Possible Pregnant Snake Need Help

Oh so some of you know that i got a new female to my collection and the person that sold her to me said she would lay another clutch, well i have had her since the 17th and she has eaten 3 rat pups like she is starving. The guy I got her from said feed her two every feeding but 3 rat pups in a weeks time, is that normal or is it a forsure sign she is pregnant?

Please help, don't see a bound in her body yet but she just shed and now she is eating like a pig.:shrugs::shrugs:

Thanks in advance

Well lets look at the time.. Do we know a for sure date for copulation? Does not mean the female would be prego, unless the ovulation timing was fairly close.. Some will eat for a while even though they are gravid, most of mine pretty much swear off of food, but I have minimal expieriance thus far..

I don't continually feed with rat pups myself.. ratties are fairly fattie for corns, so every once in a while I feed ratties, but mainly stick to a mouse diet. As I choose to be fairly conservative on my feeding regieme..

Approximately the back 2/3s of the female corns will swell when she is getting farther along in her pregnancy, and it will become very obvious, and very likely the female will completely refuse to eat at that time..

Hope this helps you out, and I have answered some of your questions..

Regards.. Tim of T and J

Thanks T & J
I'll keep an eye out.

Did the person you bought her from specifically breed her a second time, or did they just say she'd have more eggs? Their statement could be from experience with that specific snake. I have several females that have habitually laid a second clutch (of slugs usually) without being physically bred a second time. It takes a couple seasons to figure that out and then you can take advantage of it and actually breed them if appropriate. . . . or . . .

(without any other background knowledge/story) the person may have no clue what will happen and is just assuming that she'll have more eggs cause they read it somewhere and assume it's true. . . . or . . .

They physically bred her to another snake which they should be able to tell you the date of those breedings from which you can calculate approximately 30-40 days to the prelay shed and 7-14 days following that as the lay date.

Yes, if she just produced a clutch of eggs she is going to be harfing down the food. I'd stay on a 7 day feeding rotation and feed two mice or two rat pups if you're comfortable with that. I personally stay with one mouse a week after they've laid their eggs.

Anything else?!
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