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for baby Water Snakes to be born, that is!
My reddest Red-Belly(Nerodia erythrogaster) girl just gave birth to 16 young 'uns, and I don't think she's done yet! She's the first one to drop so far. Like all Red-Bellied babies, they are HUGE, pretty close to a foot long each. One of them has a noticeable spinal kink up near the front of its body that I will have to keep an eye on, to see if it has an impact on his ability to eat and keep down food. Hopefully it will just be a cosmetic thing and he'll be able to live a normal life and still make someone a great pet, but usually kinks that are closer to the head are more likely to cause problems than those near the rear end of the snake. I hope I don't wind up having to euthanize this little guy. With large litters of ANY animals, spinal deformities become more common, though.
I've got one more Red-Bellied girl ready to go any day, and three Banded girls due, including the green/anery girl and the golden one.
Looks like I'll be spending a lot more time down at the mill pond catching killifish and mosquito fish!
pitbulllady
My reddest Red-Belly(Nerodia erythrogaster) girl just gave birth to 16 young 'uns, and I don't think she's done yet! She's the first one to drop so far. Like all Red-Bellied babies, they are HUGE, pretty close to a foot long each. One of them has a noticeable spinal kink up near the front of its body that I will have to keep an eye on, to see if it has an impact on his ability to eat and keep down food. Hopefully it will just be a cosmetic thing and he'll be able to live a normal life and still make someone a great pet, but usually kinks that are closer to the head are more likely to cause problems than those near the rear end of the snake. I hope I don't wind up having to euthanize this little guy. With large litters of ANY animals, spinal deformities become more common, though.
I've got one more Red-Bellied girl ready to go any day, and three Banded girls due, including the green/anery girl and the golden one.
Looks like I'll be spending a lot more time down at the mill pond catching killifish and mosquito fish!
pitbulllady