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Dekay's Snake Babies!

Aozora

Aozora

Blue Sky Reptiles
As I posted in the Natural Observation thread, I found a Dekay's Brown Snake whom I suspected was gravid. We took her in until such time as she had her babies.

Well, she's giving birth now. There are tiny heads peeking up through the aspen.

Pictures will follow when mama's done and the babies are all out, probably tomorrow.
 
Ask and ye shall receive... :p

Thumbelina, as we call her, gave birth to 3 perfect babies. A small litter, but she's small even for a Dekay's. We suspect it's her first litter. She's already eaten (she was starving, poor little thing) and settled down.

We're gonna let them all go this weekend, once they've all shed and absorbed the remainders of their yolk sack, mostly because oh god how do you feed an earthworm-eater this small? (Quarter for size comparison, also proud mama and fingers for size comparisons.)

WARNING: CUTENESS OVERLOAD.
 

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What adorable teeny guys!

If you decide to keep one or more, you can buy earthworm egg casings, and the wormlets, when they first hatch, are tiny, and grow over time. It's pretty easy. If you know someone who does vermicomposting, they probably can turn over their bin and find some tiny worms for your snakelets-or check with your local bait shop (not the Walmart or chain bait sections, but local stores that actually have breeding populations). I think I'm comic relief at mine-we go in regularly to buy critters to observe in the name of science, and they're more than willing to humor me in finding different life cycle stages.
 
One of the little ones passed during the night. :awcrap: My roommate says he still had some of the birth sac on him, so I don't think he was very strong. Still, though, poor little thing.

We're going to try to get some baby worms on Alli_Draggy's suggestion. If they dun eat, oh well, and if they do, welllllll maybe I'll consider keeping one. I won't take much convincing, it's darling when they peek their tiny heads above the aspen to check us out.
 
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