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My first clutch of Cal kings is out. 18 out of 18 hatched. Notice in the second picture the see through windows.

congrats, Black&whites, as good as it gets.

Thanks, FR. Black and whites were the first snakes I fell in love with.

--Dennis

Perfect clutch of beauties! Congrats my friend!
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Looking forward to the next batch!

--Dennis

Congrats! Great hatch rate and # of eggs for your 1st time. 18 out of 18. Any info about the parents? How old is the mother?

reako45

Thanks. They're just my first clutch of the season. Here is a pic of Mom and Dad. This is their 4th year of producing babies. I don't think there has been one bad egg ever from this pair!

Thanks, Dennis

Wow! Great hatch rate from those two. Love the choc & cream, brown and white. Any locality history on either one?

reako45

congrats! great looking babies.

i'm very jealous... i've got 3 king clutches i'm waiting on... 1 of which is due any day now and i'm sick of waiting.

Patience my friend! Thanks for the comments. Looking forward to seeing yours when they hatch.

--Dennis

Oh Aaron, that's the good part. It makes you live longer, or it makes it seem that way. Always waiting and waiting, you'll live a full long life, or it will seem that way.

Great results! You always produce some awesome kings.
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Thanks Ross. You do too. Nice to hear from you. I have a couple more cal king clutches due to hatch this week. What do you have "cooking"?

--Dennis

Absolutely nothing this year. lol I brumate my snakes at room temp and we had an abnormally warm winter this year. The snake room was never really that cold. I was wondering if it would effect things and it did. I got a bunch of unreceptive females and even some males acted the same way. A first for me.
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That's tough Ross. Sounds like "cooking" may have been the right word alright. Of course the same thing could easily happen to me, being in N. Fla.

--Dennis

Yeah, definitely could happen there as well. Good thing I'm not doing this for a living. lol
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I find it interesting that brumation at warm temps didnt work out for you.

for years growing up in TX I didnt brumate anything and had corns, various kings, garters, and everglades rats produce great each year. I kept them at room temp and fed through the winter and everything worked great.

I was stationed in south dakota for a few years and decided to attempt a more traditional brumation with some proven corns and unproven kings. I had a split level home with a lower level closet that would get down to about 50-55 on the coldest days and never above 65 during the winter. not a single fertile egg was laid by anything for 3 years.

now i'm back in TX, not cooling a thing and have tons of eggs.

i've always wondered why we brumate anyway... northern species I understand, but why do people put cal/desert kings, corns, or central american milks in cold dark isolation for months when they would never ever see that in the wild?

congrats dennis, 18 nice BIG clutch IMHO also a sign of a well condition momma.
good stuff, cool pics luv the "windows"
great lookin pile

,,,,,,,,thomas
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Thanks a lot!

--Dennis