Wow I can't believe its happening this soon.
Looked in on them this past evening and they are poking out.
But this seems too early. They were laid while I was on vacation in the clear plastic box with damp moss that I provided for them and were discovered on the day before I returned, april 9th.
Give them 60 days to incubate, going on what I know from American rats and they wouldn't be due till june 9th.
That makes them 21 days early or 41 days incubating in all.
Thats not alot.
I had suspected that they went unnoticed for a while but wow, I left for Florida on march 28th. That adds 12 days to when they may have been laid for a possible maximun of 53 days from the point of being laid to point of hatching. Thats with a possible 12 days of sitting in the moss at room temp 73 degrees before going into the incubator. Its no wonder I'm only getting 3 out of 7 eggs to hatch. Probably lucky to get them.
Can anyone tell me what the normal incubation time is for asian rats like these? American rat snakes hatch almost at 60 days exactly for me like clock work.
Incidentally these babies are beautiful! Bright, bright yellow in them! One has a wishbone mixed into the diamond pattern on its back.
I wish the other 4 eggs stayed viable but these are so nice I'm happy with them.
I havn't posted pics yet on this site (I'm a bit of a caveman)but for these I'll really have to give it a try.
Mike.

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