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mariasman
at Thu May 6 23:29:58 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by mariasman ]
Yes. In order to reasonably expect fertile eggs from mexican milks, an period of cooling is required. What a shame that you went so long w/o this knowledge. I recommend that you consult Applegate Reptiles web site (his milk snake publication is available at his site, and there are good articles as well).
Also, I recommend that you always candle any eggs that are produced. It's quite easy to determine a fertile egg from a non-fertile one.
Fertile eggs are very resilient. I haven't produced many snakes, but all fertile eggs (about 50 or so) that have been produced by snakes under my care have hatched out.
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