DOH - I didnt seperate them fast enough.

I just found some yellow spooge on the bottom of thier tank. And my female seems to be bulking up looking like shes gonna lay some eggs again (DOH).

I really feel like a bad father for not saving up my money fast enough to order a boaphile rack .

Is your female big enough to lay eggs safely? If so, don't feel too bad. If you really don't want hatchlings, I suppose you could freeze the eggs and dispose of them after she's laid. Anyway, you really don't need a rack system to house three snakes. If you want to go that way, that's fine. But if you want to separate them as quickly as possible, you can buy a Sterilite or Rubbermaid tub to house one corn in. Those are pretty cheap, but of couse you have to make your air holes in them, and get something to hold the lid on securely. It's too late to prevent a first mating, but if you want to prevent a second mating after she's laid the clutch, you can use this housing option.

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Is your female big enough to lay eggs safely? If so, don't feel too bad.

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My female corn has (before she started gaining egg girth again) had gained back all her pre laying weight and then some.

If you really don't want hatchlings, I suppose you could freeze the eggs and dispose of them after she's laid.

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I will not kill the eggs on purpose, and if they do manage to hatch out, Ill sell them to a local pet store or release them into the wild

Anyway, you really don't need a rack system to house three snakes. If you want to go that way, that's fine.

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I was going to get a rack because when the 2003s hatch (from Serpenco, of course) I am going to get some of those.

But if you want to separate them as quickly as possible, you can buy a Sterilite or Rubbermaid tub to house one corn in. Those are pretty cheap, but of couse you have to make your air holes in them, and get something to hold the lid on securely.

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As my signature says, I have 9 cats. The tank is the safest thing for now, even though they may mate again.

It's too late to prevent a first mating, but if you want to prevent a second mating after she's laid the clutch, you can use this housing option.

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She has already laid one clutch and this is her second (if she lays). On the first clutch, they mated around 6 times, and once (maybe TWICE! because there are two spots of yellow spooge) last night for the second.

I really do feel bad about my snakes mating again, but perhaps I will get lucky and she wont clutch again.