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can I expect baby slow-worms?

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Topic: can I expect baby slow-worms?
Posted By: chubsta
Subject: can I expect baby slow-worms?
Date Posted: 07 Aug 2019 at 5:15pm
A few of my slow-worms look very large around the middle, it could of course be diet time but anyone think there are babies inside?






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Posted By: Liz Heard
Date Posted: 10 Aug 2019 at 2:56pm
Certainly looks like it to me Chubsta.



Posted By: GemmaJF
Date Posted: 10 Aug 2019 at 11:34pm
For sure!

A gravid female is a good sign that you have suitable habitat so the young should do well. You may never see the tiny juveniles, we rarely do but in a year or two it will be obvious you have healthy young slowies!


Posted By: chubsta
Date Posted: 12 Aug 2019 at 9:13am
Originally posted by GemmaJF GemmaJF wrote:

For sure!

A gravid female is a good sign that you have suitable habitat so the young should do well. You may never see the tiny juveniles, we rarely do but in a year or two it will be obvious you have healthy young slowies!

I looked under the cover yesterday and as well as the usual group of fatties there was a cluster of 3 or four juveniles about 5 inches long so I guess they are last years?


Posted By: Suzy
Date Posted: 12 Aug 2019 at 11:21am
New ones are like golden bodkins Chubsta.



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Suz


Posted By: Suzy
Date Posted: 12 Aug 2019 at 11:31am
Possibly more useful than talk of bodkins is the image of some of my new ones if you scroll down this linked page:
http://www.herpetofauna.co.uk/forum/slow-worm-young_topic5102.html" rel="nofollow - http://www.herpetofauna.co.uk/forum/slow-worm-young_topic5102.html


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Suz


Posted By: Suzy
Date Posted: 12 Aug 2019 at 11:32am
Whilst looking at this page I wondered, have we heard from Keith lately? Seems ages, or maybe I've missed a post or two.

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Suz



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