Some of you may have heard about my two sick garters- a fungal skin infection that I've been battling for a while now. The male finally passed away yesterday morning, but when I went to give the female her medicine today I had a surprise! Seven tiny pairs of eyes looked at me from the quarantine tank, and mama looked so proud of herself! I quickly transferred them into a temp baby tank, checked on mama and fed her (she was soooooo hungry), and then did a check on the babies. All healthy, no deformities, no jellies, all very active and happy looking! One of them is super high contrast (the picture doesn't really do it justice at all), and one of them is super super dark. I'm so excited! I was really caught off guard by this, but I should have listened to my gut when I started thinking she was gravid. I'll be checking the babies regularly to make sure they didn't contract the skin infection, but so far I have high hopes!
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I can't help but think- if my smallest female can have seven happy, healthy little babies this late in the year when she was sick- what will my big female have next year?
I'm gonna work on their actual tank now! Can't wait to get them settled in.
Question though- when do you all start feeding them? I offered them some fish and worm pieces today, but no one was interested. I figure I'll offer some every day or so, as well as get them some guppies to go after.