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This is my first time hatching eggs and man what a rewarding experience! It took 90 days but it was worth it, 13 out of 14 hatched and they came out fiesty

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Dustin Smith

Very nice clutch indeed!

It would now be a good idea to separate them before they eventually start disappearing one by one as they become hungry and looking at each other as potential meals.

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com

well done on your first clutch.and yeah i would hurry and splitt them b4 13 turn to 3 lol. Man i am so jealous cant wait till 2012 seems so far away till my first season. a question for d-mong or any1 else for that matter what is a good size for female hypo brooksi for breeding? she will be about 2 years old when i hope to pair her up is that to early?
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Cheesemonkey

They are known to sometimes ovulate and breed at a fairly small size(around 2 plus feet), but if you have fed her decently she will be PLENTY big enough at 2 years old to breed successfully, and be substantially larger than that.

She should be well beyond that size at close to two years, so you shouldn't have any problem at all breeding her at that age.

Usually the very small one's are females that are coming up on their first year(20 months or so).

Good luck with the breeding success!

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com

I meant to say first year around 9 months or so!!..sorry!

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com

Is that from breeding to hatchlings or egg incubating time? Either way those are some nice looking babies. Do you know where they are from or are they generic?
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J Sierra

Thanks! And thats 90 days of incubation time. I purchased both parents as "sc locale" but I have no way of knowing so I'm labeling them as generic.
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Dustin Smith

What were the incubation temps if you don't mind me asking?

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com

Not at all, it was a constant 73 degrees
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Dustin Smith

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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com

wow...in the 80's...usually around 83...I hatched easterns once at 43 days......you are patient.....LOL...good luck....

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................JY

Congratulations - nice looking batch of Easterns there! Some of them look like they have a high number of bands. It would be cool to see the adults. I've always loved Eastern Kings.

Here's one I'm growing up from Montgomery Co. NC lineage:

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Mike