Gail's garter - the snake kind silly.

[guidofatherof5]

Very hard to say.

[EasternGirl]

Many garters just like to climb up into trees and bask under the light...mine love to do that. Speaking of the overweight/gravid thing. Do you know how long the rescue had Zena? Is there any chance that she could be gravid? If she was outside in the wild recently, it has been mating season.

[kueluck]

That's not funny

[kueluck]

Zena was turned over to the rescue around 4-15, she came from southern VA. They had her 2 weeks then I got her. But if she is gravid, besides growing in girth are there any other signs?

[EasternGirl]

Well, Gail...it wasn't meant to be funny...sorry! It is a question that I'm actually surprised we didn't think of before. You wanted easterns! You may have gotten your wish. Well...she looks kind of gravid to me...and she has been eating a lot. Those are signs. You could get a digital postal scale and start weighing her weekly to see if she is gaining significant weight. We could tell you how to do that. I would say if she was outside in mating season and she is female...there is a good chance she could be. I would start a thread about this and ask other what they think. Feel free to say that I brought it up...that I said that I think she looks gravid and since she was found outside in mating season, I think it is worth considering. If she does have babies, garters are self-sufficient from birth...you could get the babies through the first couple of feeds and shed and release them into a safe place into the wild if you cannot care for them yourself. Easterns can have big litters.

You'll have to post more pics...I'm going back over your pics of her and in some pics I think she looks possibly gravid and in other pics...I'm not sure. If you could get a length measurement and a weight on her, that would help me too.

[kueluck]

She’s 5 grams more today than she was on 4-28, but I hope it’s the 2 pinkies she ate last night. She acts like she wants to eat all the time, when she sees the tongs come out she’s right there. I’m going to weigh her once she poops. As for length she’s about 18-19 inches. I’ll try to run a string down her body tonite to see if the 18-19 is accurate. I’ll try to start a new thread on this tonite after dinner, voting & the book store, with new pics.

Let the babies go she said…………….crazy Marnie.

[EasternGirl]

Well I agree...I couldn't do it either. But some people do not want to take care of a bunch of babies, or simply cannot afford to...or don't have the space or time. Just letting you know that the babies can take care of themselves if released into the wild. The mother leaves them right away anyway. But I hear you...if all 35 of Cee Cee's babies had lived...I would be feeding and caring for 35 little ones right now and hoping to find homes for all of them!

[kueluck]

http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/gene...45-gravid.html Ok, I started a new thread for help on the topic if Zena may be gravid.

[kueluck]

They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Well I be holdin' her a lot & she seems to like it.

Zena bush.jpg

[guidofatherof5]

Very nice.