Where would corn snakes lay their eggs in the wild?

[Cirith Ungol]

That question puzzles me. At the moment I am fighting to get the right temperature in an incubator... this makes me wonder where on earth a corn snake would find a place to lay her eggs in the wild if they are to be kept at an optimum of a constant 28 degrees? A dungpile perhaps?

 

[Wade]

The recomended temperatures for snake egg incubation are the result of trial and error on the part of hobbyists over the years. It does not reflect a requirement the wild eggs meet, but rather a system that works developed by keepers. Corn snakes are one of the easiests snakes to breed, and a precise, constant temp isnt really necessary, otherwise so many beginners wouldn't succeed. If you can afford a really precise incubator, then get one, but the small styrofoam incubators sold for hatching poultry can be adapted for reptile egg use and their usually pretty inexpensive from farm store.

In the wild, there would not be a constant temp, but instead it would fluctuate, up during the day and down at night. Typically, they will lay eggs under logs, leaf litter, stones or other such cover.

Wade

 

[Cirith Ungol]

I guess you see where (why) I started wondering what the snakes had come up with. I've build my own incubator and am battling it for the right temperature right now... For now it looks as if I'm going to be the victor

 

[MilkmanWes]

Outdoors....