my BP laid eggs after 11 years. help?

[Bogertophis]

It's entirely possible that any eggs that look "good" (white, not deformed or slimy) may be viable. It's unlikely from mating (back in the pet store she was likely in with other snakes, but that's a long time ago), rather it's more likely parthenogenetic eggs ("partho" for short), accomplished solely by the mom snake & prone to defects, even if they hatch.

Your call if you want to try incubating them- I've done that before, & I currently have a couple snakes that are laying a bunch of eggs- they do this every year. Most are obvious slugs, but I've hatched 3 of them in the past. These snakes are now about 16 years old, & as they get older, fewer of their eggs look any good, but every year for the last 10 or so, they've each done double clutches- these girls are determined to reproduce! BTW, mine are Florida rat snakes (Yellow x Gulf Hammock x Everglades).

If you don't wish to incubate any, just freeze them all for a while to make sure they're non-viable before discarding. You might watch them for a while first, if you want- "good" eggs will develop veins that you can see when you candle them...it's pretty cool. But then it gets REALLY tempting to go all the way & see if they'll hatch- fair warning, lol.

BTW, in the past, I have deliberately bred various kinds of snakes & successfully hatched many offspring (not BPs). I strongly suggest that IF you want to incubate the eggs, that you separate them very gently & only keep the good ones. When freshly laid, they separate much easier- you have to keep the same orientation (don't turn or roll them); if you drip just a drop of water on the point of contact between eggs, it's much easier to separate them, but go slow. If all the eggs are left in a clump, the bad ones start to stink & draw flies, which can also affect any good ones.