Thanks a bunch for the information on eastern milk snakes. The eggs appear to be doing fine and I hope everything goes well.



Just for good measure I'm going to say that I live in an area that has NO LIZARDS WHATSOEVER!



And please, people. This was meant to be a discussion about the possibilities for me to raise my milk snakes in peace and for breeders to know that yes, there is a POSSIBILITY that scenting eggs might work. Crocodile eggs are different from snake eggs, sure, but they are a whole lot more different from chicken eggs. We all realize that many animals are prone to prefer the foods that they eat first as a hatchling; thus, we know that taste can be imprinted, even if the embryo is not actually "eating" the chemical cues. Snakes can smell through the shell, so why can't they learn to prefer the food items that they first smell?



Saying that lab researchers are usually young and naive so they can't be trusted is, to be frank, rather silly. I don't know what it is you have against researchers, but I hope you realize that people don't just make gimmicks about crocodile hatchings in some devious way like they did with the Piltdown man. False evidence is used only in fields that are controversial and where there is a lot more money floating around, such as in climate science or evolution. Definitely not herpetology.



In any case, I got the information I needed. I'll try the experiment anyway, and if anyone is interested I will be happy to post my results when the eggs hatch. Until then, wish me luck and continue this discussion, but I'm taking a little break.



Have a nice day and thanks for the info,



crocacutus

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