A little dated I suppose, but still factors in. At least 10 years ago, maybe even more, I first started liking Hogs. Had a friend who is a major player in snake breeding. He made it possible for me to afford a lot of things I never would have been able to. He had a big Hog collection even at that time, it was focused on albinos, they were rather rare then.

He told me then that it was definitely a concern and he had problems with it because, of course, the eggs were so valuable. He was hatching albinos when they first appeared. I completely remember him telling me that he had some females that would put their head near their vent and eat some of the eggs as they were laid. So it had nothing to do with leaving them together to long, some females just did it. He had a very large collection, so maybe that's why he saw it more, or maybe after years of captive breeding it doesn't show up as much. But without question, it happens. And I trust his info as rock solid.
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Brian Suter

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