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It is not unusual for a female corn snake to "slug out," meaning lay infertile eggs. Typically infertile eggs are soft and if you squeeze them the fluid in them will move around like in a water balloon. Fertile eggs have a white coating of calcium that protects them during incubation. Candling will show blood spots or veins eventually. I've never had a young female lay more than one clutch of slugs in a year, but it is possible.
You can feed her right now, no problem. I would encourage her to eat and gain weight. She may not cooperate, but keep trying.
Sometimes there is not a good explanation as to why a corn behaves in a manner not expected. I always hear about pre-lay sheds, corns going off feed for weeks before
laying, etc. Much of what occurs with a female corn is hormone driven. I have had females that didn't shed for 3 months and then lay a good clutch of eggs and shed a
few days later. I have females that will eat the day before they lay.
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