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SNAKES HAS EGGS !!!!! EGG WATCH !!!, by snakes on Apr 16, 2008 20:13:51 GMT 1, Yes its true and here's the evidence to prove it.
The snake in the picture is a diamond python x jungle carpet python hybrid and was mated with by a diamond/ jungle cross. Therefore the babies could come out anything like the mother, or a jungle carpet python or even a diamond python!
They should be due to hatch on or around the 27th of May so get ready for watching some art in the making ;D
If you are interested I will be selling off a few once they are fully established into a feeding pattern once they hatch
Yes its true and here's the evidence to prove it. The snake in the picture is a diamond python x jungle carpet python hybrid and was mated with by a diamond/ jungle cross. Therefore the babies could come out anything like the mother, or a jungle carpet python or even a diamond python! They should be due to hatch on or around the 27th of May so get ready for watching some art in the making ;D If you are interested I will be selling off a few once they are fully established into a feeding pattern once they hatch
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SNAKES HAS EGGS !!!!! EGG WATCH !!!, by Coach on Apr 16, 2008 20:23:06 GMT 1, Congrats!! ;D ;D
Congrats!! ;D ;D
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SNAKES HAS EGGS !!!!! EGG WATCH !!!, by spirit on Apr 16, 2008 20:24:55 GMT 1, Congratulations! keep us posted.
Congratulations! keep us posted.
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SNAKES HAS EGGS !!!!! EGG WATCH !!!, by craigf on Apr 16, 2008 20:26:36 GMT 1, Very cool ;D
Look forward to seeing the babies once hatched!
Very cool ;D
Look forward to seeing the babies once hatched!
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SNAKES HAS EGGS !!!!! EGG WATCH !!!, by richy00 on Apr 16, 2008 20:27:40 GMT 1, that is well coool,
that is well coool,
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SNAKES HAS EGGS !!!!! EGG WATCH !!!, by bobbyt23 on Apr 16, 2008 20:29:22 GMT 1, Snakes scare the crap out of me but congrats anyway Snakes.
Snakes scare the crap out of me but congrats anyway Snakes.
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SNAKES HAS EGGS !!!!! EGG WATCH !!!, by tomjedimaster on Apr 16, 2008 20:32:14 GMT 1, that's wicked! what a beautiful snake. great colour
that's wicked! what a beautiful snake. great colour
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SNAKES HAS EGGS !!!!! EGG WATCH !!!, by kj on Apr 16, 2008 20:33:15 GMT 1, aww congrats! DxJ carpets are beauuuuutiful... depending on how much you're selling for, i might have one off you. theres nothing more fun than a feisty hatchling!
aww congrats! DxJ carpets are beauuuuutiful... depending on how much you're selling for, i might have one off you. theres nothing more fun than a feisty hatchling!
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SNAKES HAS EGGS !!!!! EGG WATCH !!!, by saltandiron on Apr 16, 2008 20:37:23 GMT 1, If you are interested I will be selling off a few once they are fully established into a feeding pattern once they hatch
Edition size? Signed? Do we have to start queueing up now?
If you are interested I will be selling off a few once they are fully established into a feeding pattern once they hatch Edition size? Signed? Do we have to start queueing up now?
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SNAKES HAS EGGS !!!!! EGG WATCH !!!, by skelly on Apr 16, 2008 20:43:52 GMT 1, I skinned a snake the other day
I skinned a snake the other day
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SNAKES HAS EGGS !!!!! EGG WATCH !!!, by Agent Provocateur on Apr 16, 2008 20:45:31 GMT 1, haha great one saltandiron
snakes, congrats on becoming a father ;D
haha great one saltandiron snakes, congrats on becoming a father ;D
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SNAKES HAS EGGS !!!!! EGG WATCH !!!, by snakes on Apr 16, 2008 20:50:38 GMT 1, Many thanks all.
Next year hopefully 75% diamond / jungle crosses.
..and the year after my pure diamonds..
Many thanks all.
Next year hopefully 75% diamond / jungle crosses.
..and the year after my pure diamonds..
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SNAKES HAS EGGS !!!!! EGG WATCH !!!, by tmccarthy41 on Apr 16, 2008 20:56:40 GMT 1, WATCH OUT FOR MONGOOSES!
WATCH OUT FOR MONGOOSES!
