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    Posted: 16 Apr 2006 at 1:27pm

found this two days ago so tiny

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These would have ben born last year surely or would the female slowworm hold onto them through the winter?

 

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The young slow worms in my compost heap are that size. They don't put much (hardly any) bulk on before they hibernate soon after they're born.
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Here's a Juvenile from the New Forest today...yes it was this colour !

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Steve,

Just one of my compost slow worms has this colour. In the flesh a sort of coppery red - quite stunning. Makes it easy to ID. Mine is a juvenile too so I wonder if the colour will tone down as it matures.

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Having seen a few adult slow worms in my garden and rescued them from my cat, today I saw a young one - about 5 inches in length, gold in colour with black stripes along its sides. I thought that young weren't conceived until June and the gestation period was 3-5 months. Can anyone tell me whether this is this year's baby nor whether it is likely to have been born last autumn. It was under a flower pot on top of some loose paving slabs and near to the roots of an established ivy plant.

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Diane,

It would be a last year's babe.

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A warm but cloudy morning here in East Devon when I looked at the slow worms in the compost bins at 10.30. There were 9 in one - all sub adults and one this year's babe. Judging by the size it is a few weeks old. I guess I'll see more newbies each day now. Another bin had 4 sub-adults.
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Hi all,

heres one I found last week.

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