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[Mom2Four]

Hello, I am new here. We are always catching and releasing snakes here at our little farm. I take them to the schools and do a show and tell for my children's classes. after identifying and show and telling we release. Just yesterday we found a beautiful long sleek black racer in our neighbors rock wall, upon inspection we could tell she had been laying eggs, (cloeca (sp) was open. We lifted the rocks to find 21 black racer eggs. Soooo long story short I am here to figure out how to incubate and hatch the eggs. My neighbor HATES snakes and wanted them destroyed. I couldn't imagine destroying harmless snake eggs.. sooo I rescued them, put them on moist paper towels in a rubbermaid container, outside where it is warmer, but I have never done this myself, as I had never handled a snake until last year, when I finally got brave enough to start holding the baby snakes we found.

I am off to search for more info.

Thanks,
Mom2Four

[Stefan-A]

Welcome aboard.

[gregmonsta]

Greetings

[adamanteus]

Hello, and welcome to the forum.

[Snake lover 3-25]

welcome to the forum!

[drache]

welcome to the forum and good luck with those eggs

[count dewclaw]

Welcome, welcome!

[Sid]

Hello and welcome to the forum. I have good luck haching reptile eggs by simply placing them in a deli cup with decaying wood. The cup need tiny vent hole in the sides. Mist the wood good and put the lid on. Keep an eye on condensate on the lid. If it strarts to dry out, re-mist and put the lid baack on. I keep the container in my garage so it stays warm, but out of direct sun light. Works great for me.

[guidofatherof5]

Nice to have you on the forum.
Settle in, you're amoungst friends.

[Mom2Four]

Hello and welcome to the forum. I have good luck haching reptile eggs by simply placing them in a deli cup with decaying wood. The cup need tiny vent hole in the sides. Mist the wood good and put the lid on. Keep an eye on condensate on the lid. If it strarts to dry out, re-mist and put the lid baack on. I keep the container in my garage so it stays warm, but out of direct sun light. Works great for me.

Thanks, I have them on damp paper towels in a plastic container. I will make sure they get to a dark place.. they are in the shade outside so the temp stays similar to where the mother laid them.

I can't find any info on here, but is there a way to tell if they are fertilized or not. We raise chickens for eggs, and they obviously lay eggs without a rooster sometimes. Will snakes do this also??

I will try to post some pictures of mom and eggs if I can get them uploaded to the computer.