Question regarding new eggs

[jeanniekerns]

We just found out my daughters snake has four eggs. How do we tell how long she has had them. She is in a very large cage in the back of it with her eggs, but she didn't notice until she went to clean the cage that she had them.

[snakesRkewl]

I'd bet those aren't very old, are you set up for incubating?

[bad-one]

I'd bet those aren't very old, are you set up for incubating?

I'd agree


Were you expecting these eggs?

[jeanniekerns]

Not at all.... They had told us she was a he.. So my daughter was not expecting them at all.. She is going with Maternal Incubating though... She won't let her get near her at all.. And the cage is too big to grab her with a towel. She keeps going in the water bowl and then laying back on the eggs. Not sure where to go from here.

[Mrgbb]

Not at all.... They had told us she was a he.. So my daughter was not expecting them at all.. She is going with Maternal Incubating though... She won't let her get near her at all.. And the cage is too big to grab her with a towel. She keeps going in the water bowl and then laying back on the eggs. Not sure where to go from here.

shes doing that to keep the moisture on the eggs up... you should buy a little spray bottle and spray the tank every once in a while. other than that they should be out in 50 or so days..


good luck!

[jeanniekerns]

She has been spraying them every few hours just to keep the moisture up.. Is the denting normal?

[Mrgbb]

yea actually the dimples are good. that means the moisture levels are good if the dimples start to fill in, the humidity has to be raised (by more frequent spraying).... well if theres anything else i would be glad to try and answer your questions.

[jeanniekerns]

Honestly we have no idea what to do. She thought she had 5 males.. So the idea of breeding never came up. We are not even sure who did what... Does she try and feed her? She also has the other four males in the tank with her, but since the tank is so big, they are not even going near her.. Any suggestions would be great!

[snakesRkewl]

It seems maternally incubated eggs dimple faster than in an incubator due to lower humidity.

Keeping humidity up high enough in that enclosure IMO is going to be almost impossible.
Wood soaks up humidity and to get 80%+ humidity in there is probably not going to happen.

I'd be quickly throwing an incubator together or calling some local breeder to incubate for you or something.
I just kind of doubt you can keep them humid enough in that enclosure.

What is that cord?
Is that a human heating pad?

[Mrgbb]

or another thing you can do is go get a plastic bin from kmart or something like that and make a little enclosure for her to stay in for now.