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First clutch from this girl. She's over 6' and the sire is my jumbo male..8' and 9#. 4 good eggs and one questionable one. She never looked gravid, only "tells" were her refusing to feed and a complete lack of reaction from her or the male the last time I introduced them. I was hoping these signs were of her being gravid but had no visuals to confirm it...until now.
Bill

Congrats mate!
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We are the best GALATASARAY

Dude, that is awesome. Is this a 1st for you with mangroves? BTW, that is a huge looking mangrove. I know they say the camera adds a few pounds Good luck with the eggs.
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2:3:5 Corn snake
2:2:0 Red-tailed rat snake
1:2:0 Eastern Kingsnake
1:1:0 Carpet python
1:1:0 Mangrove snake
1:1:1 Southern copper head
1:1:0 Giant hog nose
1:2:0 Boomslang
1:1:0 Taiwan Beauty
0:2:0 Brazilian Rainbow boa
1:0:0 Yellow anaconda
1:0:0 Halmahera Scrub python
1:0:0 Green tree python
1:1:0 Uni-colored cribo
1:0:0 Albino checkered garter
0:1:0 Pueblan milk snake
0:1:0 Dusky pygmy rattler
0:1:0 Twig mimic snake

1:2:0 Bearded dragon
0:0:2 Nile monitor
2:3:0 Leopard Gecko
1:2:0 Green iguana
1:1:0 Red iguana
1:1:0 Blue tongue skink

5:5:0 Eastern box turtle
1:2:0 Red eared slider
1:1:0 Map turtle
1:0:0 Painted turtle
0:0:1 Sulcata

0:0:1 Dwarf caiman

0:2:0 White-spotted bamboo shark
0:0:2 Saber tusk barracuda
0:0:1 Tiger shovel nose catfish

0:1:0 Foul mouthed African Grey

wsrosser@bellsouth.net

Yes this is my first experience w/Mangrove eggs though I have another pair breeding now. IMHO they are an underappreciated snake..not nearly as "difficult" as I've been led to believe over the years.
I assume your referring to the male..I have yet to see another that big...he routinely eats the same sized rats as my 11' Scrubs! I'm only feeding him one jumo rat every 3-4 weeks now as he's overweight. He's now in a 4'x3'x3' cage w/lots of branches etc. so he can "exercise" more.
I have some good intel on geting babies started but anyone else out there w/tips would be greatly appreciated.
Bill

Let me know if you need any help or have questions about the babies. I raised a few last year and they can be difficult. Be sure to keep the humidity very high and ensure they drink!
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John Light

First let me say YOU ROCK.In the 80s I had a few newly hatched mangroves they all took fresh hatched english sparrows or zebra finch hatchlings no problem.Again YOU ROCK.
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Archie Bottoms

Wow, thanks Archie! Now, where in the heck am I going to get newbie finches?? LOL I've had to affix chick down on thawed mice before w/various species so thats always an option. Initially my imported snakes took thawed split-brained hopper mice like candy so I plan to try split-brained pinkies as well.
Bill

Nice work Bill those snakes sure are impressive. I can't wait to see some baby mangroves.

Nate

Congrats. That's really cool to see Manrove eggs. Those snakes are massive!

MH