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                | Mort13 | 
                Posted - 04/02/2011 : 13:25:20  I have a female cockatiel thats laid a few clutches of eggs. Crossed fingers,not for a while now.   Its got me thinking about the same issue in corn snakes.
  Has anyone has personal experience of this with a corn?  I know it does happen,but I'm wondering whether its a common occurance or not and whether theres any ways to quell the desire to lay?
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                | Mort13 | 
                Posted - 07/02/2011 : 07:35:56  Cheers for that,will check it out.   | 
              
              
                | Kehhlyr | 
                Posted - 07/02/2011 : 04:11:18  Female corns have been known and will produce unfertile eggs quite literally if they want to.  These are known as 'slugs'. There's a fair bit of info on the intertubes and on this forum about them, just do a search for SLUGS in the search bar on the top right. As for trying to stop them unfortunately there is no way to stop them doing it. | 
              
              
                | ilovemypets1988 | 
                Posted - 07/02/2011 : 01:12:51  i think that any animal that lays eggs can do this, i think that its just 1 of those things, i think that in the wild, they would lay "duds" to confuse predators, maybe this is what she needs to do, i dont know, but its an idea though and as long as she doesnt become bound, i think that it should be fine | 
              
              
                | Mort13 | 
                Posted - 06/02/2011 : 23:48:14  Just to clarify,I mean females that haven't mated laying eggs. Anyone had experience of this then? | 
              
              
                | Mort13 | 
                Posted - 04/02/2011 : 14:45:28  Oops yes I meant to say unfertilized eggs!   | 
              
              
                | ilovemypets1988 | 
                Posted - 04/02/2011 : 13:49:25  do u mean laying blank - unfertile - eggs as its not clear what u mean exactly |