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Remove Large Water Bowls For Gravid Females!!

Nanci

Nanci

Alien Lover
Just getting the word out there for new breeders. Momma snakes will not always lay their eggs in the nice nest box you provide. Some will choose the water bowl. The eggs then drown fairly rapidly. So the safest way to avoid this problem is to remove the female's large water bowl when you are done pairing the snakes and replace it with a bowl so small that she cannot get into it.
 
Great tip. I actually just did this since we have one we are having a hard time telling if she is gravid. (She always has that gravid attitude year round).
 
Thanks for the wisdom!

Nanci
Just wanted to say thanks for sharing your wisdom.
 
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That's a lesson I learned the hard way with my very first clutch of eggs. Fortunately she had only laid one before I noticed where she had laid it....and that one definitely went bad right away.
 
Wow, I'm about a week away from my first clutch and I didn't know that. You probably saved a whole little family of snakes with that post! Thanks!
 
Yep, I found this out the hard way with a pair of Kisatchies. Came home and found all 15 of her eggs drowned. :( I had only done ball pythons in the past, and did not know this about colubrids. :/

But now I know and the same mistake will not happen again!!!
 
Just a reminder- it's that time of year again! If your female has been breeding, and is now blue, it's time to set her up with a lay box and a small water bowl, even if you don't _think_ she's gravid!!
 
Removed my bloodred's large bowl. Smaller bowl wasn't small enough because she still coiled up in it and laid most of her eggs.
 
Geez. I use bowls that would be appropriate for hatchlings- 3" diameter. Hopefully you got them out in time.
 
From the home page of cornsnakes.com, scroll way down to the bottom. Members have personal forums down there. Mine is Nanci's SnickerSnakes, I think. Lots of stickies!
 
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