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[Jeff Benfer]

Jeff Benfer

October 30, 2008 at 3:04 pm #22236

Hello all, My name is Jeff Benfer and I have been keeping reptiles and amphibians since I was a kid, now 40yrs old, my wife also loves the turtles, but not the snakes so much. I have kept many different species of turtles, but the diamonds and box turtles have always been my favorites, I also keep and breed snakes, mostly garter snake morphs. I had a diamondback for 10+ years that I raised from hatchling, back when I was in my twenties, sadly it didn’t make it through one winter, and I currenently have a pair of yound adult Northerns, that I have raised from hatchlings that I hope will breed this spring or the next. I am looking to get advice and tips on breeding. Also I find the Ornates and the new morphs out there very interesting, and someday might like to look into adding some new additions. I find my diamonds are like puppies, in fact we have had the male the longest and he was so personal and always begging for attention that my wife named him P.T. which is short for People Turtle, because she said he loves people so much, just as in a “people person”. So then we decided to try to get him a girlfriend and we aquired another hatchling that luckily turned out to be a female, we named her Gertrude, and they are like peas and carrots. PT has tried mounting her many times this fall, all though I don’t know if he has been successful. Hopefully she will be more reseptive this spring, I am thinking about separating them for winter so they will be especially happy to see each other in the spring, oppinions??? I will try to post a pic of them this weekend, they are IMHO gorgeous!!!

[Stephen Chew]

Stephen Chew

October 30, 2008 at 3:45 pm #22237

Hi Jeff, Welcome to the group! Nice to have someone on the group with such varied experience. What kind of boxies do you keep? Breeding terrapins is a piece of cake – really not much to it other than putting 2 healthy individuals together of the opposite sex that are of breeding age. How old are your terrapins? Spring is the primary breeding season in the wild but in captivity, mating takes place throughout their active months. -Stephen C — In diamondbackterrapins@yahoogroups.com, Jeff Benfer

[jeffbenfergartersnakes]

jeffbenfergartersnakes

October 31, 2008 at 6:05 pm #22241

Thank you for the welcome I have a goup of 3 toes and a group of easterns, the ornates are protected in my state so I do not keep them, and the floridas look to much like ornates, so it’s not worth any potiential trouble. My diamonds are both 06 hatchlings, but they are big, the male hasn’t grown in the last 8 months, and the female hasn’t grown for the last 6 months, but maybe she needs some more time still. I will post length, weight, and pics this weekend if I have time. So are you telling me there is no need to separate them or cool them down to get them to cycle for breeding? That would be a lot easier. A lot of people say you have to cool down and cycle snakes for breeding but I have had plenty of success with out doing so. By the way, I have been reading your book the last couple weeks and really have enjoyed it, just wish there was more or a section on captive breeding techniques, set ups, nest boxes, indoors vs outdoors, ect… for mewbies wanting to try to breed for the first time like me 🙂 Thanks again, Jeff — In diamondbackterrapins@yahoogroups.com, “Stephen Chew”

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