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First pic:

My first natrix hatched out
I wish hogs were this quick!
36 days at 82 degrees - where are these guys rushing to?

Second pic:

DH Lavender/Hypo male bred to Anaconda 100% Albino female.

I'm not aiming for the triple. I'm going to put any anacondas produced from this clutch into both my Lavender/Hypo project and my Coral project - I'd be delighted with just lavender anacondas, but I hope to score with one of the doubles.

Incidentally, this female laid at 14 days after shed, 10 eggs and 1 slug.
She was completely relaxed for the first 13 days, mostly in the aspen that you'll see in my previous posts.
On the last day, she ventured out of the open tub and explored the 8 inches of coconut in the 19 gallon tub.
From what I've observed, it seems very normal for the females to feel the urge to find the right spot in the last 24 hour stretch and I don't view it as a negative.
She then laid the eggs and all went smoothly.
She showed zero interest in laying till that last day, in fact she was mostly inactive.
One of the successful hognose breeders who I greatly respect told me most of his females lay at 7 days plus.

But oh boy, here we go. You're about to get schooled on why you're wrong about everything. 😉

I'm getting my popcorn ready for part 1, part 2 and possibly a part 3.

I think the combination of these four genetic traits might have stressed the female and delayed the egg laying process

Congrats Johnny. I've always thought grass snakes were super cool

Thanks !!
I'm delighted - I looked for them for years, but the only ones I came across had skin issues, because people try to mimic their natural habitats - I call it TFH mentality.
They do better on aspen with a large water bowl.

Dry and humid is a concept rare to keepers, its what snakes do. Natricine snakes are easy to find because of that. They utilize wet situations, so they expose themselves to open air to dry off. Thus commonly found.

Exactly!
I learned that even to be true with some salamanders.
When I first started keeping fire salamanders, some of them were losing patches of skin.
I called Michael Shrom, the salamander guru, and asked him what I was doing wrong.
He said that many people make this same mistake; they think that because salamanders are found alongside streams, they should be given a damp environment.
He told me to squeeze out all the moss and even remove the water bowl.
Sure enough, since I made those changes I've never had those issues.

I keep my vine snakes the same way as the grass snakes, despite all the literature to the contrary.
I just spray them down more when they're shedding.
They're thriving! - must be something Walmart puts in their aspen

Congrats, those natrix are beautiful. What do they start off feeding on?
I just got a clutch of greenrat snake eggs. 4 long eggs. Again congrats.

I'll start them off on minnows and switch them to rodents.

Which green ratsnake are you referring to?

Senticolis triaspis

I was hoping you'd say that - niiiice

Have you tried keeping Drymobius margaritiferus?

No sir, but they a really great snake. I have seen them in nature.

I'd love to try keeping them

Me too, they feel more like a legless lizard then a snake. Beautiful and the right size. I saw them in tamalipas(sp) We were herping in the mountains in Nuevo Leon and would come down the mountains and swim/bath in this clear cold fast moving river. The world is full of really interesting snakes. You can call me opinionated if you like, my opinion is, Recipe keeping is what is limiting the keeping of many of these wonderful reptiles.