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Another week or two and my GB gopher snakes should be hatching from their eggs with my clutch of racer eggs soon to follow.

I have eight gopher eggs and seven racer eggs- all of which look to be doing rather well. The racer eggs have developed mold growth on frequently, but I have carefully wiped the mold from the eggs as needed.

Here is a picture of one of the gopher eggs 52 days from being layed:

Nice!
Got pics of the parents?
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11.14 L. getula californiae (Cal. King)
2.3 L. getula nigrita (MBK)
1.0 L. getula floridana (Brooksi)
1.1 Pantherophis guttatus guttatus (Corn)
0.1 Pituophis catenifer catenifer (Pacific gopher)
0.1 Heterodon nasicus nasicus (W Hognose)
4.2.14 Elgaria multicarinata multicarinata - (Cal. Alligator Lizard)

Yeah, ditto what Funky said. Any locale info on the parents also? GB's are one of my fave Gopher ssp. Best of luck w/ the egg.

reako45

I don't have any pictures of the mother or father. Every year I manage to catch one or two snakes with eggs. Shortly after the eggs were layed, I got the mother back up to strength and released her. The mother was about 3 1/2 to 4 feet long, but I have no idea what the father looks like.

I will definitely post some pis of the babies when they hatch.

Where'd you catch her? What locale?

reako45

oh, yeah I can give ya the location of where I found her. It was at the foot of the mountains on somebody's yard where they were doing some landscaping. They told me I could have any snakes I find in their yard, and that I could look any time.
They actually spotted here in some large rocks by their driveway.

I found her in the city that I live in which is Brigham City, which is in Box Elder County. I also found the racer here in Box Elder.

I know exactly where that is! lol. You should go herp maple canyon or the southern part of the Oguirhh's some of the coolest basins I've seen are down there.

Nate