After two or three consecutive years laying eggs I've had females skip even though they've mated. I've only given a female a year off when she hasn't regained good body weight. A Texas female sold to me as captive-born a few years ago, but with scars suggesting wild-caught, had two nice clutches in two years. This third year many of her eggs were infertile and she hasn't regained good weight. Maybe she's an older snake. She definately gets next year off. I don't know how wild indigos would manage to avoid males during mating season, wether they were in good condition for breeding or not. Maybe phermones are different.

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• First Eastern clutch hatching - steve fuller, Sun Jul 5 08:12:56 2009
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