Quote Originally Posted by anatess View Post
Awesome Aztec! For next time, try feeding mama snake on the same schedule even when she's on the eggs. My snake ate every 10 days throughout the incubation process.

During the first 2 feed schedules, we would unwrap mama off her eggs and feed her in a separate container (this is our normal feeding process - we feed in a separate container because we offer live rats and the snakes live in a super-decorated viv that has tons of nooks and crannies that the rat can hide in and poop on, etc.). Mama snake was the "evil snake from hell" while incubating - she goes into strike mode the second you open the tub and we just got tired of having to wrap her head in a towel and all that jazz just so we can move her to a separate container. So, for the rest of the feedings, we would just drop the rat in the tub and she would uncoil half her body off the eggs, strike and eat while half her body is still around the eggs. Quite amazing to see.
Thanks i'll have to give it a try next time, didn't take long for her to get her weight back on plus some, I think she's getting this year off unless I find a nice male to stick with her.