1982 (12-14-2017),Kcl (12-15-2017),richardhind1972 (04-30-2018),rlditmars (12-14-2017),Sauzo (12-14-2017),Sonny1318 (04-23-2018),the_rotten1 (04-23-2018)
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Never give up, never surrender! Great stuff, Albert.
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Such a cute little worm
0.1 Rio Bravo Pokigron Suriname BC-Gina
1.0 Meltzer/Lincoln Peruvian Longtail het anery BCL-Louie
0.1 Biak Green Tree Python-Pat
1.0 OSHY Biak Green Tree Python-Alex
0.0.1 Super Reduced Reticulated Gila Monster-Dozer
0.0.1 Utah Banded Gila Monster-Tank
0.0.1 Super Black Beaded Lizard-Reggie
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He really pops , I'm glad you got him going. How has your overall experience been with the garters?
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Re: 2017 California Red Sided garter...special story.
Originally Posted by John1982
Never give up, never surrender! Great stuff, Albert.
Thanks John. I kept saying to myself " this guy is too handsome to lose". I was amazed when he started taking sliced salmon pieces from my hand as I held him.
Originally Posted by Sauzo
Such a cute little worm
Thank you Sau, all of this litter was really cute. The mortality of some is still a mystery. The dam had 24 babies and 12 didn't survive. I do have some hypotheses on why, to help prevent it in the future.
Originally Posted by Ba11er
He really pops , I'm glad you got him going. How has your overall experience been with the garters?
Thx B! He was hard to get going but I guess the will to survive won out. My experience with garter snakes is amazing and I have several new projects with them coming soon.
Stay in peace and not pieces.
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Wow, gorgeous!!! I have a Garter Snake too(wild-type), his name is Franky.
~Annie
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How did this little guy work out?
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wherefore art thou Albert?
we would love to see more of u and your snakes around the forum.
RIP Mamba
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Re: 2017 California Red Sided garter...special story.
Originally Posted by Ax01
wherefore art thou Albert?
we would love to see more of u and your snakes around the forum.
Amen!
The one thing I found that you can count on about Balls is that they are consistent about their inconsistentcy.
1.2 Coastal Carpet Pythons
Mack The Knife, 2013
Lizzy, 2010
Etta, 2013
1.1 Jungle Carpet Pythons
Esmarelda , 2014
Sundance, 2012
2.0 Common BI Boas, Punch, 2005; Butch, age?
0.1 Normal Ball Python, Elvira, 2001
0.1 Olive (Aussie) Python, Olivia, 2017
Please excuse the spelling in my posts. Auto-Correct is my worst enema.
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Pretty little snake! I can relate to your story about him: years back I added some hatchling corn snakes (siblings) to my household, & by some strange coincidence they
came from a guy who breeds mostly garter snakes. Anyway, I've bred & raised my own corns in the past, but the ones I got from him were strange feeders...they didn't
feel "secure" enough to eat unless they were in my hand, at which point they fed well & thrived. I didn't have to tease them, they just wanted to feel snug in my hand?
Just when you think you've seen it all, eh?
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