Ok Thanks for the info on should i or should i not , but wanted to know are mbks eggs smaller than cal. kings eggs? Are the babies smaller i know that my cal. king babies hatched nice and big are mbk babies smaller? What is the average size egg clutch for mbks? Thanks.
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MEXICAN BLACK KING QUESTION !!
wine2
Oct 24, 2009 01:42 PM
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Jlassiter
Oct 24, 2009 03:03 PM
>>Ok Thanks for the info on should i or should i not , but wanted to know are mbks eggs smaller than cal. kings eggs? Are the babies smaller i know that my cal. king babies hatched nice and big are mbk babies smaller? What is the average size egg clutch for mbks? Thanks.
They are comparatively the same size.....
Large females of both ssps will definitely lay larger eggs though....
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...
Jlassiter
Oct 24, 2009 03:05 PM
>>Ok Thanks for the info on should i or should i not , but wanted to know are mbks eggs smaller than cal. kings eggs? Are the babies smaller i know that my cal. king babies hatched nice and big are mbk babies smaller? What is the average size egg clutch for mbks? Thanks.
Also.....The female size depends on the # of eggs as well husbandry techniques....
You can get anywhere between 1 and 18(or more) eggs a clutch from a Calking or an MBK....
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...
FR
Oct 24, 2009 10:21 PM
Understand this, egg laying problems are never caused by the snake laying the wrong sized eggs.
Nature knows what its doing, small snakes will lay eggs they can pass. Also species such as getula, can lay small eggs for their size or large eggs for their size. Often is a smaller clutch of larger eggs or a larger clutch of smaller eggs.
I have had many many females lay one, then the other in the same year.
If I were you, I would ask about nesting options instead of egg or clutch size. As poor nesting is without question the major cause of egg binding and reproductive failure. Cheers
DMong
Oct 25, 2009 05:25 PM
That certainly is WAY more important to keep in mind than egg or clutch size. Because if the nesting needs are not correctly met, the snake might not let you find the other info out anyway, and even possibly die. This cannot be stressed enough in my opinion.
~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing" 
