Will Garter Snakes Copulate....

[jurgen]

Hi,

I had the same question last year. sometimes before giving birth they copulate. This is absolutely normal and means she's coming very close of giving birth.

Jurgen

[ConcinusMan]

Hi,

I had the same question last year. sometimes before giving birth they copulate. This is absolutely normal and means she's coming very close of giving birth.

Jurgen

I agree. My male concinnus have always been attracted and tried unsuccessfully to breed with the female right before, during, or after she gave birth. Sometimes I observe the same reaction from a male right after the female sheds after having her babies a few weeks earlier.

On a side note, pigs do the same thing. You have to separate the males when females give birth or they will ___ her and the babies to death.

It's probably time to separate the male. Leave the female in her own exclusive enclosure, with plenty of hides both moist and dry, warm and cool. If it were me, I'd get rid of the substrate too. Wax paper or slightly damp paper towels works pretty well so she's not on bare glass or wood. Neonates still in their sacks can get stuck on newspaper or other absorbent substrates and it will suck the moisture right out of the membrane and unable to escape, they could die.

[infernalis]

It's probably time to separate the male. Leave the female in her own exclusive enclosure, with plenty of hides both moist and dry, warm and cool. If it were me, I'd get rid of the substrate too. Wax paper or slightly damp paper towels works pretty well so she's not on bare glass or wood. Neonates still in their sacks can get stuck on newspaper or other absorbent substrates and it will suck the moisture right out of the membrane and unable to escape, they could die.

Thumbs up!

I would not use the wax paper though, just seems as if it would be slicker than glass.

Moist reptile bark is an awesome choice for birthing, the rough edges break membranes easily.