Help! I've been keeping snakes for about 5 years, but have never done any breeding. Well, tonight my next door neighbor asks for help because his son's snakes have laid eggs. His son is in jail, so he has been trying to care for the reptiles as best he can. Apparently, a mexican black kingsnake had laid a clutch 2-3 days ago and some corns had produced a clutch about the same time. Well, when I got too them they were looking pretty wrinkled, so immediately I had him put them in a container with fairly moist potting soil ( it is all he had at 8 pm). I think the temps have been okay, the room they are in stays between 80-85.

Have I done the correct thing? Is there anything else I can do to save these eggs? What is the best temp for the eggs? Can the kings and corns eggs be treated the same?

Any help would be appreciated.

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• Help with Mexican Black Kingsnake eggs! - sblauvelt, Sun Jun 8 23:48:38 2003
• RE: Help with Mexican Black Kingsnake eggs! - Sasheena, Mon Jun 9 08:37:58 2003
• RE: Help with Mexican Black Kingsnake eggs! - markg, Mon Jun 9 10:20:46 2003