[garterchick]

i thought my eastern blackneck garter was gravid but all she produced were a bunch of slugs, at least that's all that was there when i left for work this morning. now here comes the stupid question: does this mean that breeding took place? i never saw it but i hoped it had hapened and then she started to get bigger...i just don't know if sloughing the eggs requires the attempt at fertilization or if it's like chickens: "you don't need a rooster to get eggs but you do need one if you want chicks"