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Posted by Terry Cox on February 16, 2002 at 07:53:15:

In Reply to: eggs... posted by Jim Demirjian on February 15, 2002 at 22:12:33:

They do the best they can to get those babies to hatch out, but there are some losses in wild clutches too. As a matter of fact, we seem to work out a lot of the bugs in captivity, and probably have better success than most wild hatch rates. It still bugs me that occassionally one is born with a kinked back. Wish I knew what caused that. Maybe it's just genetic.

: these eggs were found buried under sand and old decaying carpeting. Finding (without destroying) clutches of eggs from elaphe or close relatives can help with determining good medium or other key notes for captive incubation methods. I had several dead-in-egg snakes last year, and some previous years also. I note this because I am still in awe of an animals sense of know-how.
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: They do the best they can to get those babies to hatch out, but there are some losses in wild clutches too. As a matter of fact, we seem to work out a lot of the bugs in captivity, and probably have better success than most wild hatch rates. It still bugs me that occassionally one is born with a kinked back. Wish I knew what caused that. Maybe it's just genetic. : TC : : these eggs were found buried under sand and old decaying carpeting. Finding (without destroying) clutches of eggs from elaphe or close relatives can help with determining good medium or other key notes for captive incubation methods. I had several dead-in-egg snakes last year, and some previous years also. I note this because I am still in awe of an animals sense of know-how. : : JD : : <center><img src="http://www.jdtails.com/newpics/eggs03.jpg"><center>

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