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I have a WC speckeled kingsnake and she was gravid....she laid eggs today...REALLLY big surprise. I've never hatched eggs and dont know if i have the equipment to do it. there in the cage with their mom right now. somebody please hurry and tell me what to do. any help is greatly appreciated.

I'm now trying to move them to another container... should i mark the tops? what substrate should i use?.....

Chris;

Put them either in vermiculite or spagnum moss which is slightly moist. With vermiculite you want about equal weights of water and vermiculite. If you squeeze it hard it should just leak out a few drops of water.

Put the eggs on the top of the mixture, setting them into small depressions you can make with your fingers and leaving about 1/2 the egg above the surface. You can use a shoebox or plastic container of some kind for an incubatior. Keep them warm at about 80 deg. F and wait 60 days. (the top of a fridge is often about that tempeture)

you can poke one or two small holes in the top of the container for air exchange. Dont worry about marking the tops of the eggs just dont roll them around or turn them if you can help it.

Good luck!
Peter
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Peter and Sara
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Hey, thanx for the info ... what kind of temperature fluctuations can the eggs withstand. I'm using spagnum moss in a 20 quart tubaware container with two holes drilled in the top. Right now temperatures are ranging from 78-84 F. Is this Ok?

that's perfect. 82-84 is preferred but they can handle about 78-86 without a problem.

I just hatched 15 out of 15 eggs and their incubation temps varied wildly from 70F-85F averaging about 79F.
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