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KITKAT
08-01-2007, 04:15 PM
Has anyone ever read what the record is for T sirtalis sirtalis litter size?

Guess how many babies Tigerlily had today!:eek:

I will answer that question and post pics after we return from our travel this weekend!:p

Here is a pic of Tigerlily while she was gravid...

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/tiger_lily_070207_004c1.jpg
adamanteus
08-01-2007, 04:18 PM
I don't know what the record is....but I will guess she had 32!
Elliot
08-01-2007, 04:37 PM
45 babies! lol
Lulu Bennett
08-01-2007, 04:38 PM
kitkat you tight sod leaving us in suspence like this! that is just soooooo mean :mad:
KITKAT
08-01-2007, 04:58 PM
kitkat you tight sod leaving us in suspence like this! that is just soooooo mean :mad:

Yep! I'm a MEEEAN WIDDLE KID! :p
Lulu Bennett
08-01-2007, 05:07 PM
come on sweety you are not busy now are you so you could pop them on now
Lulu Bennett
08-01-2007, 05:08 PM
please please please please please please please please please please :D
Thamnophis
08-01-2007, 05:19 PM
I guess she had 11 young.

record for sirtalis is over 60, I thought.
ssssnakeluvr
08-01-2007, 05:51 PM
the record is 92....that's a lot of babies!!!!:eek: i am trying to remember where I read that..... I know large t radix have large litters...Scott Felzer has had a litter of 64 or 62.... I had 2 easterns many years ago that had 31 and 37 babies.....I am waiting for next year..hoping my t sirtalis sirtalis (melanistic) should have a bunch of babies....she is 41 inches long......:cool:
enigma200316
08-01-2007, 06:23 PM
that'll be kool......you bet thats on my wish list, love that look!!!!
drache
08-01-2007, 07:22 PM
I cannot guess
oh, well . . . okay okay
I'll guess 42
Sid
08-01-2007, 07:36 PM
Not going to guess, but congratulations. And you knot we exspect photos.:D

Sid
drache
08-01-2007, 07:59 PM
oh
I almost forgot - congratulations
Stefan-A
08-01-2007, 09:53 PM
Congratulations!

My guess is 8. I assume you wouldn't ask unless it was really high or really low. ;) :D
GarterGuy
08-02-2007, 09:46 AM
I will also add my congrats on the birth, but will refrain from guessing (I usually suck at it anyways...LOL).

Roy
big J
08-02-2007, 10:31 AM
I'm going to go right in the middle and say 20
Josh
08-02-2007, 10:33 AM
im gonna say 43
enigma200316
08-02-2007, 11:06 AM
I'll guess 55 or as many as she had...:D :p
Odie
08-02-2007, 12:25 PM
I'll guess 41 :confused:
DEKAN
08-02-2007, 06:58 PM
Wow...Congratulations!

It has to be a large number I would say 32...my snake looks almost twice of fat....Imagine!
http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/2089/mrburnsaw4.jpg
EXCELLENT
KITKAT
08-06-2007, 01:47 PM
ODIE! You hit the nail right on the head! It was 41 total.... two did not make it and 39 were live.

I will get better pics later but here is a preview...

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/tigerlily_litter_080607_1c.jpg

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/tigerlily_litter_080607_3.jpg
adamanteus
08-06-2007, 01:48 PM
Congratulations KITKAT, that's a lot of mouths to feed!
Stefan-A
08-06-2007, 01:50 PM
Congratulations! :)
KITKAT
08-06-2007, 01:51 PM
Congratulations KITKAT, that's a lot of mouths to feed!

I have to call wildlife and check out their rules. I may only be allowed to keep four, in which case the rest will be fed once (for sure) and then released into good habitat near my house.
Sid
08-06-2007, 06:51 PM
Congratulation! That's a nice size brood.
Odie
08-06-2007, 10:16 PM
CongO grats Kitkat, yours did much better then Midge. My only girl. I did not know she was gravid. She had 5 but the first 4 did not shed :( the 5th is alive:D and, yes it is cornie;), is named Five.
Snaky
08-07-2007, 01:36 AM
That's a very nice size for a litter. Congrats with all those little ones:)
Lulu Bennett
08-07-2007, 01:41 AM
atlast Kitkat! about time we saw pics lol. looking beautiful and an amazing number. good luck with them :D
enigma200316
08-07-2007, 06:25 AM
I was right to I said as many as she had.......lmao:D
but really very nice and congrats, and if you could post those rules that be great.......thanks.
KITKAT
08-07-2007, 12:01 PM
Well... I just spent over a half of a day feeding the little ones! I had to see each one eat, so I know who the non-eaters are.

I put them all in a bucket, dropped in fish and earthworm pieces, and sat and watched... and watched... and watched...

Each time someone had a lump, or I saw someone grab a piece of food and swallow it, I transferred them back to their enclosure.

In the end, I force fed earthworm parts to five non-eaters, and kept them seperate. All the rest ate either minnow chunks or earthworm pieces readily.
enigma200316
08-07-2007, 01:18 PM
sounds good, glad to hear it........man thats a full time job isn't......:)
KITKAT
08-08-2007, 08:18 AM
sounds good, glad to hear it........man thats a full time job isn't......:)

I'm just glad there were only five not eating! More than that, and I would have been hard put to finish the job!:eek:
drache
08-08-2007, 08:25 AM
congrats, KitKat
what a nice litter