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 Where did the eggs come from?

i’ve had a rat snake for 5 years. It has just shed its skin and also has produced 2 eggs. bit confused cause it has never done this before and we thought it was male. any suggestions why it has done this? there is no possibility of mating with another snake!
07/12/08  05:00pm

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   Message To: Nole81   In reference to Message Id: 1792759


 Where did the eggs come from?

Can you post a pic of these so called eggs
07/13/08  04:33am

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   Message To: Hatchet_man_90221   In reference to Message Id: 1793357


 Where did the eggs come from?

you could have an asexual snake.

the eggs usually dont last though.
07/13/08  11:27pm

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   Message To: Nole81   In reference to Message Id: 1792759


 Where did the eggs come from?

Here is my resonse to a similar post of few post down.

Was she ever intoduced to a male? It has happened before that female snakes will spontaneously lay eggs with out ever breeding. This is called parthogenesis. This happens when ovum turns into eggs without fertilization. This is mostly seen with insects.

A lot of females will retain sperm from breedings of the previous year but 4 to 5 years seems unlikely.

Most of the time when you have parthogenesis none of the eggs survive or are not viable to begin with. There have been a few rare cases of these type of eggs hatching so it doesn’t hurt to try and incubate them.

Can you post pics of the eggs?
07/15/08  12:37am


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