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Hello all,

Everyone knows that some ringneck snakes will die after they lay eggs. I don't know why, and nobody I talked to knew why. After having 3 females die after laying eggs this past week, I think I may have a guess as to why. Some female ringneck snakes will come out of hibernation, mate within their first or second week out and never eat anything inbetween. Then they use up all of their valuable nutritions to create the eggs. Then they use all of their strength to lay them. I think that will take a huge toll on them and they will die short after laying if not fed and "recharged."

Any ideas or comments?

Michael
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You albino did not die did it? My ringneck eggs are looking great and I can see the snake itself very good when held up by a light. Maybe my racer eggs will be the same. It would be cool if one turned out to be albino. I also had a mud or musk turtle to lay one egg today. Finaly something I 'm used to. I have hacthed many turtles. My first year to hatch snakes. Well I hope I hatch them. I bet earth worms would be a great recharging food. They are pakced with nutrition.
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Justin

No my albino did not die, and I think that's because I feed it all the time, it did eat worms while it was gravid. It didn't loose much weight when it layed eggs because I kept it fed and plump all the time.
Michael
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Hello,
is that a phenomenon of Ringneck-Snakes in captivity or ist it also seen in nature ?
If your theory ist rigth, it maybe helps to seperate female and male direct after hibernation. And the mating we´ll be after a time of recovery.
Maybe the quality of food plays a role.
Greetings Bernie

Hello,
is that a phenomenon of Ringneck-Snakes in captivity or ist it also seen in nature ?
If your theory ist rigth, it maybe helps to seperate female and male direct after hibernation. And the mating we´ll be after a time of recovery.
Maybe the quality of food plays a role.
Greetings Bernie

* I do not know if it occurs in nature, as there are little ringnecks where I live, and I am lucky to find some at all. It does happen alot of times in captivity though. Males and females really shouldn't be hibernated together in captivity anyways, they should be seperate until spring. Most ringnecks that go through hibernation in captivity are fed before they are paired up, it's smart to feed the female atleast 3 times before giving her a mate. Most males won't feed until after they have mated. In the wild though, in some places, it may be difficult for ringnecks to come across food, especially right after emergence from hibernation.
Michael
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