or has been able to come in contact with an adult male has the possibility of being gravid. The female also has the ability to a certain extent of varying the schedule when she is comfortable to deposit the eggs. Subocs are known for later breedings and/or egg laying. Bairds would normally in the wild breed in Late May or early June and deposit eggs around midsummer. If you have put the female Baird together with a male, then you should consider the possibility she is gravid. I don't care if she looks plump or still looks the same; if she has done a pre egglaying shed (some can do two shed before egglaying). You should look at her as gravid and if you haven't done it, put an egglaying box in with her. I have several clutches on the ground and several females who haven't thrown any eggs yet. I put them back in with the males two days ago. Three of the females are hooked up again to the males. Del Alspaw emailed me two days ago that the female hypo bullsnake who he's swears wasn't gravid and he missed this year, dropped 11 eggs. It's breeding season. You brumate your snakes. You put some of your pairs together that you intend to breed after you pull them out of brumation. You keep them together until you see them copulate and or a time you think they should be done. I separate the females and males. I start feeding the females heavy and the males their regular feedings. I consider the female is gravid until its time to hibernate them again. There are signs and things that help us determine or give us clues as to if and when the females are gravid and egglaying is approaching. Put an egglaying box in with each female you tried to breed whether she pplump, shed, acted different, etc. If some of your females haven't dropped eggs and you have gotten clutches from other females, put the female back in with the male. I've always considered there to be a second phase or late breeding that exists at least in captive breeding. If your bairds are acting different than they normally do, then it's fair to think that is a signal of a graivd snake. I just always think the females are gravid until the next brumation schedule. I think the female has the capability to hold the eggs longer than usual before dropping them to allow for seasonal changes and other nature related situations. She will drop the eggs when she feels is the best chance for the eggs to survive in most cases. I go to someones house and see a female that I thought they had bred. I ask where's the next box and they say she's not gravid so I didn't put one in. I suggest to them to put a nest box in with the female. How do they know she isn't gravid? It will be safe for me to say that around late August, there will be a couple posts on this forum that someone thought their female wasnt't gravid and they went away for that week vacation and came home to eggs laying in the water bowl or substrate. When you go away for a week take the water bowl out of the female cage and put a next box in there until you get back.
>>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 (I know i would not be happy if i was pregnant and close to laying a bunch of eggs, lol)? 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.
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>>Have a good weekend,
>>Gregg F.
>>Gregg's RB
