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My darker female shed the other day, as she shed the male suddenly found there was a female there.

The yesterday, patiently waiting for food.

Fingers crossed for a much better year. Last year someone else incubated eggs, they fiddled around with temps too much and lost all 17.

Mike

That's awesome! What locality are those? I have a pair of west texas reds that seem interested in each other, but haven't as of yet locked up. Fingers crossed.

Kevin

I have no idea what locality. We are lucky to just get coachwhips over here, never mind knowing where they are from.

I do have a trio of reds or red phase westerns, too young to tell which ones they are. Thinking they will be westerns though. Plus the adult westerns and a male eastern. I'm trying to get hold of a female or two for him, but getting any over here is tricky.

Mike

I hear ya. Trying to guess locality on coachwhips by appearance is pretty much an exercise in futility as they are such a variable snake, and different localities can mimic each other quite a bit. I've seen animals from Colorado that could have passed for west texas easily, eastern coachwhips from texas that were red like a western, eastern coachwhips from Florida that were brown like a western, and of course the brown/yellow phase, which can be anything from Kansas to New Mexico. Those in the picture seem to have a hint of red to them, pretty cool.

Kevin

Congrats! Could you describe the cycle those gorgeous beasts are submitted to? Thank you in advance,

Benjamin

Ummm, well I cooled them over winter, around sept/oct time. Just stopped using the light and left it at that. They stayed over the cool end of the viv away from the heat mat most of winter.
then end of Jan I started to leave the basking light on during the day and they started to come out after a week or so.

Sorry to say I never really took notice of temps or anything, just left it to the snakes.
They are now eating like mad, apart from the eastern who still won't take on his own. I have an egglaying box in there now and the incubator is turned on jut in case.

The red male has done both females now so keeping my fingers crossed.

Mike

Thanks a lot, and good luck!

Wednesday I got gifted with 7 large eggs from one of my girls. The other is due to shed so fingers crossed she will drop soon as well.

Also quickly, any ideas of incubation temps that have worked for you ? Got mine around 25, the w.p. mara book reckons 24.5 and reptile channel reckons around 25-26.

Mike

I my opinion, you can try 27. Congrats for this nice clutch and for the hatchlings to come!

AWESOME! Can't wait to see baby pics!
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Carl