can anyone let me know weather my garters (checkerds, redsideds, and plains)will crossbreed if they are kept in the same cage.
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crossbreeding?
garterchick
Dec 04, 2005 04:36 PM
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mattbrock
Dec 04, 2005 07:55 PM
Garters are very prolific breeders, and I would say you hold a high possibility of having some red-spotted checkered garters soon if you do.
garterchick
Dec 06, 2005 02:24 PM
that's interesting. is that how we get the various colorations (aka morphs)?
mattbrock
Dec 06, 2005 04:18 PM
Well it isn't necesserily how we get the morphs, as most of them are produced within their own suspecies. Just remember that the north american garters are all so closely related that getting them to breed isn't complicated. Generally breeding two suspecies is very easy to do.
