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davidfabius
at Sun May 8 19:55:16 2011 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by davidfabius ]
I've personally never had a young snake get egg bound.....Only older snakes........
It seems younger snakes breed better and as they age they will peak out then go downhill from there.......
I had a calking that used to lay 10 to 12 eggs her first few years of breeding......As she aged her egg counts declined to 8, then 6 until she reached the age of 10 or so.....then she started to throw only about 4 or 5 eggs.....she passed at 14 years of age....Not to over breeding, but rather over heating....."
Thats interesting, I guess we should somehow collate all our info and try to find a trend.
According to my experience,I would have thought that young snakes are especially prone to egg retention.
Interesting story with your calking.
In my experience, old snakes tend to lay more bad eggs than good ones.
Again, very difficult to generalize from just one's own experience.
David
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RE: ovocentesis revisited - davidfabius, Sun May 8 19:55:16 2011