Snake Egg
Found a clutch of five reptile eggs in my garden. At this point I was optimistic that I would be incubating some cute turtles or perhaps some lizards. Little did I know...
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Kitty Socks watches the incubator
My Stray Cat Socks earns some kibble by reptile-egg-sitting. To learn how to make a simple reptile egg incubator go to http://www.naturealmanac.com/archive/hatching_reptile/index.html
Many thanks to the late Jim Jung and his site for educating me on how to successfully hatch reptile eggs and for giving me a better appreciation of certain retiles that previously were NOT my favorite critters.
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Yikes! You look like your mother!
The jig is up. These are NOT turtles or lizards (which are critters that I happen to love). They are black ratsnakes (which I appreciate but don't necessarily love).
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Peek a boo!
I seeeee you, little black rat snake. Once all five neonates were hatched I released them into the wild (basically an old out building adjacent to the garden where I found the eggs). I'm sure when the little buggers grow up they will enjoy keeping the rodent population down. Good luck and good bye. It was nice hatching you.
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