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Hi everyone,

I had a little surprise this afternoon when getting back from a wedding to find one of my snakes had laid a clutch -i had no idea she was pregnant! 7 slugs and 3 good eggs the eggs were still soft-ish, she had no laying box so just laid on the news paper the eggs were stuck together and to the paper, i cut a section around the clutch without separating the eggs- will this news paper cause any problems to the eggs? as anyone experienced any problems with this issue? any advice anyone has would be greatly appreciated, many thanks,

K

I have had the news paper sticking to the bottom of the eggs a few times and have never had an issues. I useualy wet the papper trying not to get water on the eggs and pull as much of the paper off as possible but you shoouldn't have any problems. JMO
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Vince Pramuk []__[]

try to pull as much paper off as you can( it can mold )..wait for them to harden some and maybe brush them softly with a soft tooth brush... eggs are very toughf

Incubate and you'll be a proud parent in 50-60 days.

sorry for the late response but thank you all who replied, its greatly appreciated - i candled the three good eggs yesterday and they all have veins and look good! thanks again!