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just over 80 days at 81-82F
we still have two that have not hatched and a long history of failure with hatching this species.
This clutch is from 10 year captive adults.
Anyone lurking out there with any experience hatching these guys?

Ben

Well I just bought 1.1 last sunday. So I'm very interested in the raising stories aswell.

But congratulations!

Bram

I love working with them. I'm anticipating eggs next season. What kind of challenges have you encountered with incubating eggs and/or breeding? Also, at what age was their first breeding?

Thanks,

Tom

I've hatched out 3 clutches a year for the last 4 years and have had no problems. In my opinion it's important to make sure the eggs aren't too wet because as you can see in the photo, the babies have to be able to break out of the end of the egg. The eggs need to have a brittle shell for them to be able to do this.

How many eggs does a clutch average? I'd love to hear more about the ins and outs of raising these guys. Are the cb's at all delicate? Do they need any special requirements to thrive?
Regards
John

Once the females are close to 5 feet you usually get 8 eggs. I have one larger female that has layed up to 12 eggs. The babies aren't especially delicate but I have found they do better, as far as starting to feed, if you keep them individually in larger than normal caging. I use slightly damp sphagnum moss about 2 inches deep as a substrate and also an inverted water bowl as a hide in a sweater box size sterilite rack. It takes about 5 years for them to reach breeding size but they live and reproduce well into their 20s. I have one female that layed 10 good eggs this year that has to be close to 28 years old.

>>Once the females are close to 5 feet you usually get 8 eggs. I have one larger female that has layed up to 12 eggs. The babies aren't especially delicate but I have found they do better, as far as starting to feed, if you keep them individually in larger than normal caging. I use slightly damp sphagnum moss about 2 inches deep as a substrate and also an inverted water bowl as a hide in a sweater box size sterilite rack. It takes about 5 years for them to reach breeding size but they live and reproduce well into their 20s. I have one female that layed 10 good eggs this year that has to be close to 28 years old.

That's really interesting. Have you kept moellendorffi that long...over 20 yrs?

- Terry

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I've kept them for about 12 years but one of the females I have is on breeding loan and she was a wild caught adult and been in cativity for 15 years before I got her.

>>I've kept them for about 12 years but one of the females I have is on breeding loan and she was a wild caught adult and been in cativity for 15 years before I got her.

Thanks for the great info. Hope you have many years of breeding them..

Terry
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>>I've hatched out 3 clutches a year for the last 4 years and have had no problems. In my opinion it's important to make sure the eggs aren't too wet because as you can see in the photo, the babies have to be able to break out of the end of the egg. The eggs need to have a brittle shell for them to be able to do this.

Would incubating the eggs on perlite work for getting the eggs brittle enough to hatch on their own?

Thanks...Terry

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I've always used vermiculite and didn't get it too wet. I'm sure perlite would work too.

>>I've always used vermiculite and didn't get it too wet. I'm sure perlite would work too.

Thanks for the help.

Terry
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Ratsnake Haven...researching ratsnakes since 1988

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Those snakes are totally awesome! Probably my favorite Asian Ratsnake.
I bought an import back in the 90's that looked ok, but didn't last long.
Can anyone share anything on how to keep the imports alive and acclimating them successfully?
Today is my first time visiting this forum.
Plan on doing some Asian and European Ratsnakes next year.
John Crickmer
Austin, TX
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