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I know that most of the members that breed their snakes have live offspring, but I like to keep my snakes or a more natural schedule. I started cooling my snakes in mid December, and warmed them up in mid March. Now that it is almost July, I got what I was waiting for all this time, a dozen eggs. Both parents are snakes that were rescued by a friend in York Co. Virginia last fall.

Note from the photos that my Black Rat used her body to cover the eggs with the damp moss. When I placed the nesting box in the cage for her, it had a lid on it and had an even lining of moss. She didn’t knock the top off until she had finished, and then she remained with the eggs for another four to six hours.

Warning, the photos are large and will take some time to download if you are using dial-up.

The dad

Mom in the nesting box.
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Mother with eggs. If you look close, you can see a bit of one of the eggs in the photos.

she's still hefty after laying eggs? Man, she must have been enormous before she laid!
Congrats. What a nice dark pair.
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...and I think to myself, "What a wonderful world."

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She looks great.
My Glades all just dropped in the last 4 weeks as well. I don't specifically cool them at all and they matched your schedule just fine. I just reduce extra heat in the winter and keep them as pairs year round. I got 22 from my Dwight Good normal and 14 from my Hypos. That's the first fun part. Now the waiting game!

D.G. seems to mroduce very fine wild types. Great looking snakes. Keep us posted on the eggs.

Rick

Eggs are always exciting! Beautiful dark mama snake--is the father similar in coloration? Please post photos of the babies when they hatch.

rgds,
althea

Thanks, I will do that. Expect to see some in about 67 more days. I feel lucky to live in an area that has such black Black rat Snakes.

Rick