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Thanks guys for the advice ... The female has used the nest very well .. 2 days in and here's the surprise tonight!!

Finisch!!!!
16 perfect eggs anaconda tiger striped 100% het albino x red albino.... Thank's very much...

Now that looks like a much better nesting atempt my Italian friend. Like Frank said, a lot of us are restricted (actually, our snakes are the ones restricted) by using racks. But we should make every effort to do better within those restrictions. I think your nestin is much better than what you were doing before but you can do better. Just like I can do better with my nesting set up.

Congrats, looks like a vast improvement. Good luck!!!
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You ever talk to me like that again...and I'll turn your balls into earrings. Understand?

Go for it.

Congrats Adamo, those are some nice looking eggs.

I would go a little deeper if you could, until the snake can bury the eggs. But, what you did was far better then what we previously saw.

Also, could you tell us the times from their shed to egg deposition? That is important to determine how well the females like their nesting.

The shorter times frome the pre-egg laying shed, tell you how good the nesting is. With good nesting, they can lay the day after the shed, but 3 to 5 days is normal. With poor nesting 9 to 14 days is more normal.

Also, read Greggs description of his last nesting. Whats "important" is, the female arranged and covered the eggs to complete nesting. This tells you, the female sensed her job was complete and normal.

IT will be so interesting to hear what, deeper nesting does with your animals.

ALso, may I ask a question. You have mature hogs, so you must have some history. Did your females multiclutch in the past? you know, have more then one clutch a season? Is so what percentage?

I ask because it will be interesting to see if your version of nesting helps increase the second or third clutch percentage. It normally does. If nesting is really suitable to the female and shes strong and well fed, three great clutchs is very possible.

Again, thanks for sharing and congrats, your going to have a pile of hognose. Best wishes

Thanks for the advice ... I have been breeding for years Heterodon in Italy but few people are expert in hogs....
I am happy to be able to improve the deposition of my females.
Great improvement with deposition time ..... last years 10/12 hours for all deposition.....Yesterday only 5 hours.
I copy in my breeding card.Some of my girls, all it takes too long

F1
prelay 10/05/2012 and lay 18/05/2012
prelay 22/06/2012 and lay 30/06/2012
F2
prelay 13/05/2012 and lay 22/05/2012
prelay 18/06/2012 and lay 27/06/2012
F3(this last female good lay)
prelay 21/04/2012 and lay 01/05/2012
prelay 10/06/2012 and lay 16/06/2012
prelay 25/04/2013 and lay 03/05/2013
F4(female eat 3 eggs)
prelay 23/05/2012 and lay 31/05/2012
prelay 01/07/2012 and lay 09/07/2012
prelay 17/04/2013 and lay 22/04/2013

My rack is 13 cm tall.....nest box are 8cm....Next year I hope to have a new snake room and build new rack system, certainly higher...