Recent content by Jessica71

I've hatched four clutches before - two of corns and two of trinkets - but this baby is in a slightly unusual position and I'm just worrying if it can get out ok - probably being over anxious! It's been pipping for 24 hours, and I was thinking it might have hatched by now, which is why I looked...

I was wondering what people's experiences have been with this situation. I have an anery female who was bred in 2005 and 2006 and produced good clutches both years. This year I decided to give her a year off, but I'm pretty sure she's going to lay soon. She has a lay box and is currently three...

I've successfully bred my anery female the last two years and so decided to give her a year off this year and breed my amel for the first time instead. As my amel has been approaching her pre lay shed, my anery has started to look gravid too and has gone off her food. Now I'm positive she's...

I wondered if anyone could give me any advice as I've read about this in books, but not the situation where the snake is outside the egg and the yolk sac is still inside the egg. I have a clutch of 18 corn eggs from which 10 healthy babies have hatched so far, and there is only one egg so far...

Just wanted some people's thoughts. I was browsing on the internet to buy some new vermiculite as my female is due to lay in a couple of weeks' time, and I used it to incubate eggs successfully last year. I came across an article stating that it may contain asbestos. Does anyone know anything...

I'm sure this question has been asked before, so forgive me if I'm repeating many previous posts! I did have a look through some recent posts and didn't see an answer. I have a three year old anery female, about three and a half feet, who produced ten fertile eggs last year (at three feet) with...

We're visiting Florida in January - mainly the south and the Keys. Are there likely to be any snakes not hibernating and if so where should we go to see them?

OK, I know this has come up before and I even gave advice out of Kathy Love's book on it myself yesterday - but isn't it different when it's your own baby! So please bear with me... My first baby who hatched on July 29th shed yesterday, so I decided to feed him/her. I left a small frozen...

Thank you to everyone who helped me out and listened to my worries about my first clutch! Much to my surprise and delight, I got 100% hatch rate, six striped and four classic hatchlings, healthy and beautiful AND friendly - I am so happy! Although I think I really need to congratulate my...

Well, after my first ever baby corn pipped yesterday I woke up this morning and he was out of his egg! He is just so beautiful - I'm in love!! He feels so soft and delicate and is so gentle - not at all aggressive. I know lots of people on here have experienced this many times but I'm new to it...

My first clutch is on day 58 today, and there's no sign of anything happening. Yes, I know it's a bit early, but I'm already worrying about boiled eggs etc, so please humor me! Kathy Love seems to say in her book that 60 days is average for hatching, but I know people on here have had eggs hatch...

I wonder if anyone can give me any advice. I think I am getting obsessed about my corn eggs! My corn laid 10 eggs on May 29th, so they're now on day 34. Do eggs grow at the same rate as each other if they are in the same clutch? I would have thought they would, because hatching tends to be...

Just wondered if anyone else's corn eggs have lots of these star markings on. These are from a two year old anery corn - it's her first batch, and they were laid on May 29th (ten altogether). The markings were present at laying but have become more noticeable. Do you think they look ok? The...