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Snake layed eggs!

Thanks for that tidbit, ladies. I didn't think about the more moderate range for safety - I'm fairly new at this myself. I'll keep 84-ish in mind as an upper figure for future conversations.
 
Well I got my incubator to a stable 81 degrees. On closer inspection of the eggs I am almost 100% sure they are slugs. :( Are they supposed to be pure white? Because mine have a yellowish tint to them. Oh I so wish they are fertile, but pretty sure they aren’t :(.
 
Well I got my incubator to a stable 81 degrees. On closer inspection of the eggs I am almost 100% sure they are slugs. :( Are they supposed to be pure white? Because mine have a yellowish tint to them. Oh I so wish they are fertile, but pretty sure they aren’t :(. Oh , and some are attatched with a thin floss like string. Is this normal?
 
Eggs don't have to be PURE WHITE to be fertile. I've had some with quite a yellowish tint to them that hatched.... AND had a few that were bone white but appear to have always been slugs because they never developed ANY veins. So don't go on color alone.

As far as the strings, that does happen from time to time. I wouldn't worry about it. 81 degrees is a good temperature.

If you've never hatched snakes, I really would do you a disservice if I didn't point out that having live viable babies hatch out of eggs is one of the most ADDICTING experiences. It's the hatching season that I look forward to all year long!

Anyway, thought I would share. :)
 
One thing I am worried about is that I may have done some damage to the eggs when I moved them from the cage to the incubator. She would not move to let me get to the eggs so some of them moved while I was removing her from the eggs. I hope I didn’t kill them!
 
Snake eggs are very hardy creatures.... if they have what it takes to survive, chances are they will. If they moved while you were transferring them and you put them back in the same position they started in, they should be fine. A short time where they are in another position should do them no lasting harm.
 
Hi, Sydney. One way to tell if your eggs are slugs or not is whether they stuck together as a clump. Since it looks like your female laid most of them in a group, did they come out as a clump when you lifted them up? Good eggs are barely damp when laid, and as they dry off a bit, they'll stick together. Slugs tend to stay sorta damp and slick feeling, and they don't stick together well.
 
No, none of them stuck together. I am pretty sure they are slugs. :( But I may keep incubating them anyway. Thanks sooo much for the help everyone!
 
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