My New Garter Group

[CloudtheBoa]

Ever since I lost Draco and Demigod, I've been on the lookout for more garters. Just lazily looking mostly. But the person who was caring for Draco, Demigod, and Bud offered to send me 3 Plains garters to help with their loss. I got 3 female Plains, 2 of which were gravid at the time of arriving. I've had them a little more than a month now, and there are no visible health issues.

The smallest one, Freya. She absolutely guzzles worms, and seems to enjoy silversides as well. I have yet to get her to take any ASF, but I'll keep trying.






Check out that iridescence!


Leeloo, the middle child. She's the dullest one (in color) of the trio, but has a nice bold pattern. She is also the pickiest eater of the three, but I managed to get her to take an ASF finally. No go on the silversides, and even earthworms I sometimes have an issue getting her to take. Maybe that will change now that she's clear of babies, but even right after birth I could only get her to take two small worms. These pics are of her in shed, but now that she's given birth, and once she eats a few good meals, I'll get some update pics.





Summer, the largest of the 3, and subsequently probably the one with more babies in her. She is a beast with food, and took minimal encouraging to get onto ASF. It was as simple as heavily scenting an ASF with the worms, and then tonging both of them together. She accidentally grabbed the ASF, and then she'd take them unscented no problem. I have also gotten her to take silversides, though she's less fond of them than the worms and ASF. She has refused all types of food for the past 20 days, so I'm really hoping she pops soon. Leeloo refused food only once before she gave birth, and went less than 10 days between meals. But, I'm thinking Leeloo just has more babies and thus "ran out of room" quicker. Hopefully it's not a sign of anything worrisome.

Pic from arrival:


Check out that baby bump. She's slightly bigger now.


One of the females, Leeloo, gave birth sometime last night. She had 19 little babies, and I didn't find a single stillborn anywhere. I have yet to try to feed them, but I'll be attempting within the next few days. They're active and don't appear to have any defects from a cursory look, but I'll look closely at each individual once I start separating them out into their feeding containers.

Once the other female, Summer, gives birth, I'll post a separate thread to track their litters.

I also have a 1:2 2020 trio of poss het T+ Plains garters on the way that I'll post here once they're paid off and have arrived. I'm also considering still looking for checkereds, but I'll hold off for now before I make any more decisions.