How to handle the eggs?

The side they are laid is the side that is correctly "up". The mamma snake does not need to do any sort of adjusting, up isn't a given so much as it becomes "up" once the eggs are lain because that's how everything settles. It's only disturbing them after the fact that can cause problems.

There are benefits to separating. The main one is, if an egg goes bad or needs attention, you have equal access to every egg. Murphy's law states that if an egg needs attention, and you haven't separated them, it will be the egg in the center of the pile.

I will be separating my eggs this year. Struggled with mold last year and from my experience it is much easier to just toss a bad separated egg rather than risk the rest of the clutch. I'm well aware of people leaving eggs clumped up and infertile or bad eggs moulding and not effecting the rest of the clutch, but one ad experience for me was enough :)


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I will pull apart if I can. I have also been able to collect the "jello" eggs and they feel really funky. (eggs fresh out of the female)
I rather separate them for ease of placing in tubs.

Thanks for all the good info. I've thought long and hard over whether or not I wanted to breed and I def want to give it a shot. It's awesome to have so much experience in one community. Thanks!

Thanks for the replies! Well, good to know that there ARE risks in not separating them now...? LOL

So assuming I can only separate one or two eggs, and the rest are really stuck together, how often do you try to pull them apart again after they've been in the incubator? How often do you check?

I wouldn't try to mess with them once you put them in the incubator unless you see signs of molding or other problems. The less you bother the eggs the better.