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So 13 days after her pre-lay shed my Brook's (Florida) Kingsnake laid her eggs today. Found her with them when I got home from work:
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I was'nt sure if she was done so I left her be for about two hours. When I finally removed her from the nest box I found that at least one egg had been crushed and left a big sticky, gooey patch under the group of eggs even further binding the whole eggs. I tried to remove as much of the egg goo as possible without damaging the remaining eggs but could not remove all of it. I'm afraid that this will rot and possibly ruin the remaining eggs (I've read that a rotting egg will not effect healthy eggs in direct contact).
Here are the remaining 8 eggs. You can see some of the egg goo but most is underneath the mass:
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I've adjusted the incubation temps to drop them a tad per Jeff's and Aubry's advice.
Anyway, pretty exciting, thanks for looking.
Paul

Very nice Paul. Are Brook's a subspecies of the Florida king or are they the same thing?
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Mike Lockwood
www.tooscaley.com

Thanks Mike,
As I understand it the Kingsnake formerly considered the Florida Kingsnake is now the Peninsula Intergrade Kingsnake and the Brook's is now the floridana. The classification at the subspecies level appears to be pretty fluid to me so I just call them Brook's (cooler name).
Paul

Brook's Kings are named for the Brooks Canal down in the Homestead Florida area.

>>Thanks Mike,
>>As I understand it the Kingsnake formerly considered the Florida Kingsnake is now the Peninsula Intergrade Kingsnake and the Brook's is now the floridana. The classification at the subspecies level appears to be pretty fluid to me so I just call them Brook's (cooler name).
>>Paul

Jeff,
I found the male Brook's at a small reptile shop here in Sacramento and just really liked him; had to have him. Cool snake. Then I figured I needed a female and looked on line and found a very prominent mega facility in Florida, so as not to violate any TOC's, lets call them something like BladesCherps, and they had multiple Brook's. Some were just normal Brook's and then they had a special line "Brook's Canal". Well me being me I just had to had that Brook's Canal high yellow line and purchased one (15 dollars more than the normal). Sure enough it arrived on time but just said 'Brook's Kingsnake' and on the stores available list the normal was gone and the 'Canal' one was still available. I called them on it and they, you know, told me I was wrong.
She's been a great snake anyway and laid 4 more eggs later last night to bring the total to 12 though these last four did not look as healthy as the first group.
Paul

Congratulations on the clutch and best of luck with those eggs! Post pics when they start to hatch!
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Renee

2.0 amel & anery corns (Foxfire & Daguerre)
1.0 BRB (Loki)
1.1 Cats (Nightshade & Cuzzy)

Congrats! I hope that goo doesn't ruin any good eggs. I've never had one pop, so I can't say what will happen. Might be a good idea to have some anti-fungal powder laying around just in case. Good luck!
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Aubrey Ross

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Also the egg goo won't spoil the eggs if they are fertile.

It may attract some unwanted flies perhaps.

>>So 13 days after her pre-lay shed my Brook's (Florida) Kingsnake laid her eggs today. Found her with them when I got home from work:
>>.
>>I was'nt sure if she was done so I left her be for about two hours. When I finally removed her from the nest box I found that at least one egg had been crushed and left a big sticky, gooey patch under the group of eggs even further binding the whole eggs. I tried to remove as much of the egg goo as possible without damaging the remaining eggs but could not remove all of it. I'm afraid that this will rot and possibly ruin the remaining eggs (I've read that a rotting egg will not effect healthy eggs in direct contact).
>>Here are the remaining 8 eggs. You can see some of the egg goo but most is underneath the mass:
>>.
>>I've adjusted the incubation temps to drop them a tad per Jeff's and Aubry's advice.
>>Anyway, pretty exciting, thanks for looking.
>>Paul
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Thanks,

I opened my mouth and out flowed a melody black.

She's pretty. She looks like she's wearing a fishnet stocking.

Congrats and good luck with the clutch.
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Julie

Surrounded by a bunch of BRB, some Ridleyi, a few Grey Banded Kings, Australian Cattle Dogs, a Belgian Malinois, assorted Mustelids and an incredibly tolerant male human.