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Please, someone advise me what to do ASAP. One of my female kings who I've had about 2 months just started laying eggs. I hadn't cooled her, obviously, or put her with a male, but I just found 2 eggs. I put a nest box of moist aspen in there and she's checking it out. What else should I do to ensure that they all come out? There's no chance they could be fertile, is there?

Thanks in advance.
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-F. R. Murphy
1.0 Mali Uro
0.1 Red Niger Uro
1.0 Savanna Monitor
1.0 Veiled Chameleon
1.1 Banded Cal. Kingsnake
0.1 Albino Banana Cal. Kingsnake
0.1 Striped Banana Cal. Kingsnake
1.0 Blood Python
1.0 Viper Boa
1.0 Amazon Tree Boa

1.1 D. Azureus
1.1 D. Auratus (Green and Bronze)
Misc. Tree Frogs

How old is she? There is always a chance the eggs are fertile if she's wildcaught, or if she was bred last year, I would treat them as possibly fertile, take a picture, show the experts here. If she laid a couple of eggs then I wouldn't worry about them all coming out okay, sounds like she's on track. Just relax. If you have some sphagnum moss moisten that and use it, or some vermiculite, or even sphagnum peat moss damp to the touch, are all good mediums for laying. If all you have is aspen, keep it moist. Once the eggs are all laid try to get some vermiculite (garden center at Home Depot or Lowe's if you're in the USA), make it damp but not dripping wet, and put the eggs in a container with this half buried. Keep them between 78 and 86 degrees. If they get dark and fuzzy and moldy fairly quick they aren't any good.

>>Please, someone advise me what to do ASAP. One of my female kings who I've had about 2 months just started laying eggs. I hadn't cooled her, obviously, or put her with a male, but I just found 2 eggs. I put a nest box of moist aspen in there and she's checking it out. What else should I do to ensure that they all come out? There's no chance they could be fertile, is there?
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>>Thanks in advance.
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>>-F. R. Murphy
>>1.0 Mali Uro
>>0.1 Red Niger Uro
>>1.0 Savanna Monitor
>>1.0 Veiled Chameleon
>>1.1 Banded Cal. Kingsnake
>>0.1 Albino Banana Cal. Kingsnake
>>0.1 Striped Banana Cal. Kingsnake
>>1.0 Blood Python
>>1.0 Viper Boa
>>1.0 Amazon Tree Boa
>>
>>1.1 D. Azureus
>>1.1 D. Auratus (Green and Bronze)
>>Misc. Tree Frogs
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~Sasheena

I know she's CB, don't see many albino abberant bananas in the wild. Second, I'm not sure how old she is, they told me about 3 when I bought her, but they also said she'd never been bred. I'm doubting the people knew anything, since they also said one mouse every 2 weeks was sufficient food. My guess is they picked her up at a show and I took her at the next one. The 2 eggs so far are yellow and leathery, but really like beef jerky texture, not soft at all. Any further tips?
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-F. R. Murphy
1.0 Mali Uro
0.1 Red Niger Uro
1.0 Savanna Monitor
1.0 Veiled Chameleon
1.1 Banded Cal. Kingsnake
0.1 Albino Banana Cal. Kingsnake
0.1 Striped Banana Cal. Kingsnake
1.0 Blood Python
1.0 Viper Boa
1.0 Amazon Tree Boa

1.1 D. Azureus
1.1 D. Auratus (Green and Bronze)
Misc. Tree Frogs

Sounds like they aren't any good if they are slimy seeming, yellow, chances are they are infertile. At least you can be certain you got a female! I would still give her a nice place to lay, sounds like the damp aspent is fine. Just give her some space, check her in the morning, when you check her give her a good look over to make sure she hasn't retained any eggs. If she has I would just give her some more time and let her do her thing. I think that for a non-breeding cal king a single LARGE adult mouse every two weeks is sufficient for maintenance, but for a breeding female, I would feed her at least once a week. She'll be hungry once she's done with this effort, I wouold make sure she gets well fed so she can regain her strength.

>>I know she's CB, don't see many albino abberant bananas in the wild. Second, I'm not sure how old she is, they told me about 3 when I bought her, but they also said she'd never been bred. I'm doubting the people knew anything, since they also said one mouse every 2 weeks was sufficient food. My guess is they picked her up at a show and I took her at the next one. The 2 eggs so far are yellow and leathery, but really like beef jerky texture, not soft at all. Any further tips?
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>>-F. R. Murphy
>>1.0 Mali Uro
>>0.1 Red Niger Uro
>>1.0 Savanna Monitor
>>1.0 Veiled Chameleon
>>1.1 Banded Cal. Kingsnake
>>0.1 Albino Banana Cal. Kingsnake
>>0.1 Striped Banana Cal. Kingsnake
>>1.0 Blood Python
>>1.0 Viper Boa
>>1.0 Amazon Tree Boa
>>
>>1.1 D. Azureus
>>1.1 D. Auratus (Green and Bronze)
>>Misc. Tree Frogs
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~Sasheena