Accidental Cross Breeding

[liveunderoath]

I am curious what they look like. Do you have any idea what species the father was?

He father was T. sirtalis. They are the only garters native to my area, and I tried to upload pictures, but I haven't been able to figure it out yet.

[liveunderoath]

here are a couple of pictures

[Dan72]

They do look fairly normal, I have never kept this species so not sure, but it would be reason enough to prove that in the hands of anyone that did not know they were/are a hybrid how easily they could be breed. On a different train of thought, right now they are a mix 50/50, if these scrubs were breed to checkerds and then this offspring breed again, and again. Would the other species eventually be breed out? Or would there always be a trace, all be it small.

[liveunderoath]

They do look fairly normal, I have never kept this species so not sure, but it would be reason enough to prove that in the hands of anyone that did not know they were/are a hybrid how easily they could be breed. On a different train of thought, right now they are a mix 50/50, if these scrubs were breed to checkerds and then this offspring breed again, and again. Would the other species eventually be breed out? Or would there always be a trace, all be it small.

That's an interesting question.

[liveunderoath]

[slipknot711]

liveunderoath where are you located? asking incase anyone lives near you that may have snakes that eat other snakes or know ppl that can make them just pets.

[liveunderoath]

liveunderoath where are you located? asking incase anyone lives near you that may have snakes that eat other snakes or know ppl that can make them just pets.

Tennessee

[Dan72]

That's a bunch of homes to find, but more power to you if you can and do the leg work on that.

[stnick]

They look like Checkered Garter Snakes to me. Is it possible that your female locked up with your male checkered before the introduction of the T.sirtalis male? If so, it is improbable but possible that the clutch didn't produce any amelanistic animals (go buy a lotto ticket). It is also possible and more likely that your female is not heterozygous for amelanism. Is there a lot of variation in the clutch of 28 or do they all look like the two in the pictures? Either way, like everyone else said, it is probably better not to distribute them or release them if you cannot be certain of their lineage. It's too bad because they look like pretty little checkered garter snakes to me.

[liveunderoath]

They look like Checkered Garter Snakes to me. Is it possible that your female locked up with your male checkered before the introduction of the T.sirtalis male? If so, it is improbable but possible that the clutch didn't produce any amelanistic animals (go buy a lotto ticket). It is also possible and more likely that your female is not heterozygous for amelanism. Is there a lot of variation in the clutch of 28 or do they all look like the two in the pictures? Either way, like everyone else said, it is probably better not to distribute them or release them if you cannot be certain of their lineage. It's too bad because they look like pretty little checkered garter snakes to me.

I've never seen them lock up as long as I've had them, but within a few hours the t. sirtalis locked up with her.