hi peeps the female is 2 yrs old and the male is 3 yrs old they have bred before but not when iv owned them she is only laying 1 egg at a time and they have all died i dont have an incubator but i do have an old viv with heat mat and lamp but im not sure if thats gonna be any good so im realy stuck i cant wait for her to have little baby corns im gonna give one to my lil bro as he loves snakes as much as i do i really want her to lay all her eggs without me causing them to die so any more info will be much appriceated many thanks martin
ive neva bred snakes but from pics and videos i have seen putting the eggs on some damp spagnum moss or damp vermiculite in a lunch box or soemthing like that to keep them humid then placing the tub on a heat matt should do fine, not sure on what temps they should be though. when you move the eggs be sure to keep them in the same position as turning them will drown the embryos.
cheers mate ive got some moss i know that they have to be kept at 27 degrees so what im gonna try is putting the eggs in a lunch box or somthing similar keep the moss damp and put it on a heat mat hopefully she will lay the rest in there and hopefully they will hatch but what is vermiculite and what should i do about her laying them 1 at a time and should i seperate the male and female beacuse he might move the eggs thanks for all your help martin
if you put the box in the viv and cut a hole in the lid she will go in on her own and lay them. vermiculite does the same job as the moss (dont qoute me on this) but i think it may hold the moisture abit better and will last longer. how old is the female and what weight is she? im not sure about seperating them, but if they are left together he might try and mate her again. a female uses a lot of her resources to make and lay eggs and would probbably stress her out if she is pestered by the male
She's too young to breed, no wonder they're not fertile and you're probably lucky that she's had no complications. If you keep allowing them to breed she could end up egg-bound and possibly die too.
ii think the female has to be 3years 3feet and 300g before you breed her otherwise she can die. i would remove the male untill she is 3 3 3. let her lay all her eggs then incubate them an just hope for the best but dont expect too much. maybe just buy your little brother a hatchling, then when its old enough you can have another morph to breed with.
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