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ATTN Reptile-knowledgable people!
May. 13th, 2005 07:39 pmI have an 11-year-old female corn snake who has never been bred. She's been refusing food for about a week and a half, and is close to shedding. I know many (most?) snakes refuse food around shedding time, but she has never been one of them.
This evening I came in to find her laying eggs. I've heard of snakes laying unfertilized eggs, but again, she has never done this. She appears to have laidten eleven already, and is still at it. She was previously refusing to come out of her hide-box (which would explain why I didn't notice she was gravid), but is now out in the open, on the warm side of the tank.
Last fall I moved her tank from my bedroom to the living room, which probably means she's been subject to more extreme changes in temperature and humidity (being closer to a frequently-open window). Maybe I shouldn't have done that, but she's always been so hardy and healthy that I didn't think anything of it.
What should I do? Just let her lay the eggs and then dispose of them? Should I worry she may be/become egg-bound?
WTF, guys. Help!
This evening I came in to find her laying eggs. I've heard of snakes laying unfertilized eggs, but again, she has never done this. She appears to have laid
Last fall I moved her tank from my bedroom to the living room, which probably means she's been subject to more extreme changes in temperature and humidity (being closer to a frequently-open window). Maybe I shouldn't have done that, but she's always been so hardy and healthy that I didn't think anything of it.
What should I do? Just let her lay the eggs and then dispose of them? Should I worry she may be/become egg-bound?
WTF, guys. Help!
