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TB Snakes I am a hobbyist trying to produce extraordinary colubrids, boas and pythons.

I was successful to hatch some Savu Pythons this year! This picture is them straight out of the egg with huge bellies fu...
10/12/2025

I was successful to hatch some Savu Pythons this year! This picture is them straight out of the egg with huge bellies full of yolk.

RSP Maternal Incubation Update:‘Regret’ in herpetoculture is spelled: “M.I.”Today is day 75 for these eggs- my average i...
08/24/2025

RSP Maternal Incubation Update:

‘Regret’ in herpetoculture is spelled: “M.I.”

Today is day 75 for these eggs- my average incubation time has been 63 days forrough scaled pythons. I had hoped it was just taking a bit longer- however today the top egg had a slit in it, I’m not sure if it was a pip or just a rip. I removed the female and cut the eggs open. There were 11 eggs total, at least 9 of which were fertile. Two eggs (the ones on the top of the clutch) were completely developed, three eggs toward the bottom died early in development and the four on the second level of the clutch died before their pigment came in- which is pretty far into development. So I don’t believe this was a case where they couldn’t get out of the eggs on their own- I think the environmental factors were not sufficient to allow their development.

My initial feeling is that it was too cool. The data logger on the lid of the lay box reported an average temp of 83 degrees. With a low of 79 and a high of 89. I did not witness the female shivering or twitching like you see some pythons do.

The average humidity was in the low 70’s. I think either one of these factors could have been overcome with success, but possibly not both at the same time.

The title of this post is a bit tongue in cheek. While yes, I would have loved to have a second clutch of roughies this year hatch, I was happy to watch this female perform her duties and learn something in the process. And the risk of losing the eggs was worth the elation I would have experienced seeing them emerge from her coils.

Baby caramel albino Sumatran Short Tailed Pythons have hatched!
08/20/2025

Baby caramel albino Sumatran Short Tailed Pythons have hatched!

Roughie maternal incubation update: 55 days in, about 1 week to go! The eggs look like stale marshmallows, and she’s bee...
08/04/2025

Roughie maternal incubation update: 55 days in, about 1 week to go! The eggs look like stale marshmallows, and she’s been attentive to them, leaving them a couple times a day to do a lap through the branches and go back to them.

It’s been a couple years since I’ve had Savu Python eggs. I had hoped to leave these with her, but she was laying on the...
07/27/2025

It’s been a couple years since I’ve had Savu Python eggs. I had hoped to leave these with her, but she was laying on them more than coiling them up and I pulled them.

Rough Scaled Python maternal incubation update:I snapped a photo today when I saw her leave the eggs. Two eggs obviously...
07/20/2025

Rough Scaled Python maternal incubation update:
I snapped a photo today when I saw her leave the eggs. Two eggs obviously didn’t make it. The others- while ugly- still look good. An interesting thing to note is how the bad eggs appear to not have had any effect on the rest of the clutch. Oftentimes, during artificial incubation, when one egg goes bad, the surrounding eggs are also affected.

Diamond Python eggs today! 💎
06/21/2025

Diamond Python eggs today! 💎

Seeking inspiration!! These cages are blank canvases I’d like to make really nice. The top row will be rough scaled pyt...
06/19/2025

Seeking inspiration!! These cages are blank canvases I’d like to make really nice. The top row will be rough scaled pythons, the middle and bottom will be Boiga melanota and Boiga cyanea. Plant species idea, perch mounting techniques, all comments and ideas welcome.. the bottom rows are 4 x 2 x 2 and the top is 4 x 2 x 3’.

Maternal incubation update: SHE LEFT THE EGGS!Today while working, I noticed this female leave the nest box. The tempera...
06/19/2025

Maternal incubation update: SHE LEFT THE EGGS!
Today while working, I noticed this female leave the nest box. The temperature on top of the lay box (where the data logger is located) is 85 degrees. This is not unusual, and does not mean she has abandoned her clutch. I have had other pythons leave their eggs to drink water, eat, bask and even shed their skin before returning to coil back around their eggs. It appears there are 10 to 12 eggs in the mass. I’m not going to disturb them today to find out exactly. One egg on top of the mass appears to be developing a window otherwise the clutch looks pretty good.

Here’s the second clutch of rough scaled pythons for 2025. This is a first time female I hatched out of my first clutch ...
06/15/2025

Here’s the second clutch of rough scaled pythons for 2025. This is a first time female I hatched out of my first clutch of rough scaled pythons back in 2019. To add another first; I am going to leave the eggs with her to incubate maternally-my first experience doing that with this species. Guess how many eggs there will be in the comments!

One of my main goals this year was to breed mangrove snakes again. In my experience, pairing these snakes can go wrong r...
06/02/2025

One of my main goals this year was to breed mangrove snakes again. In my experience, pairing these snakes can go wrong really quickly if the female isn’t in the mood. Fortunately, this clutch-the result of a single lock- was a good one. Now to forget about them for 4 months until they hatch. 😆

The clutches are adding up now. I found this Rhino Ratsnake clutch and a Baron’s Racer clutch today. Rhinos always seem ...
06/02/2025

The clutches are adding up now. I found this Rhino Ratsnake clutch and a Baron’s Racer clutch today. Rhinos always seem so protective of their eggs to me.

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