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Gregg_M_Madden
at Sat Apr 13 21:56:17 2013 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Gregg_M_Madden ]
Steve,
I believe you will see a marked difference. I know that I have obtained 3 females that were "habitual egg eaters". I took them knowing this. I can say that not one of them attempted to eat their eggs last season. I offered huge nesting and offered cocopeat instead of long stem spagnum. Eggs were properly nested and not eaten.
My field experience is not quite as extensive as Franks. However, I have seen numerous clutches of nested snake eggs. The huge majority are found in rotted tree stumps and fallen logs. I have never seen a snake nest burried underground. Admittedly, none were hognose eggs. I would think hogs would use log hollows, rotten logs and stumps, and abandoned burrows as nesting areas like most other North American colubrids do..
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RE: Hognose nesing in racks. - Gregg_M_Madden, Sat Apr 13 21:56:17 2013