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stonyloam · 09-25-2007, 05:43 PM

Feelin kinda melancholy today

, I released the last of my adult garters this afternoon. He seamed to be really unhappy, becoming more shy and nervous, so I fed him well and released him (down the “snake hole”). Kinda hated to do it, but I think he is better off. Still have some babies, but they have been experiencing some problems, and several have died for no apparent reason. The ones that I have left are starting to look really good though. Will probably move them into the empty viv. On a little cheerier note, some of the babies are really starting to look like Maritimes. I’ll try to get a couple of good pix.

adamanteus · 09-25-2007, 05:45 PM

Don't be down about it, Terry....you know they'll all come back to your sunroom in the spring!

enigma200316 · 09-25-2007, 05:49 PM

yes that is true, and its better to keep them happy, if you could see the change then you did the right thing................

Thamnophis · 09-25-2007, 08:03 PM

It´s a good thing you released it. Be proud on yourself that you decided to do so when you realised the snake was not happy.And it is quite normal that some of the newborns die without a visable reason.Focus on the specimen that are doing well!

Odie · 09-25-2007, 10:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thamnophis

And it is quite normal that some of the newborns die without a visable reason.Focus on the specimen that are doing well!

Yes, We lost 4 of 5

ssssnakeluvr · 09-26-2007, 09:55 PM

yea, tell me about it...my albino eastern, the one in the photo contest last month, died on me recently...

He was eating fine and I went in to check on everyone and found him dead.....

drache · 09-27-2007, 05:32 AM

Terry
it's kind of hard to let them go, no matter where to
and then there's the whole autumnal thing
maybe that's just me
if you get lonely for snakes, let me know

stonyloam · 09-27-2007, 11:43 PM

Here is a photo of one of my Maritime(ish) looking babies. Some look like this and some look more like easterns, guess I got a mix here. The color differences are interesting.

enigma200316 · 09-28-2007, 08:29 AM

its a cute little bugger..............

GarterGuy · 09-28-2007, 10:11 AM

Yeh, Terry, babies are really tough. You have to realize though that very few of them would have survived out in the wild. The pressures of just finding food, water, and shelter; combined with predation take out a lot of them. I think that's really why garters seem to have so many babies, because few of them actually survive to carry on to the next generation. It's just that we figure since they're not in the wild that they'll all survive and I honestly wonder if some of them just aren't made to make it.

09-25-2007, 05:43 PM	#1 (permalink)
stonyloam "Third shed, A Success" Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Western NY Posts: 521 Country:	gone Feelin kinda melancholy today, I released the last of my adult garters this afternoon. He seamed to be really unhappy, becoming more shy and nervous, so I fed him well and released him (down the “snake hole”). Kinda hated to do it, but I think he is better off. Still have some babies, but they have been experiencing some problems, and several have died for no apparent reason. The ones that I have left are starting to look really good though. Will probably move them into the empty viv. On a little cheerier note, some of the babies are really starting to look like Maritimes. I’ll try to get a couple of good pix. __________________ Terry

09-25-2007, 05:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
adamanteus Moderator Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cheshire. (Near Manchester). Posts: 8,465 Country:	Re: gone Don't be down about it, Terry....you know they'll all come back to your sunroom in the spring! __________________ James.

09-25-2007, 05:49 PM	#3 (permalink)
enigma200316 Basilisk (The King of all Serpents) Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: northwestern, PA Posts: 1,908 Country:	Re: gone yes that is true, and its better to keep them happy, if you could see the change then you did the right thing................ __________________ Justin 1.1 similis 0.0.1 parietalis 1.0 sirtalis

09-25-2007, 08:03 PM	#4 (permalink)
Thamnophis Dutch, bold and Thamnophis-crazy Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,334 Country:	Re: gone It´s a good thing you released it. Be proud on yourself that you decided to do so when you realised the snake was not happy.And it is quite normal that some of the newborns die without a visable reason.Focus on the specimen that are doing well! __________________ Kousebandslangen.nl - Member of the EGSA It is always advisable to be a loser if you cannot become a winner. Frank Zappa

09-26-2007, 09:55 PM	#6 (permalink)
ssssnakeluvr "PM Boots For Custom Title" Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Posts: 2,215 Country:	Re: gone yea, tell me about it...my albino eastern, the one in the photo contest last month, died on me recently... He was eating fine and I went in to check on everyone and found him dead..... __________________ Don www.donsgartersnakes.net

09-27-2007, 05:32 AM	#7 (permalink)
drache Ophiuchus rhea Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Brooklyn, New York Posts: 4,432 Country:	Re: gone Terry it's kind of hard to let them go, no matter where to and then there's the whole autumnal thing maybe that's just me if you get lonely for snakes, let me know __________________ rhea "Life is just one damn thing after another." Mark Twain

09-27-2007, 11:43 PM	#8 (permalink)
stonyloam "Third shed, A Success" Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Western NY Posts: 521 Country:	Re: gone Here is a photo of one of my Maritime(ish) looking babies. Some look like this and some look more like easterns, guess I got a mix here. The color differences are interesting. __________________ Terry

09-28-2007, 08:29 AM	#9 (permalink)
enigma200316 Basilisk (The King of all Serpents) Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: northwestern, PA Posts: 1,908 Country:	Re: gone its a cute little bugger.............. __________________ Justin 1.1 similis 0.0.1 parietalis 1.0 sirtalis

09-28-2007, 10:11 AM	#10 (permalink)
GarterGuy Brother Snake Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Lancaster,PA Posts: 1,356 Country:	Re: gone Yeh, Terry, babies are really tough. You have to realize though that very few of them would have survived out in the wild. The pressures of just finding food, water, and shelter; combined with predation take out a lot of them. I think that's really why garters seem to have so many babies, because few of them actually survive to carry on to the next generation. It's just that we figure since they're not in the wild that they'll all survive and I honestly wonder if some of them just aren't made to make it. __________________ *Roy* 1.1 T.s.pickeringi 0.1 T.s.concinnus 0.0.2 T.s.pallidulus

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