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hutton2000
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 17/05/2012 : 22:46:46
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| Hi guys. My wife bought me 2 corn snakes last march and they were about 4 months old when we got them and we was told they were both females. They are now 18 months old and iv now found out they are a male and female as I arrived home from work this afternoon and found a strange long white thing in there viv and had to Google it to find out what it was, and to my surprise it was an egg. So my female continued to lay 3 more eggs over the course of 90 mins. During that time iv made a make shift incubator out of a cooler box and a small plastic tub with a spare heat mat atbthe bottom of the cooler box and placed some cotton wool in and dampened it with a water spray and got the temp at around 85 f. My only concern is my snakes age. Will the eggs survive as shes given birth at only 18 months old. She seems in good condition and the 4 eggs are all white and soft. Can anyone give anymore advice as I was totally unprepared for this and don't want to loose and hatchlings of my female corn. |
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kev 5
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
3065 Posts |
Posted - 17/05/2012 : 22:57:37
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| even tough your female is young the eggs could still be good. you've done all you can tonight. the tub needs to have a lid on it to keep the humidity up and you will need to get something other than cotton wool such as perlite,vermiculite or spaghnum moss. you will also need a hygrometer and have a probe in the egg box as ideally the humidity needs to be in the 90s |
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hutton2000
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
12 Posts |
Posted - 17/05/2012 : 23:08:00
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| Thanks for the advice I'll go out tomorrow and get some moss stuff from my reptile store and fingers crossed all is well. |
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kev 5
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
3065 Posts |
Posted - 17/05/2012 : 23:28:32
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| good luck,let us know how the eggs look tomorrow |
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Donnie
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
3215 Posts |
Posted - 17/05/2012 : 23:39:25
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| Have you checked your female to make sure she has got all of the eggs out? You may want to seperate them now as well so they don't breed again as she is quite young. The recommended criteria for a breeding female are 3 years old, 3 ft long and 300 grams. |
1.1 Corns (Anery Stripe, Amel) 1.0 Rootbeer 0.2 Jungle Carpet Python 1.0 Zebra Jungle Carpet Python 1.0 50% Diamond Zebra Carpet Python |
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hutton2000
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
12 Posts |
Posted - 17/05/2012 : 23:41:17
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| Will do. |
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hutton2000
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
12 Posts |
Posted - 17/05/2012 : 23:58:31
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| I'm buying another viv tomorrow so to move the male. She hasn't layed any more eggs since 6pm tonight and looks like she's got no more in her. I am shocked any worried about her but she looks in good shape. I'm going to feed her a small mouse tomorrow. As she was the one that refused her normal feed on Monday which I found strange as iv never had a problem before with any feeds. |
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kev 5
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
3065 Posts |
Posted - 18/05/2012 : 07:20:48
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| they're not supposed to breed untill they're 3 years old. she should be o.k though. if she refuses a small mouse try offering her a fuzzie or even a few pinkies |
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QueenVic
Yearling
United Kingdom
849 Posts |
Posted - 18/05/2012 : 16:53:04
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Yeah don't worry about the eggs because of her age, it's more the snake that usually has problems.
Id get her out and run her through your hands like a rope, you'll be able to feel if there are any more eggs in her.
Egg binding is common in undersized snakes...
Glad she seems okay though! and congrats even though you weren't expecting it!!
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0.1.0 Normal (Espher)
1.0.0 Snow (Midnight)
2 GALS
1 rat (Jasper)
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marc_sg
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
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marc_sg
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
1504 Posts |
Posted - 18/05/2012 : 18:51:40
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| sorry forgot good luck aswell |
0.1.0 Amels (sid) 1.0.0 carolina stripe (simon)0.1.0 ghost (silva) 1.1.0 diffused/bloodreds (scarlet and samson)
1.0 staffy x beagle
soon to have female pin royal
R.I.P SHELLY
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hutton2000
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
12 Posts |
Posted - 18/05/2012 : 20:34:18
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| Thanks for all the great advice. My female is looking good and she enjoyed her wonder around my bed today. I fed her 2 small pinkies which she took no problems. As for the eggs i transferred them into moss now and got a hygrometer and the humidity is spot on 90% and the temp is a constant 27.5 0c. They are still all white and all look fertile to me. As for the male he now has his own viv so no more unexpected eggs at least till she is 3 years old. |
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Sta~ple
qeeun speler
United Kingdom
6129 Posts |
Posted - 18/05/2012 : 20:54:07
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You will need to seperate her as soon as possible from the male to avoide this happening again, breeding underage can really stunt their growth! You may also be stuck with any hatched babies for a very long time! Although you have seperated you may get some eggs soon again as sometimes they double clutch and the year after since snakes can retain sperm and if your unlucky, she may continue to lay eggs after that year :(
How many eggs so far?
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hutton2000
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
12 Posts |
Posted - 18/05/2012 : 21:09:16
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| Very interesting post. Had no idea they could double clutch scary. It was my own fault trusting the guy I bought them off saying they were females. now I'm in the unwanted stage of looking after eggs but hey its a good experience and getting used to this and looking forward to hatchlings. She is about 1.5 feet long and produce 4 eggs. |
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kev 5
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
3065 Posts |
Posted - 18/05/2012 : 21:22:55
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| sounds like your doing everything you need to at the moment. hope it goes well |
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hutton2000
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
12 Posts |
Posted - 21/05/2012 : 17:19:50
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| Update......... eggs and mum are going great will keep you up to date throughout. |
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Tasha89
Hatchling
United Kingdom
257 Posts |
Posted - 23/05/2012 : 16:39:20
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Awww...what a happy ending to and unexpected situation, i wish you luck and hope everything turns out ok.
Keep us all updated!! |
Tasha
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4.0.0 - Corns - Hypo-Lavender (Lucifer), Bubblegum Snow (Houdini), Striped Carolina (Sarafino) and Black Cat (Ralphie)
0.2.0 - Corns - Anertheristic (Valentina), Lavender (Aiyana), Lavender (Di-nixi) |
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hutton2000
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
12 Posts |
Posted - 23/06/2012 : 20:48:30
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hutton2000
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
12 Posts |
Posted - 23/06/2012 : 20:55:50
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| Hi guys. Sorry it's been a few weeks but snake eggs are doing great embryos are moving around nicely but sadly one of the eggs went black and moldy 1 week after so I kept it for a couple of weeks and when I started to shine light into the eggs to check this one eggs was rock solid and no veins were present unlike the others. But all is well mom and dad are now separated and in there own stacking viv setup. So looks like I'll get 3 baby snakes around the 16th of July whoop whoop. Can wait. |
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kev 5
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
3065 Posts |
Posted - 24/06/2012 : 14:11:44
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| glad to hear it's going well |
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hutton2000
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
12 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2012 : 17:03:51
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| Hi guys. I have great pleasure to say 1 of my 3 eggs hatched on Sunday and I have 1 healthy baby albino corn. And on tuesday the other 2 hatched. Last night they emerged from the egg with just there heads sticking out and all was fine. but tonight when I can home from work both babys where lifeless and fully out of the eggs. I can't for the life of me figure out why this happened especially when the first one that hatched is in good health. The temp and humidity in the incubator hadn't changed. I'm just thinking they were the weaker baby's due to the mothers young age. Iv kept the first baby in the incubator in a seperate box with moss as she looked very wrinkly and dehidrated when she emerged. Now she looks fine and darting around its box shall I transferre it to a proper setup in a small container so it can get ready to shed. |
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young albino corn layed eggs unexpectedly
