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Is this an egg?

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heybarb

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My son's corn snake is approx. 2 years old. After a very difficult shed on Monday, we found an egg-like blob in the tank yesterday afternoon. (See picture). Is this an egg? If not, any idea what it is?
 

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I've seen "that" 100's of times over the years.
The problem with snakes is everything comes out of the cloaca. Eggs, fecal and urites exit the same orifice.
The matter next to the yellow blob is fecal matter.
Now I've never cared to examine the yellow jelly/eggy looking stuff but I guess it could be an undeveloped slug ???? Never payed enough attention to whether I only seen it with females either. When I have seen it it was always accompanied with fecal matter and urites. Hmmm ? ? ?
 
So that means Tucker could still be a boy, right? My son was so sad to think that "he" was now a "she"!
 
Since Wednesday, there have been 3 more "eggs." While thinking that Tucker was hungry this evening, we offered a mouse, which he ignored. After 30 minutes, we put him back in his cage and found another one in feeding cage, so that makes 5 "egg-like" things in 3 days...attached are a few pictures...is this really poop???
 

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That is not poop those are eggs my freind although i think they might be (Slugs) (Dud eggs)

It turns out HE is actully a SHE .....
 
So, now I have a ton of questions...is it unusual to get an egg a day like our girl seems to be doing? Any guess as to how many "slugs" we might expect? How soon will she eat again?
 
It's not unusual to go days when laying slugs. It could be 3 or 13??? but it's usually on the lower end of the count. Once she is done then she should start eating in a week give or take but she could go into a shed cycle too prolonging the hunger strike. She looks healthy weight wise so I wouldn't worry.
 
If she's still laying, she would maybe appreciate a lay box. That way she might be more comfortable laying, instead of them popping out randomly.
 
We didn't get any more eggs, then she did shed first before finally eating a mouse this past Saturday! Very, very interesting stuff! Thanks for the comments & suggestions! Now we'll be ready for next time!
 
Yes those are slugs, non fertile eggs.
I am new to this as well my snake just laid 9 slugs. She probably will not eat until after her post shed. I have read that you should also give her a small meal like a hopper mouse and gradually go up from there until she is back to normal.
 
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