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SNAKES HAS EGGS !!!!! EGG WATCH !!!, by zammo on Apr 16, 2008 20:59:30 GMT 1, and dont let them near a plane...
and dont let them near a plane...
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SNAKES HAS EGGS !!!!! EGG WATCH !!!, by kj on Apr 16, 2008 21:00:46 GMT 1, oooh, stick me at front of the queue for the 2010 diamonds. beat THAT people in the BRP queue.
oooh, stick me at front of the queue for the 2010 diamonds. beat THAT people in the BRP queue.
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SNAKES HAS EGGS !!!!! EGG WATCH !!!, by bobbyt23 on Apr 16, 2008 21:01:52 GMT 1, and dont let them near a plane...
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
and dont let them near a plane... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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SNAKES HAS EGGS !!!!! EGG WATCH !!!, by snakes on Apr 16, 2008 21:04:49 GMT 1,
That would be these little buggers that raided our camp site last month!
That would be these little buggers that raided our camp site last month!
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SNAKES HAS EGGS !!!!! EGG WATCH !!!, by Heavyconsumer on Apr 16, 2008 21:12:07 GMT 1, Gorgeous snake, I always wanted one, but I'm not allowed! Feisty looking mongooses (or is it mongees?). They remind me of the koati that we have here, although I doubt that the koati would be seen fighting many snakes.
Gorgeous snake, I always wanted one, but I'm not allowed! Feisty looking mongooses (or is it mongees?). They remind me of the koati that we have here, although I doubt that the koati would be seen fighting many snakes.
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SNAKES HAS EGGS !!!!! EGG WATCH !!!, by Moron on Apr 17, 2008 1:19:10 GMT 1, beeeeg fan of snakes. I used to collect loads in Africa around 13 years ago...Love constrictors, but in this case the colours could be better. In saying that - how the hell did you cross breed these!!!(?)
beeeeg fan of snakes. I used to collect loads in Africa around 13 years ago...Love constrictors, but in this case the colours could be better. In saying that - how the hell did you cross breed these!!!(?)
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SNAKES HAS EGGS !!!!! EGG WATCH !!!, by snakes on Apr 19, 2008 18:22:44 GMT 1, beeeeg fan of snakes. I used to collect loads in Africa around 13 years ago...Love constrictors, but in this case the colours could be better. In saying that - how the hell did you cross breed these!!!(?)
They are very closely related species and can therefore interbreed. Diamond pythons naturally intergrade with carpet pythons in areas where their range over laps although these two types that I have meeting up in the wild would not happen due to their ranges being so far apart (Sydney / Cairns).
The weird things about snakes though is that even snakes from a different genus can interbreed and are still able to produce fertile offspring!
beeeeg fan of snakes. I used to collect loads in Africa around 13 years ago...Love constrictors, but in this case the colours could be better. In saying that - how the hell did you cross breed these!!!(?) They are very closely related species and can therefore interbreed. Diamond pythons naturally intergrade with carpet pythons in areas where their range over laps although these two types that I have meeting up in the wild would not happen due to their ranges being so far apart (Sydney / Cairns). The weird things about snakes though is that even snakes from a different genus can interbreed and are still able to produce fertile offspring!
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SNAKES HAS EGGS !!!!! EGG WATCH !!!, by dmandpenfold on Apr 19, 2008 18:39:17 GMT 1, snakes, how long before snakes juniors hatch?
snakes, how long before snakes juniors hatch?
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SNAKES HAS EGGS !!!!! EGG WATCH !!!, by snakes on Apr 19, 2008 18:40:44 GMT 1, should be around May 27th give or take a few days.
should be around May 27th give or take a few days.
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SNAKES HAS EGGS !!!!! EGG WATCH !!!, by Gurn on Apr 19, 2008 18:47:01 GMT 1, It's a beautiful thing,I dunno how difficult it is but I'm guessing that your snake husbandry has to be top notch to create the correct breeding conditions,good stuff fella
It's a beautiful thing,I dunno how difficult it is but I'm guessing that your snake husbandry has to be top notch to create the correct breeding conditions,good stuff fella
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SNAKES HAS EGGS !!!!! EGG WATCH !!!, by snakes on Apr 19, 2008 19:11:46 GMT 1, It's a beautiful thing,I dunno how difficult it is but I'm guessing that your snake husbandry has to be top notch to create the correct breeding conditions,good stuff fella
I have been keeping the wee beauties for the past 23 years, have kept and bred god knows how many different types species over that time, have read tonnes of books but one can still never learn enough about them.
