new to the site....possibly pregnant

[k2l3d4]

Thanks for the correction... I guess Petco did not know what they were selling me... and I have no idea what the difference is. I do know that they are pretty tight little snakes.... Question... If they are both Checkered and one is Albino.. Would I get more albinos or would the babies come out green?

[Zephyr]

Thanks for the correction... I guess Petco did not know what they were selling me... and I have no idea what the difference is. I do know that they are pretty tight little snakes.... Question... If they are both Checkered and one is Albino.. Would I get more albinos or would the babies come out green?

The babies will come out looking green, but will heterozygous "het" for albino.
Meaning their alleles will be "Aa", as opposed to "AA" in the green female and "aa" in the albino male.

[Sid]

I agree that both do look like Checkered Garters and welcome to the forum. You'll find loads of info here.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

Those are both t. marcianus, you can clearly see the neck and head pattern indicative of that species!! so be ready for a litter of miniature Ms. Greens!

[k2l3d4]

Those are both t. marcianus, you can clearly see the neck and head pattern indicative of that species!! so be ready for a litter of miniature Ms. Greens!

I will be happy if she is pregnant,.. but a bit more happy if she is not. I am not quite set up for any more snakes then I have at the moment. I originally thought that I had two females, and that was how I set up for. That, and I do not know any one that would take a few snakes off of my hands, if she does have babies. All of my friends think that I am completely crazy for having snakes in my house.... They are beauties though. And if I do have some babies,... I can not even send them to my boyfriends house, cause he has the ball pythons that run around his room.... His snakes are huge, and have never been in tank, except for feeding times.

So if I do end up having babies... I will be looking for homes for them.

[k2l3d4]

The babies will come out looking green, but will heterozygous "het" for albino.
Meaning their alleles will be "Aa", as opposed to "AA" in the green female and "aa" in the albino male.

What do you mean by the Aa and the aa? I really do not know what you are talking about. I got the snakes for pets, and was not intending on breeding them.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

Would I get more albinos or would the babies come out green?

Provided your female is not heterozygous (carrying) the albino gene, all the babies will come out as normals, they will look much like their mother... green, tan or yellowish brown with black checkers. The albino checkered is very, very common in today's trade, and hets are everywhere. It would not surprise me at ALL if you female ended up being a het, and had some albino's too. Whatever the case, you'll soon find out!

There's really no need to separate them just yet, not until she starts looking really fat and close to giving birth. When she's closer to laying, and she goes into shed, that's a good time to separate. But don't move her, move him instead, because you want to put as little stress on a gravid female as possible. Stress can cause them to lose their babies.

[Stefan-A]

There's really no need to separate them just yet,

Unless the female isn't gravid and you'd like to keep her that way.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

Unless the female isn't gravid and you'd like to keep her that way.

true, very true

[k2l3d4]

There's really no need to separate them just yet, not until she starts looking really fat and close to giving birth. When she's closer to laying, and she goes into shed, that's a good time to separate. But don't move her, move him instead, because you want to put as little stress on a gravid female as possible. Stress can cause them to lose their babies.[/quote]

If she is pregnant, how will I know? (other then having extra snakes in the tank) Will he quite bothering her? I put up a divider in the tank, so that way she could get some peace, but now he does not appear to be interested in her.