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Hello everyone, i have a quick question or possible thought on my bairdi and was hoping someone who has bred them before can help me out. They are looking very thick at this point in time, and one has refused to eat now, the other is still pounding down small mice. They have never been super nice, but have never musked me until last night. I was cleaning their cages and when i removed them they were very angry, lol, and both of them musked me at different points. My question is whether or not others gravid bairdi (or any rat snake/snake for that matter) start to get angry and musk them when gravid? Terry, any thoughts on this? Also, is it getting too late for breeding bairdi and trans pecos? First time for me at breeding these guys. Thanks in advance for your help and ideas.

Have a good weekend,
Gregg F.
Gregg's RB

My first suboc will lay in the next few weeks Subocs are late breeders and I witnessed the first copulation about 3 weeks ago. I would not waite much longer to put subocs together. My bairdi female just laid this am. She looked really thick in the back end of her body when I checked on her yesterday. I really started to notice she may be gravid a couple days after the pree egg laying shed. If you think there is a chance put a nest box in there.

Don Gallagher

Good luck.

Thanks Don, and good luck with your bairdi eggs. I always put a nest box in, even if i don't think they are gravid. Too many bad stories of people finding eggs laying in the cage. I didn't think a few were gravid last year, but thankfully put a nest box in and they were in fact gravid. I've been putting the bairdi and subocs together for several weeks on and off now, so hopefully they successfully bred, time will tell i guess.

Have a good one, and thanks again.

Gregg F.
Gregg's RB