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I just noticed that you're from Missouri. Me too.

It's illegal in MO to sell species native to MO so since the speckled king is native you cannot sell them. Also you won't be able to buy one, even an albino one, in MO.

Just a head's up. You are, however, allowed to own 5 nonvenomous native species w/o a permit.
 
Yes i was aware that I can't sell them or buy one in MO. What part of MO. you from? I live just outside of Cape Girardeau. I'm not lookin to make any money on kingsnakes i'll probably give all the babies away or release them. My boas should make up for any money i'm out for taking on any kings.

Thanks,
Joe Henderson

1.1 '04 100% het albino
1.0 '04 Albino 66% het Anery
0.1 '04 Anery
0.1 '03 Normal
0.1 '02 Normal
0.1 '?? Speckled Kingsnake
1.1 '05 Patternless Leo
0.1 '05 Striped Leo
 
I'm not too far from you, Fredericktown. I just bought 1.3 baby BCIs that were born May 05 this year. Mine have a small chance of being het albino because their papa is 100 het. albino proven two years ago. Do you ever go to the St. Louis reptile shows? There are two next month. One in South County and one is Bridgeton.
 
You are closer to me than you think. I live on Hwy 72...5 miles east of Millersville. No unfortunately I've never been to a show at all. I've always wanted to go to one, but between work and my chitlins(kids) I can't quite fit it into my schedule. Maybe I can give you a hand in proving out one or two of those possibles with my male albino. At the rate he's goin he should have no problems bein ready to go by next year. I know your girls won't be ready for a while but i thought I'd offer now anyways. I don't want to get into trouble for bein off topic so...I just think a kingsnake project will be a good learning experience for me.

Joe Henderson
 
Update, one of my eggs is starting to turn yellow. Is this not good or normal? The rest are still looking great.
 
I'm only an FNG when it comes to egg incubation, but I would say thats not the most promising sign for that egg, although I might not give up all hope on it quite yet. I would however make sure it is isolated from the other eggs and watched closely for further deterioration.
 
There are many colors that eggs can turn.... they can turn white and fuzzy (treat with listerine on a q-tip)... no big deal... they can turn blue and green (hide so a child can find it at easter, that's about the only good use).... sometimes they seem to get a little yellowish, but that ALONE is not a bad or a good sign. If they start to get ooey gooey to the touch and seepy and weepy, that's a bad sign.... but just slightly more yellow than the rest? Ah well.

Many people incubate eggs regardless of their seeming chances and I've heard of perfect babies slicing their way out of eggs that are fungus factories extraordinaire

One of my king eggs that is on day 60 is starting to get a little slimey spot. Could be bad news.
 
So if I have a clutch of colubrid eggs that are white and I have one that starts to turn yellow, I should pay no particular attention to its placement in relation to the other eggs or otherwise? What about candling the entire clutch right off the bat and candling that yellow turning egg whilst it is yellowing?

Like I said, I'm a FNG too incubation.
 
You get a clutch of eggs... you candle the eggs and see veins in all the eggs but one... do you pitch it, or think that maybe you didn't candle it right.... so you incubate it anyway.

It's good to know which eggs might not make it... but then incubate em anyway... just in case!
 
Ophis said:
So if I have a clutch of colubrid eggs that are white and I have one that starts to turn yellow, I should pay no particular attention to its placement in relation to the other eggs or otherwise?
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And on this?
 
I don't know what you mean by "in relation to other eggs" ....

Good eggs hatch, bad eggs rot.... good eggs next to rotten bad eggs still hatch.
 
Sasheena said:
I don't know what you mean by "in relation to other eggs" ....

Good eggs hatch, bad eggs rot.... good eggs next to rotten bad eggs still hatch.
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I meant physical contact. I myself would use the protocol I previously posted . If an egg started to become noticably yellow or showed other signs of deterioration, I would physically isolate it from the other eggs and monitor it closely for further deterioration.
 
Last year I had eggs go back that were in clumps, and because I had my eggs in boxes with air holes AND had to put my egg boxes in my less-than-pristine mouse-house during an AC disaster in the house, I got maggots. I carefully removed those two maggoty king eggs from the clutch of 12 eggs.

This year, using airtight boxes, I had two eggs start to go bad in a clump of 16 king eggs. I ended up putting vermiculite over the bad eggs, and now they look like little brown raisins, and the eggs next to them are perfectly fine.

BAsically if it is in a clump, I bury it, if it's not touching or adhered to any other egg and it goes bad, I pitch it.
 
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