new to the site....possibly pregnant

[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.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

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.

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.[/quote]

Depending on the male, he may or may not stop bothering her. Some males will court any female, any time, anywhere, all day long no matter WHAT the situation is, whether she's receptive or not. Some males only court receptive females. Some males fail and don't ever court anything!! If your female is gravid, you will most likely start to notice a huge, almost SCARY increase in her appetite. She may become a good bit aggressive at feeding time. you will start to see the back half of her swell with girth, she will look fatter. Provided she is carrying a decent sized litter, eventually her back end will be so fat that the skin between her scales will all be showing and even when she hasnt eaten in days, she will look like she just ate her own weight in food. Eventually, she probably will stop eating as she gets closer to birth. The babies take up too much room in her belly. Now, just remember, this is how the normal and ideal pregnancy goes... and that all of these things MAY or may not happen. Sometimes you don't even know a snake is gravid and ALL the sudden, you have babies born.

[k2l3d4]

I got them both from Petco last year... I purchased the Green in 09/08 and they called her an Eastern Green, and then I puchased the Albino in 10/08 and they called "him?" an Albino Checkered. Was I told incorrectly?
The Albino is very docile and will chill with me four hours out side of the tank, and has even been taken to my son's preschool for a demonstration, and never once showed any signs of stress. Awesome snake. I am just worried if the Green would be pregnent now? I have had both of the snakes in a 35 gallon tank, and they have done quite well like that, and then for two weeks straight the albino bothered the green (in the pic). So I finally got a piece of plexiglass and seperated the tank long wise.... Then today I took both of them outside in their little 10 gallon tank that I use just for that purpose and the albino did not even bother the green. So if he inseminated her... would he then quit bothering her..... Oh yeah... Green is "Hudina" and the Albino was called Little Lady, before all of this drama and now is called "Little Dude"

[TwistidMutations]

Those are both checkereds,and i had an 07 female checkered breed in 08 and she had a litter of 3. So its very possible that she will take,But i would seperate them

[k2l3d4]

Those are both checkereds,and i had an 07 female checkered breed in 08 and she had a litter of 3. So its very possible that she will take,But i would seperate them

I just recently did and now "litle dude" is not even interested in "hudina"

[gregmonsta]

Petco are 100% clueless ... nice checkereds

[Stefan-A]

Petco are 100% clueless ... nice checkereds

Come on now, at least they knew they were snakes.

[gregmonsta]

are you sure?

[Stefan-A]

are you sure?

Well, knowing Petco, there is indeed a possibility that they really were just labelled "Eastern Green" and "Albino Checkered".