2020 Plains Garter Litters

[CloudtheBoa]

I got every single baby to eat this time, offering live rosy reds. I know they’re bad, I just needed to make sure every baby has eaten. I called everywhere and could not find feeder guppies/mollies/platys, the typical $3/fish is just too expensive to justify. But afaik, one meal should be fine as far as thiaminase goes.

The one baby that had a blockage managed to pass it, but it’s in rough shape. The other baby I was worried about seems up to speed now. I force fed the blockage baby a tiny silverside piece last night, and it seems to have perked up. It was able to crawl around at least. I gave it a small worm piece coated in calcium today. Keeping the meals small, and hopefully it will bounce back. It had enough energy to actually squirm around this time! I still don’t have high hopes for it, but I’m trying to give it a chance.

Here’s that unique baby I really like. It’s really hard to get that right amount of lighting to show how bright it is.





And a cell phone pic from a few days ago next to a typical littermate. There are a few other bright ones, but they lack that faded look to the background this one has.




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