One of my smaller females laid her second clutch of eggs today.
Although three of them look a bit questionable, this second clutch was much better than the first.

On May 3, this three year old female laid 20 infertile eggs and 9 fertile eggs. Twenty-nine total. Wow.

Today, she laid 24 fertile eggs, although three are not completely shelled. I was very happy.

One thing I find interesting is last year she laid 16 infertile eggs without ever being with a male. I didn't attempt to breed her because I was concentrating on getting her "big". This is the first time I've had a snake lay eggs without ever being with a male (I've raised her from a baby).

Three year old female, parents legally collected from New Mexico. She is 29 1/2 inches long and now weighs (after her egg laying) only 360 grams. She was close to 600 grams before this morning.

Because I had a few females snack on a few of their own eggs, I was watching this one carefully. Her last egg was laid after this photo. On two occasions I've checked the nest box only to see a female swallowing one of her eggs. Funny snakes.

This female shed her skin 6 days prior to laying both clutches of eggs.

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• Western Hognose Snake Eggs - CaseyLazik, Mon Jun 7 14:52:35 2004
• The last egg. - CaseyLazik, Mon Jun 7 15:01:41 2004
• Nice... some questions... - Jmolden87, Mon Jun 7 19:48:59 2004
• How's this? - CaseyLazik, Tue Jun 8 00:03:23 2004
• RE: How's this? - Jmolden87, Tue Jun 8 17:32:08 2004
• RE: Western Hognose Snake Eggs - Roy Stockwell, Thu Jun 10 02:36:48 2004
• Calcium as a supplement - CaseyLazik, Mon Jun 14 17:29:44 2004
• RE: Calcium as a supplement - kingsnake1, Mon Jun 14 17:39:59 2004
• My opinion... - CaseyLazik, Tue Jun 15 02:54:11 2004