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PyroJosh
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 01/06/2015 : 23:36:19
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hi guys, bit of a worrying time at the minute, i have owned my corns now for about 2 years, and they were 3 when i got them, and both apparently female (i know cohabiting is a much debated subject but until now i have had no issues its a very large viv and plenty of room and hides in both ends for either snake to be alone although they still insist on curling up together) anway thats a little background info
now to the worrying bit looked inside my viv the other day and found a pile of eggs! i quickly did some research and came to the conclusion they were all infertile, small, very yellow, mishapen etc etc. so in a panic i froze and disposed of them as i was advised by the local pet store (even though it still made me feel like a cruel evil horrible human being) :( now im just worried about the health of the snakes as i know this process can be hard on them, what should i look out for, one has shed since (the layer im assuming) and i am going to try a feed tomorrow.
also is it possible one of my snakes is a male hence the eggs or is it possible for females to just lay infertile eggs of their own accord.
any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
thanks in advance
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ScalySituation
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
5292 Posts |
Posted - 02/06/2015 : 11:54:07
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My female laid infertile eggs this year, never been near a male.
I would separate them just in case, if one is male he will harass the female to mate again and again and could make her ill.
I would suggest feeding her a smaller prey item every 5 or 6 days for a few weeks before going back to her normal size food. |
1.0.0 Butter motley corn (Sheldon)
0.1.0 Caramel Corn (Maggie)
0.1.0 Caramel motley corn (Echo)
1.0.0 Cat (Angus)
1 mealworm colony
RIP Skye x
Sleep well Sonny, Mummy loves you xx
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PyroJosh
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
23 Posts |
Posted - 02/06/2015 : 17:52:01
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| thanks for the advice. ill see if i can tempt her with a small mouse today and i will have to dig out the old viv for the other just in case i suppose, just got my nice big one set up how i wanted it for them too, typical :P |
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ScalySituation
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
5292 Posts |
Posted - 02/06/2015 : 18:31:57
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| I would definitely separate them and get them sexed by a reptile shop |
1.0.0 Butter motley corn (Sheldon)
0.1.0 Caramel Corn (Maggie)
0.1.0 Caramel motley corn (Echo)
1.0.0 Cat (Angus)
1 mealworm colony
RIP Skye x
Sleep well Sonny, Mummy loves you xx
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PyroJosh
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
23 Posts |
Posted - 02/06/2015 : 20:29:32
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| well they were supposed to have been sexed before both as females but is it possible they got it wrong the first time? they have been together for nearly 5 or 6 years and this is the first occasion t there have been eggs :/ will have to see if i can find the nearest reptile store and see what i can do. might have an extra large viv for sale if i have to separate them! |
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ScalySituation
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
5292 Posts |
Posted - 03/06/2015 : 10:55:28
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| They could still both be female, but I wouldn't advise keeping them together anyway. |
1.0.0 Butter motley corn (Sheldon)
0.1.0 Caramel Corn (Maggie)
0.1.0 Caramel motley corn (Echo)
1.0.0 Cat (Angus)
1 mealworm colony
RIP Skye x
Sleep well Sonny, Mummy loves you xx
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Very unexpected eggs!
