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im just wondering, when should you take away a females hidebox? after ovulation? before ovulation? before egg-laying? i just dont want her hidebox to interfere with the development of the eggs. any help is appreciated!!

I just want to know when you all remove the hidebox from a female as she approached egg laying. Looking for any and all input!

I don't know that you need to take out the hide box. If she is comfortable with it in, she will probably lay in it. It just makes it a little harder to check. But, this is just my opinion.
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I don't use a hide box with most of my big girls. Only if they aren't eating for months. When they are comfortable and feel safe and secure they eat. When they are comfortable and feel safe and secure they bred. When it's time to lay there eggs. It's time. Back seat of a cab, concrete floor or nest box it's time. No backing out they'll lay. If it bothers you give her a bigger hide box.

I have hide boxes in with most of my adult snakes. I don't remove the boxes. Think about it. They lay their eggs in a rodent hole in the wild. There probably isn't a lot of room in there but that's what they do. If you use hides & they are used to them I would leave them in. No sense in stressing them out.
Bruce Delles c/o Twin Cities Reptiles