Looking forward to my next 'bus mans' holiday to Ozzy where I can see and learn more about them in their home environment yet again! ;D
It's a beautiful thing,I dunno how difficult it is but I'm guessing that your snake husbandry has to be top notch to create the correct breeding conditions,good stuff fella I have been keeping the wee beauties for the past 23 years, have kept and bred god knows how many different types species over that time, have read tonnes of books but one can still never learn enough about them. Looking forward to my next 'bus mans' holiday to Ozzy where I can see and learn more about them in their home environment yet again! ;D
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SNAKES HAS EGGS !!!!! EGG WATCH !!!, by stillborncrisps on Apr 19, 2008 23:22:52 GMT 1, my mate's been trying to do this with his pair of corn snakes for about 6 years, but each year he either wakes up and finds the eggs have been laid in the night and one of the snakes has squashed them all, or when he's managed to transfer them in time to a separate tank they've just sat there and gone all mouldy.
Any tips, Snakes?
my mate's been trying to do this with his pair of corn snakes for about 6 years, but each year he either wakes up and finds the eggs have been laid in the night and one of the snakes has squashed them all, or when he's managed to transfer them in time to a separate tank they've just sat there and gone all mouldy. Any tips, Snakes?
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SNAKES HAS EGGS !!!!! EGG WATCH !!!, by manchestermike on Apr 19, 2008 23:40:15 GMT 1, Nice one snakes ;D
I used to have one of these beauties
Nice one snakes ;D I used to have one of these beauties
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SNAKES HAS EGGS !!!!! EGG WATCH !!!, by snakes on Apr 19, 2008 23:42:17 GMT 1, corn snakes eggs are a piece of cake, I have hatched a fair few hundred of many of the different colour morphs over the years and they were the first snake I ever bred (at about 14 years of age).
Ideally get your mate to read a book about corn snakes or check the net on their breeding behaviours and biological clocks etc...
Here is just a quick example of what you can find on the net but covers the basics:-
"First of all, it must be stressed that you should only attempt to breed your corns after doing loads of research. Your best bet would be to buy The Corn Snake Manual by Bill and Kathy Love. You should also think about what you are going to do with all the babies and whether or not you will be able to look after them until they are sold. I might also add that the minimum size that you should breed females at is around three feet. Anything much under that could seriously endanger the animal(s).
The snakes' environment must be altered before breeding to encourage brumation - this is a lot like hibernation but the snakes can still remain fairly active. Brumation is a simulated winter. Most breeders do this because it stimulates reactions in snakes that prepare them for mating the following Spring. Some breeders choose not to brumate and still get very good results. However, eggs are more likely if these changes have occurred.
The beginning of the breeding process is the 'fattening up'. This comes just before brumation to ensure that both males and females have enough nutrients to make it through the winter. Starting in September feed your snakes twice as much as usual. This means offering two items each week instead of one. Females will usually eat a little more than males.
Before you start to cool down your snakes, it is vital that their guts have been completely emptied. To do this, stop feeding and keep the temperature as normal for three or four weeks before brumation. Make sure you still provide clean water daily. When you are sure that your snakes' tummies are empty, you should cool them down to 61 degrees Fahrenheit (16 Celsius) very slowly over a two-week period. Their light should be reduced to almost nothing within this time also. Give fresh water twice a week but try not to disturb them too much. Brumation should last for around 2.5-three months. It is important not to disturb the snakes too much during this time but fresh water should be provided twice a week. The whole process of emptying guts and cooling down should start in early-mid November.
The snakes should be warmed back up over a two-week period to their normal temperature of around 85 degrees. Temp should be back to normal by early March. After about a week at the normal temperature, you may offer the animals food again. When the female has her first shed after coming out of brumation, she will be ready to mate in about a week. Place the male in her viv and wait. Copulation (mating) can take from about twenty minutes to an hour and a half. To be sure the mating has occurred, leave the male in the cage over night and remove the next day. Give both snakes a few days rest, and then reintroduce the male for a further day. This can be done four or five times and a double clutch may or may not occur. If mating has been successful then eggs should be laid in around 30-45 days.
