My Wild Snake Layed Eggs Last Night! Are they Fertial?

[AndrewBiddar]

i had some wild snake i picked up, a Black Racer, lay eggs in its 120gal. tank, this is the picture of its eggs, wondering if they are duds? some look circuler and really white wile others are oval and kinda mushie and tan color,

maybe one of u guys have knowledge of snakes

http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/7986/snakeg.jpg



2 left ones and top middle one are the ones that are really white, somewhat hard, rest are mushie and all different sizes

 

[Tleilaxu]

If you took her from the wild as an adult, yes they will be ferile so get the good looking ones into a proper incubator ASAP.And it is natural for snakes to lay "duds" as well. Snake eggs also feel weird and pliable as well. The tan mushy ones are duds so get rid of them.

How to make a simple incubator.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/254463/how_to_make_a_simple_reptile_incubator.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbUbHu3exX4&feature=related

A REALLY SIMPLE design. Although they say its for leopard geckos it will work for your snake as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvOgZBFeug8&feature=related

You can also look online for how to make a simple incubator... If you can understand what she is saying she has a good design.

 

[pitbulllady]

One VERY, VERY important thing to remember about reptile eggs is that once they sit in a position for a few hours, sometimes less, the embryos attach themselves to the shells in that position and an air bubble forms up at the top to supply the embryo with oxygen during development. If you change the position of the egg, you kill the embryo. This is the opposite from bird eggs, which must be turned every few hours to avoid having the embyros become stuck. I incubate Colubrid eggs in Perlite inside a plastic Stealite shoe box. I fill the box to approximately half-way to the top with Pearlite(available at Wal-Mart, Lowe's, or any garden center or pool center), and add water until the Pearlite is wet enough to stick to my hand if I stick my hand in it, but not so wet that I can squeeze water out of it. I place the eggs in as close to the same position that the mother left them in slightly down into the Pearlite, but not buried, and place the box(with lid in place)in a place where there will be a fairly consistent temperature of around 80 degrees and where it won't get knocked off by nosey cats, kids or other disruptive influences. Using a water bottle set on mist, I keep the dampness of the Pearlite the same by checking every several days. Incubation times vary, but generally it takes most Colubrid eggs between 70 and 120 days to hatch. Snake eggs aren't hard-shelled like bird eggs and will undergo some color changes and shape changes as they develop, but if an egg turns really dark and/or collapses, you can throw that one out. Snakes almost always lay one or two infertile eggs that won't hatch, anyway. DO NOT MOVE THE EGGS from their position, since it will kill the embyros as I said earlier. If you have to pick one up, take a pencil and mark an "x" on the top so you know to keep that side up(I do that anyway, plus put a number to indicate the order each egg was laid, if I am able to be there when the female is laying them). Eggs usually hatch in the order that they were laid, so you will have an idea of which ones to expect slits to appear in first.

pitbulllady