Recent content by axis1

Hi everyone! How ya been? Haven't really been around much in the past couple of weeks since there have been an unfortunate set of crisis-driven events occurring on my job (been busier than a cobra at a mongoose convention!). It hasn't been by choice, that's for sure. That said, I do hope...

Hello everyone! How've ya all been? Since the summer has finally passed us by and autumn has officially reared it's cooler head, I figured this might be the best time to reassess whether or not I should continue to feed my adult corns small rats as opposed to jumbo mice. A healthy, small...

From a modest & humble 4 grams on 7/30/15, the pic on top is post-hatching sometime after exiting the egg, he's the snake on top of "Torch." The pic below was taken this morning after he weighed in at a healthy 155 grams!! Pretty decent weight gained over the past 6 months and if he gains...

As per Nanci's suggestion, as I originally posted this in the "Hell" subforum for a lack of a better place. However, she does have a point, since it's NOT for mature audiences only, though it's totally off-topic. This was initially in response to several pm's requesting that I share such...

Hey everyone! How ya been? I truly hope everyone is having a wonderful summer so far. I, myself, am having a doozy and I thought I'd take a few minutes after a long, hot day (one of those days when it's SO hot, that my Right Guard actually turned LEFT!), to jot down a few words to take the...

Just noticed that a couple of the eggs from Lilly's first clutch began to have that look, like the quiet before the storm! Several are contracting, almost as if they are inhaling, like right before they hatch! Is this wishful thinking? Or is it like that old saying, "A watched pot NEVER...

FYI: http://reptileexpo.com/white-plains.html Thought I would post this for NY'ers & Northeast Dwellers since I've heard comments about a lack of such activities at our local venues. Hope to see some of you there, IF I can reschedule some prior engagements (thank you DLena for giving me the...

Whoa! Finally figured out why Lilly refused mice 3 x since 6/8!! After a recent shed, I tried to feed her and I noticed after her third refusal that she kept surfing the perimeter of her cage, burrowing and digging like mad. While she appeared too skinny to be gravid (poor baby looks like she...

Hello & Happy Memorial Day (to my fellow-American snake lovers!)!! A question to any breeders with experience in egg-care: I have a small group (maybe 4) eggs out of a recent clutch of 19 laid on 5/21/16 that are caving in as illustrated below. I tried covering with a paper towel and spraying...

After a rough 48-hour period during which I thought my precious snow corn Lilly was sick with an RTI, she began to start laying eggs without having had a pre-lay shed! (This ever happen to anyone else?) Needless to say, I was both pleasantly surprised and horrified that my poor snake seemed to...

Hi all! How ya been? Monty from Brooklyn here (aka axis1). Unfortunately, Lilly, my gravid snow corn, whom I've bred successfully last summer, has developed what appears to be the onset of a respiratory tract infection (RTI). She has all the symptoms anyway (sneezing occasionally, clicking...

Hello from Brooklyn Everyone! How ya been? Just recently separated 3 corns who were living together for 8 years (see thread entitled, "2 Male Corns Mating? HELP!"). Was wondering approximately WHEN after the LAST time the female mates, to expect her to lay her clutch? I witnessed her mating as...

Hi Everyone! My name is Monty and I actually registered on this site last year during the spring when one of my cornsnakes laid a clutch of eggs (9 total) and from which 3 hatched and 1 survived (Ozzy, a beautiful motley bloodred who is up to eating a nice f/t hopper once a week). I've always...