When the female sheds, it usually means that the eggs will be laid in around 10-14 days. At this point you should place a large box with a whole cut in it in the viv so the eggs can be laid inside. The box should ideally be filled with damp sphagnum moss or paper towels and should be big enough for two snakes of her size to fit inside of. Use a box with more horizontal space than vertical. By this time, the male should long since have returned to his own cage.
Eggs will either be fertile or infertile. Healthy, fertile eggs are a plain white a slightly yellowish-white. The shape of them can be anything from oblong to nearly round and they are 0.75 to 1.5 inches (1.9-3.8 cm) in length. After a few hours, healthy eggs are smooth and dry in appearance. Infertile eggs, however, are often wet looking and very yellow. They are usually very small and sometimes dented. If you are 100% sure that eggs are infertile then you may dispose of them but it is a good idea to put all eggs in the incubator as some really odd eggs have hatched out as gorgeous, healthy babies. To be absolutely sure that these eggs don't infect the healthy ones, keep them separate from other incubating eggs by keeping them in a plastic box.
A few hours after laying, it is time to transfer the eggs from the nesting box to the incubator. If the eggs are separate you must make a pencil (not pen) mark on the top of the shell to ensure you keep them the right way up. If the eggs are in one or two big clumps then DO NOT separate them. Put a thick layer of sphagnum moss at the bottom of the incubator and lay the eggs on top. Then lay another layer of moss on top of the eggs. The moss needs to be damp, not sodden. To achieve this, soak it in water and ring out the excess.
The best temperature to keep inside the incubator is 80 Fahrenheit (27 Celsius). At this temperature, eggs will hatch in about ten weeks. Eggs can be successfully incubated at lower temperatures but be careful not to make it too hot. If the eggs are overheated then the babies can develop problems such as kinks. Many incubators do not have marked temperature dials but just plain knobs. You must experiment to find the correct level of heat before the eggs have been laid.
I should take this opportunity to remind you that you must do a huge amount of reading before attempting to breed any animal, as it is tricky and risky business"
corn snakes eggs are a piece of cake, I have hatched a fair few hundred of many of the different colour morphs over the years and they were the first snake I ever bred (at about 14 years of age).
Ideally get your mate to read a book about corn snakes or check the net on their breeding behaviours and biological clocks etc...
Here is just a quick example of what you can find on the net but covers the basics:-
"First of all, it must be stressed that you should only attempt to breed your corns after doing loads of research. Your best bet would be to buy The Corn Snake Manual by Bill and Kathy Love. You should also think about what you are going to do with all the babies and whether or not you will be able to look after them until they are sold. I might also add that the minimum size that you should breed females at is around three feet. Anything much under that could seriously endanger the animal(s).
The snakes' environment must be altered before breeding to encourage brumation - this is a lot like hibernation but the snakes can still remain fairly active. Brumation is a simulated winter. Most breeders do this because it stimulates reactions in snakes that prepare them for mating the following Spring. Some breeders choose not to brumate and still get very good results. However, eggs are more likely if these changes have occurred.
The beginning of the breeding process is the 'fattening up'. This comes just before brumation to ensure that both males and females have enough nutrients to make it through the winter. Starting in September feed your snakes twice as much as usual. This means offering two items each week instead of one. Females will usually eat a little more than males.
Before you start to cool down your snakes, it is vital that their guts have been completely emptied. To do this, stop feeding and keep the temperature as normal for three or four weeks before brumation. Make sure you still provide clean water daily. When you are sure that your snakes' tummies are empty, you should cool them down to 61 degrees Fahrenheit (16 Celsius) very slowly over a two-week period. Their light should be reduced to almost nothing within this time also. Give fresh water twice a week but try not to disturb them too much. Brumation should last for around 2.5-three months. It is important not to disturb the snakes too much during this time but fresh water should be provided twice a week. The whole process of emptying guts and cooling down should start in early-mid November.
The snakes should be warmed back up over a two-week period to their normal temperature of around 85 degrees. Temp should be back to normal by early March. After about a week at the normal temperature, you may offer the animals food again. When the female has her first shed after coming out of brumation, she will be ready to mate in about a week. Place the male in her viv and wait. Copulation (mating) can take from about twenty minutes to an hour and a half. To be sure the mating has occurred, leave the male in the cage over night and remove the next day. Give both snakes a few days rest, and then reintroduce the male for a further day. This can be done four or five times and a double clutch may or may not occur. If mating has been successful then eggs should be laid in around 30-45 days.
