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Just hatched out a clutch of 11 from eggs found in my backyard ... I believe these to be eastern milks ... Any ideas on:
~what tpye of snake?
~how to start them out feeding?
~value?

I'm keeping them @ 80 degrees, not 70 like in the pic

You might want to mention where you're located. Those look like red/eastern milk intergrades. They'd probably eat small skinks and/or snakes. They have little-to-no economic value - especially if they're non-pinky feeding intergrades.

Tim

Tell us about the eggs, where were they found? when did you find them and how did you keep them ?
the value is in the keeping not the selling

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Doug
....and am I the only one here that thinks designer snakes are ugly ?

found the eggs underneath a couple of coble stones in a small pocket of dirt ... 11 eggs all stuck together ... my incubater in out of state in wv, i'm in md by the way(30 miles NW of DC) so i put them on top of the water heater, which stayed a constant 78-79 ... have you raised these up before? ... please shed some insight ...

One of those sure would go good w/ my Alabama milk breeding project, hint. hint lol.

I also hatched a clutch of 11 easterns.I released them in a woodlot behind my house over the weekend.Today I saw 3 of them under a piece of tin where I put some of them.There was also a gater under there that appears gravid so they may get a good feed soon.
Question...How long did incubation take at those temps.? Mine sterted pipping at 37 days and where all out at 39 days at 82 degrees.
Here are pics of the eggs,hatchlings and mom.

i discovered the eggs around july 3rd .... they broke through and were out aug 5th through the 7th ... so i couldn't tell you the exact days ... i would like to get them started off feeding fairly soon and release atleast half of them ... any tips on getting them started?? ... i do have ample supplies of new born frozen pinks

Hi: Initially I try live pinkies. I place the hatchling snake in a deli cup with a live pinkie. If that doesn't work I've has some success getting hatchlings started by force feeding mice f/t mice tails. F/T a small mouse. cut a good piece of the tail and gently force it into the snakes mouth. Once there they general start swallowing on their own. Once they get used to eating the tails they move on to eating a full F/T pinkie pretty quickly.

PS: I would keep all the snakes separate. They will cannibalize each other. Particularly if one is bigger than the other

I always thought they were green/gray
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