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I got these three eggs from breeding a pair of Louisiana Pines I got from Dave Boyle in 2005. This is their first year breeding. These three still have good color and I am very hopeful that these will pip the first week of Sept.
Raymond

Oh yeah, I hope nobody thinks that I'm just bragging about huge eggs. Honestly, I would very much rather just get normal size, shape and color. I have some questions about why I have had this happen with two diff sub-spiecies? Is it maybe just because it is thier first time breeding maybe? Maybe temp stress or what?
Raymond

hi a few years ago when i had cal kings and pueblan milks my two females both laid eggs like that in their first year. and after that the eggs didnt seem so long. i think it may have something to do with the girth of the snakes. both of the pre mentioned snakes were 2 years old and large enough to breed but they were quite a bit larger in girth the following years and the long eggs went away. hope that helps.

Ruthveni always have large eggs, and so large, robust babies. Small eggs would be indicative of subspecies mixing or otherwise suspect genetic lineage. 4 to 5 eggs is normal! Dave's snakes by the way are beyond reproach.

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