When the female sheds, it usually means that the eggs will be laid in around 10-14 days. At this point you should place a large box with a whole cut in it in the viv so the eggs can be laid inside. The box should ideally be filled with damp sphagnum moss or paper towels and should be big enough for two snakes of her size to fit inside of. Use a box with more horizontal space than vertical. By this time, the male should long since have returned to his own cage.
Eggs will either be fertile or infertile. Healthy, fertile eggs are a plain white a slightly yellowish-white. The shape of them can be anything from oblong to nearly round and they are 0.75 to 1.5 inches (1.9-3.8 cm) in length. After a few hours, healthy eggs are smooth and dry in appearance. Infertile eggs, however, are often wet looking and very yellow. They are usually very small and sometimes dented. If you are 100% sure that eggs are infertile then you may dispose of them but it is a good idea to put all eggs in the incubator as some really odd eggs have hatched out as gorgeous, healthy babies. To be absolutely sure that these eggs don't infect the healthy ones, keep them separate from other incubating eggs by keeping them in a plastic box.
A few hours after laying, it is time to transfer the eggs from the nesting box to the incubator. If the eggs are separate you must make a pencil (not pen) mark on the top of the shell to ensure you keep them the right way up. If the eggs are in one or two big clumps then DO NOT separate them. Put a thick layer of sphagnum moss at the bottom of the incubator and lay the eggs on top. Then lay another layer of moss on top of the eggs. The moss needs to be damp, not sodden. To achieve this, soak it in water and ring out the excess.
The best temperature to keep inside the incubator is 80 Fahrenheit (27 Celsius). At this temperature, eggs will hatch in about ten weeks. Eggs can be successfully incubated at lower temperatures but be careful not to make it too hot. If the eggs are overheated then the babies can develop problems such as kinks. Many incubators do not have marked temperature dials but just plain knobs. You must experiment to find the correct level of heat before the eggs have been laid.
I should take this opportunity to remind you that you must do a huge amount of reading before attempting to breed any animal, as it is tricky and risky business"
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SNAKES HAS EGGS !!!!! EGG WATCH !!!, by snakes on Apr 19, 2008 23:43:08 GMT 1, Nice one snakes ;D I used to have one of these beauties
Hmmm Taiwanese?
Nice one snakes ;D I used to have one of these beauties Hmmm Taiwanese?
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SNAKES HAS EGGS !!!!! EGG WATCH !!!, by manchestermike on Apr 19, 2008 23:49:40 GMT 1, Nice one snakes ;D I used to have one of these beauties Hmmm Taiwanese?
Indeed matey...
Nice one snakes ;D I used to have one of these beauties Hmmm Taiwanese? Indeed matey...
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SNAKES HAS EGGS !!!!! EGG WATCH !!!, by kj on Apr 20, 2008 0:56:04 GMT 1, I always wanted a blue beauty. went to buy one once... ended up buying a hatchling leucistic texas rat and rehoming a 5.5ft yellow rat instead. no idea how that happened!
my friends dropping off his two cornsnakes tomorrow. hes bored of them. he cooled them and the male's become frisky as hell so i'm going to try introducing them, see what happens. it'll be my first and the snakes' first so i'm not holding my breath but stranger things have happened!
(you ever seen the carpet python/green tree python hybrid? i think they're calling it a carpondro. totally unnatural but strangely pretty. basically a slightly more arboreal carpet python with a greenish tinge.)
I always wanted a blue beauty. went to buy one once... ended up buying a hatchling leucistic texas rat and rehoming a 5.5ft yellow rat instead. no idea how that happened!
my friends dropping off his two cornsnakes tomorrow. hes bored of them. he cooled them and the male's become frisky as hell so i'm going to try introducing them, see what happens. it'll be my first and the snakes' first so i'm not holding my breath but stranger things have happened!
(you ever seen the carpet python/green tree python hybrid? i think they're calling it a carpondro. totally unnatural but strangely pretty. basically a slightly more arboreal carpet python with a greenish tinge.)
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