Comments on: Baby snakes http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2010/01/baby-snakes/ Some random thoughts, gently stewed, served on a bed of love Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:33:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Stewart Macdonald http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2010/01/baby-snakes/comment-page-1/#comment-70198 Stewart Macdonald Sun, 27 Mar 2011 00:57:43 +0000 http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/?p=657#comment-70198 Hi Paul, There could be more snakes around, but it's impossible to say for sure. Snakes disperse when they hatch, so you might have found a snake that was moving away from its place of hatching. Eastern brown snakes can have around 16 eggs per clutch. Hatchlings are very secretive, so any remaining hatchlings are likely to be well hidden. I imagine that a garden shed with lots of shelter on the ground (crates, boxes, etc) would be an ideal hiding spot. Hope this helps, Stewart Hi Paul,

There could be more snakes around, but it’s impossible to say for sure. Snakes disperse when they hatch, so you might have found a snake that was moving away from its place of hatching. Eastern brown snakes can have around 16 eggs per clutch. Hatchlings are very secretive, so any remaining hatchlings are likely to be well hidden. I imagine that a garden shed with lots of shelter on the ground (crates, boxes, etc) would be an ideal hiding spot.

Hope this helps,

Stewart

]]> By: Paul Mulder http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2010/01/baby-snakes/comment-page-1/#comment-70182 Paul Mulder Sat, 26 Mar 2011 14:22:25 +0000 http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/?p=657#comment-70182 We have found a hatchling eastern brown snake, can we expect to find more (quantity) and where would they likely be. We live in far north west Victoria (Mildura) Regards, Paul. We have found a hatchling eastern brown snake, can we expect to find more (quantity) and where would they likely be.

We live in far north west Victoria (Mildura)

Regards, Paul.

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