The past couple of weeks have seen a lot of egg laying. Below is a short sequence of my Spanish locale Ladder Ratsnake pushing an egg out. I now have two clutches of Ladder Ratsnake eggs, one from my French animals now these.


My beautiful Bandera Co. Baird's once again have come through, as seen here with this female in the middle of laying her clutch.
I am really excited about my first time breeding of these much sought after Mexican Baird's. This female came through with a nice healthy looking clutch.
Another of my western ratsnakes, this Colorado Mtn Spotted Ratsnake, came through with a nice clutch too.

More Egg Laying

This female Croation locale Leopard Ratsnake is in the process of laying four eggs. Unfortunately this species does not lay a lot of eggs but they are large and very long (like most European Ratsnake eggs) compared to the size of the adults.

Below is an '07 hatchling from this same female. Hatchlings Leopard Ratsnakes are very easy to raise and grow rather rapidly unlike what many think of European Ratsnakes.

It is Egg Laying Time

Some of my females have begun to lay. Above is a clutch of P.l.lineaticollis eggs that were dropped Tuesday, June 3rd. I have another female that should be laying later on. This beautiful "super" Okeetee also dropped a nice clutch of 14 on Tuesday. I hope several of the hatchlings will turn out as nice as their mother. This is just the start of what looks like to be a good season...several gravid females should be laying throughout this month. Check back for details.