Iggy, our Pituophis Catenifer Sayi laid 7 eggs Monday July 1st. This was five weeks to the day after we caught her. When she was caught roughly 90 seconds later another Bull was in the same spot she was initially spotted at & he was captured as well (guessing he was male). This other snake hissed & was constantly trying to slither out of my hands whereas, Iggy (The Wonder Snake) didn't hiss or wag her tail or do any other angered or threatening behavior. It was an easy choice as to which snake would come home with us to be cared for. I've done lots of Google searches about Pituoiphis Catenifer Sayi incubation/egg care & searched on here but, am possibly using the search feature here incorrectly because every time a whole lot of pages come up with no specific content that's being searched for (if that makes sense lol). We are keeping the temp between 78-84 degrees Fahrenheit. With 80.6 being optimal (from a zoology report I found on Google). There's lots of info on Corn Snakes & since Bull's & them are both Colubrid's I've used some of that info to build an incubator. The eggs are on top of a round piece of plastic with moss on top of it- that has water underneath the plastic & an adjustable heating pad under the container as you'll see in the pics. I'm not even 100% sure they're fertile but, considering the circumstances surrounding her capture I'm inclined to believe they are. I'll try "candling" them in a few days to check for signs of life. We're planning on releasing all the hatchlings after they've eaten once- in order to improve their odds of survival in the wild. We will let em' go where we found their mom most likely. Also, most likely, I'll cool the temp down to 75 or so during the first week of August in order for them to soak up their yolk more efficiently & be born as healthy as possible. Any info as far as temp/humidity for this specific species or ones like it would be helpful. Or any other comments would be appreciated.
Thanks!
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