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RE: Kingsnake Nesting Substrate

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Posted by: Bluerosy at Thu Mar 20 13:32:24 2014   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Bluerosy ]  
   

Thhe best info you will find anywhere was right here in your thread. You have been given advice by two people who have been been breeding for probably a total combined years 90 years experience . You just won't find experience like that posting on the internet giving advice to anyone.



Snakes go through a nesting process. However what you will hear from the herp community "at large" is that kings lay 10 days after shed..which is not what you want to happen.. (see FR posts below this thread)



As far as feeding females...yes, feed them if they will eat. Some females eat right up to the day of laying. Some shut down. The important thing is you feed her afetr she lays (a lot) and that you do not remove her water dish prior to laying.leave te dish in! Gravid Females need water. The only reason people remove the water dishe is the fear the snake will lay inside the bowl and the gess drown.. but that is because they have not provided an adequet nesting site (they opt for a shoebox instead-which is not how snakes want to lay their eggs) and then the snakes go 10 days or more poast the shed and sometimes drops eggs all over the container-which is another sign the poor snakes had to hold her eggs in search of a suitable nest sight and never found one!



Lay boxes are not always recognized by snakes as places to lay.



Use a tile or glass pane or as FR suggest a total box just for laying.



And read what substrate FR suggested.









I would suggest you go back and read this link and if you have any questions not answered in it already to go ahead and ask~!





http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2022137,2022147
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