Born Sept 16 (Lots of Pics)

[Wyoming]

Not sure exactly what these ones are. My 9 year old caught mom in late June and on September 16 we had a surprise, 12 of them actually. Mom had 12 live healthy babies and 1 slug.

Here are photos and all the info we have gathered so far for the dozen healthy little ones (Split into 2 posts due to forum restrictions).


Weight after birth: 3G
9/22: Ate a head size piece of salmon filet
9/23: Ate a head size piece of fishy jello


Weight after birth: 2G
9/22: Ate a head size piece of night crawler
9/23: Ate a head size piece of fishy jello


Weight after birth: 1G
9/22: Ate a head size piece of salmon filet
9/23: Ate a head size piece of fishy jello


Weight after birth: 1G
Has not eaten


Weight after birth: 2G
Has not eaten


Weight after birth: 2G
Has not eaten

[kibakiba]

You might want to make those pictures a bit smaller. Not many people will be able to see them, since they take up most of the screen on just one end.

[Wyoming]

Weight after birth: 2G
Has not eaten


Weight after birth: 2G
9/22: Ate a head size piece of salmon filet
9/23: Ate a head size piece of fishy jello


Weight after birth: 2G
9/18: Ate 2 feeder guppies
9/22: Ate a head size piece of salmon filet
9/23: Ate a head size piece of fishy jello


Weight after birth: 2G
9/18: Ate 1 feeder guppy
9/22: Ate a head size piece of night crawler
9/23: Ate a head size piece of fishy jello


Weight after birth: 2G
9/18: Ate 2 feeder guppies
9/22: Ate a head size piece of salmon filet
9/23: Ate a head size piece of fishy jello


Weight after birth: 2G
Has not eaten

[Wyoming]

Sorry I had uploaded them full size to my server. Fixed that and they are good to go!

[kibakiba]

Those look like Plains garter snakes (thamnophis radix)

They're very cute little snakes!

[Wyoming]

The guide I used to ID them says they are most likely thamnophis sirtalis but I really do not know enough myself to argue one way or the other.

Mom (Medusa) was caught in grandpas pond in northern Colorado. I would love to id them for sure.

Thanks for the initial input.

[kibakiba]

The pattern is very radixy You can look at some of Steves pictures. He owns hundreds of radix.
T.radix Ranch Photos

[Wyoming]

Awesome I'll take a look, thanks for the input and the link. I welcome the knowledge of folks that have more experience with these guys.

[kibakiba]

Careful, the more you look into them, the more you'll become addicted. It happened to all of us...

[RedSidedSPR]

Pretty little radix!!! I love 'em!