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I am used to breeding corn snakes, ball pythons, red eyed tree frogs and a host of other reptiles. This year I would like to attempt to breed my Luecistic Tx rat snakes. Could someone point me to a care sheet, or tell me the basic info such as. aproximate time from copulation until egg laying, then from egg laying to hatch and at what temps to incubate at.
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Hello. I can give you what works for me. I’m sure there are other valid points and methods as well. It really is pretty much the same as your corns. I typically brumate my animals early, beginning in late October to the first week of November. Brumation temps are between 50-55 degrees F. This lasts until around the first week in Feb. when I begin to warm them back up. This year the post brumation shed occurred around two weeks after my female was out. At this time I introduced her to the male. Although I never actually witnessed copulation, the male did show interest. It is hard to give a length of time from copulation to egg deposition. Without really knowing when they copulate, plus having numerous copulations, I’m not sure if there is a positive way to tell without just having them meet one time. My female was first introduced to my male for the first time this year a month and a half before she laid her eggs, so I would guess maybe in the 4-5 week range. The female will typically shed around two weeks before the eggs are laid, give or take a day or two. I incubate most of my colubrid eggs at 78-80 degrees F. I use a vermiculite/perilite mixture that seems to work well. Eggs usually begin to hatch between 50-60 days after deposition. I hope this helped some. Take care!

Jeremy

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my notes differ from jeremy's only in that my [normal] texas rat eggs take 70 days to hatch almost exactly every year......i'm located in extreme s.east pa. [jersey/delaware border] and all my colubrid eggs take approx. this long as compared to other breeders located in warmer climes i've noticed...........