First Dinner 3 days old
First Dinner. 😍
3 days old
#californiaredsided #gartersnake #infernalis
All Five 🐍
Forgive the acrylic doors that need to be replaced. It’s not often that we see all five at once. 😍
Introducing 3yo Millie.
11 weeks out of brumation and gravid with retained sperm. Expecting her to deliver in the next week or two.
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What’s cookin? Spring fling is settling down and we’re movin’ in to the summer bake. 🐍 #californiaredsided #gartersnake #infernalis
What’s cookin?
Spring fling is settling down and we’re moving in to the summer bake. 🐍
Just before shedding, lipids and enzymes fill the layer between the old scales and the new. A female's fresh shed releases the pheromones and males in the area quickly take notice.
He was on her within an hour of shedding. Confirmed lock within four hours.
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Show me yours #paludarium #californiaredsided #gartersnake #infernalis
Show me yours.
#paludarium #bioactive #californiaredsided #gartersnake #infernalis #brumation
Looking forward to Spring!
Welcomed a new male to the clan this morning. Will feed him, get a fecal, and move him to the cooler.
He needs a name. Suggestions?
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Who’s ready for #brumation? #californiaredsided #gartersnake #infernalis
paludarium or indoor garden??? #californiaredsided #gartersnake #infernalis #bioactivevivarium #bioactivepaludarium
Live Birth
While the vast majority of snakes lay eggs, garters are ovoviviparous which means that the baby develops within an egg that stays inside the mother. The growing babies are incubated in the lower abdomen, about half way down the mother’s body for 2-3 months. At birth, the mother delivers each clear, soft egg sac. Within moments, the snaklett breaks through and takes its first breath.
Enjoy.
Chew with your mouth closed! #californiaredsided #gartersnake #infernalis
#funwithfriends #tarantula #spiderman
The Enclosure (with starting pic in the comments)
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10 babies, 1 week old, chowing like champs.
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