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Hello,
I've not posted on this forum before, but I've recently acquired a pair of Lystrophis pulcher and it seems my female has just had her pre-lay shed.
I was hoping that one of you might be able to give me an average time between the pre-lay shed and actual oviposition? I suspect it's somewhere between seven and fourteen days, but I'm not entirely sure. If someone could help me out I'd be very appreciative.
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Roy Blodgett
Green Man Herpetoculture
royreptile@yahoo.com

1.1 Drymarchon corais
2.2 Pseustes sulphureus
1.1 Pseustes poecilonotus poecilonotus
1.1 Lystrophis pulcher
1.1 Lampropeltis getula californiae (desert phase)
1.1 Boiga dendrophila dendrophila
2.3 Pogona vitticeps (snow and red/gold)
1.0 Iguana iguana

“All men lie enveloped in whale-lines. All are born with halters round their necks; but it is only when caught in the swift, sudden turn of death, that mortals realize the silent, subtle, ever-present perils of life.”- Herman Melville

Get a lay box in there! Usually my females drop their clutches the same day as the shed, or the next-rarely longer.
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Brad Chambers
WWW.HCU-TX.ORG

The Avalanche has already started-it is too late for the pebbles to vote....

Mine lay withing a few days of shed. Sometimes the very next day!
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Jenea
Guardian Reptiles

"When your memories are bigger than your dreams, you're headed for the grave" Author unknown

All right, thank you both very much!
I already have a nesting box in there with some moistened substrate and she has been spending a fair amount of time in there. I suspect I will have eggs rather soon!
Thanks again for the information. I will post some photographs of my animals when I can.
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Roy Blodgett
Green Man Herpetoculture
royreptile@yahoo.com

1.1 Drymarchon corais
2.2 Pseustes sulphureus
1.1 Pseustes poecilonotus poecilonotus
1.1 Lystrophis pulcher
1.1 Lampropeltis getula californiae (desert phase)
1.1 Boiga dendrophila dendrophila
2.3 Pogona vitticeps (snow and red/gold)
1.0 Iguana iguana

“All men lie enveloped in whale-lines. All are born with halters round their necks; but it is only when caught in the swift, sudden turn of death, that mortals realize the silent, subtle, ever-present perils of life.”- Herman Melville