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Originally Posted by wilomn
Some snakes, like some women, will reproduce with very little "extra meat" on them. I had one little girl, on the thin side, that I did not have in with a male and she laid 7 slugs all on her own. The thing is, even though they were infertile and small, she never really went off feed or swelled up.
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Was this female ever bred before? I've had pueblan milks come right out of brumation and lay fertile clutches without breeding during that time. I attribute this to sperm retention. It happened with several females during one season.
This season(2004) I had a female brooks king give me 24 eggs in a first clutch and 19 in a second, and all but one were fertile. Here's a pic of the big brute in all her glory. She's well over 5' and weighs about 4 lbs. I'm anxious to see what she does this year.
Brandon Osborne