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her first egg! (and mine)

hissylover

hissylover

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so i get home from shopping to find an egg in my little stormy's cage! i had provided her a shoe box, but she laid the egg out in the open next to a hide. what should i do? she is in the shoe box now, should i move the egg in there? how will i know when she is done? how many will she lay? i don't have an incubator, how can i incubate the eggs? i read on here that someone used a shoe box and put it in a closet, can i do the same thing? there is damp paper towel in there now, do i have to keep changing it to keep it damp? the egg is smooth and white and oblong, looks like a good egg. i can't believe something that size came out of her! she is only a year and a half. any help is greatly appreciated!
 
Wait was she actually bred?
Or are these just duds. And if she was bred I feel I must ask why at such a young age. I suggest keeping a VERY close eye on her she's way too young to be laying eggs and is going to be much more exhausted than the usual female after laying a clutch. Make sure you get a smaller than usual meal in her after she's had a chance to rest when the clutch is done.
 
She was not bred on purpose. We thought we had two males and the place we got them from at the reptile show said they could cohab. Well obviously not! We will keep them seperate from now on. She has given me 5 eggs and seems okay. She does look a little flat by her rear end though. I will offer her a fuzzy tonight probably. I will just be keeping a close eye on her! The eggs look good, but I guess we will see!
 
Good for you to seperate them for the health of your snakes.

I'm gonna keep this bumped for you if you're still planning on keeping the eggs as frankly that's not my area of knowledge.

But do be aware that females can retain sperm so don't be *entirely* suprised if sometime down the road (supposedly even up to a year) that she lays more eggs.
 
I would suggest looking for a reptile veterinarian in your area, in case there are any complications. The general rule of thumb around here for breeders is to never breed females under three years old, 300 grams, and three feet long. Any less than that, and it can definitely cause health complications.
 
She ate a fuzzy quit easily and eagerly and is now resting in her cage under her newspaper. Does this mean she will be ok or can complications arise later?
 
You're going to want to firmly (but gently!) run your hand down the snake's body to feel for any lumps (eggs). If you don't feel any, then it would seem your snake has probably dodged a bullet. Assuming she can keep her meal down and continues without any feeding/digestion issues.

Make sure you do this after your snake has digested the meal you just fed her... I'd recommend you wait three or four days till you check to see if there are any more eggs.
 
First congrats, Move the eggs gently into a a seperate container/ breeder box. Mark the tops with pencil before doing this you do not want to roll them. Find a nice warm place for them or incubate them if you have an incubator. Since you have fed her I would give her 2 days to digest and then look for signs of anymore eggs. I think if you look at her you should be able to tell, but like Bobby mention running your hand down her will help confirm this. Usually after laying eggs the female will shed. If she will except food before that make sure it is a smaller meal. Small meals every 5 days is what I do for the first 2 weeks and then slowly build up to her normal size prey item. As far as complication, When you check her for more eggs make sure to look at her closely. You should make sure you have your vets number handy. But it does sound like she is done with the tough parts.
 
it looks like your questions about the eggs have been answered, so here is my recipe for an incubator:

get a styrofoam cooler like this:
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put a UTH heater in the bottom that is hooked to a thermostat. I like to use the flexwatt viv type but you have to wire it yourself. You can use a heat mat from zoomed or something like that if it fits the WHOLE bottom. i use a 10 gallon size heater. (the size of the bottom of a 5 gal tank)

Put 4 water bottles that are full on the heat mat.
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Put a rubbermaid lid cut so it is snug in the cooler on top of the bottles
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put 2 bottles on each side and put in your egg box. You can use a couple different designs for egg boxes, but I use one for better humidity. Put water in the bottom of the container. Put something in there to keep the water away from directly touching the eggs that still lets the humidity to rise up. Put down a bed of sphagnum moss, put the eggs on it, and cover them up with damp moss.
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air seal the top of the tank but dig a small hole in the top to let the chords in it.
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I think I covered all of that so just tell me if I missed something in the formula!!


[P.S. the whole incubator cost under 10 dollars not including the thermostat!]
 
That is a neat incubator, I use a hovabator. I bought mine for 50 bucks at the local co-op store. Then I bought a $10 thermometer from walmart. Infact it is the same one you are using(infront of the cooler/incubator.
 
thanks! :)
Whats nice about this design is the cost is so low. and that happens because most of this stuff is just stuff you have laying around. i used a spare heat mat, an old rubbermaid lid laying around, old water bottles re-filled, and an old veggie steamer. I only had to buy the cooler and the thermostat. but if you use this recipe for a hemostat, you keep it under $20!
 
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