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Evil, my female jcp, shed about June third or fourth after a long period of not shedding for around two months after she was in blue. I got to try and feed her again yesterday. No feeding response whatsoever and no interest other than to strike defensively at the prey item. My box is in place, and my fingers are crossed. This is very exciting. note...My male is in blue right now, but I doubt that that is important knowledge. Thanks to everyone who has helped with information on this.

Daniel

Good luck. You should keep your eyes on her and be prepared for anything. I had my first attempt with breeding carpets this year. Previously I had only bred corn snakes and geckos.

I found my two coastals copulating several times. At one point he seemed to lose interest, so I separated them. She grew quite plump and started laying with her belly turned up sometimes, so she really appeared gravid. At that time I posted a few questions on here and got some good advice.

Almost exactly 25 days after her pre-lay shed, she layed two slugs. Some breeders told me that was not unusual. Two days later she layed 18 eggs but all slugs! They were yellow in color with no obvious shell. That was a huge dissapointment, but I learned a lot in the process and I have my fingers crossed for next year. My suspicion is that either my male didn't have good sperm production, or that I didn't leave them together long enough. I think the timing of her ovulation and their mating may have been less than optimal. Next year I will plan to put them together more often and keep them together longer.

Sorry to give you such a downer story. It was a big dissapointment for me. But I guess my point is to keep your eyes on her and be prepared for anything.

I am keeping a close watch on her. I have not seperated the pair since they were introduced. I will seperate the male in about a week as time will be getting close to laying date. I am also watching a pair of balls as the female is proceeding in the same manner more or less as my jcp female. I'm hoping for the best, but prepared for the worst. I mainly am going to have to seperate my male jcp because he wants to hide in the box while he is in blue. Bad timing I guess. I wish I knew more about box sizing for a brood box. Most of what I have read has been somewhat vague. Anyways...Should have good or bad news in a week or so.

Daniel