I have been fortunate to watch MANY garters give birth. It is AWESOME to see. There's nothing I hate more though than when one comes out and is fully developed, but it never "wakes up". I give them a minute from the time they come out to start moving. if one doesn't, I pick it up and gently rub it with a warm damp cloth to help break the sac and usually this stimulates the little guy to come to life. Doesn't always work though. I hate to see a stillborn
in august, was actually doing an educational thing at my house for some children that were homeschooled, they were getting a tour of my snakeroom when I suddenly realized that a mama snake was giving birth!!! So they got to watch it! It was so awesome!