Help! my snake is laying eggs!

[Jokerswild112]

I was told by the store I purchased my snake from was a male and now she's giving birth to 20 plus eggs I have no idea what to do but from reading I managed to make an incubator with damp peet moss some heat tape and some heat tape but she is still laying eggs and is laying ontop of some of them do I try to move them when she's done? Or do I try to move her and take the eggs out right away? Plus some are stuck together do I seperate them or leave them in a clump?

 

[Jokerswild112]

correction

With heat tape and a stirafoam container*

 

[K. Rene]

This happens quite a lot with wrongly sexed snakes makes me sigh every time.

Let her lay the eggs, it's better they are in a clump. Also nice plump eggs with a pearly color mean they are fertile. those you can put into your makeshift incubator. I suggest however to get a real one asap if you really desire to hatch the eggs. Breeding is a big responsibility, if you don't have it already get Kathy & Billy Love's book, there is a huge section in there on breeding and it's where I learned most everything

http://www.amazon.com/Corn-Snakes-C...0706/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1308290693&sr=8-1

Your female might also appreciate a small meal after she lays (I fed mine the day after) to help her regain her strength.

Post pictures of the eggs. The more info. we have the more we can help. Good luck.

 

[Jokerswild112]

Thank you that's so helpfull im getting an incubator tomorrow she started giving birth at 8. 30 so I had to make one but ill defenetly check out those books im 100% comitted to getting them to hatch and from what I can tell they all look pearly white ill post pictures as soon as I can get the eggs out. It's a silver phase mother and what im guessing is a grey phase father because that's the other snake that was in her tank when I bought it so hopefully there will be some cool looking morphs!

 

[rosewood]

I would post pics of the eggs first before you go getting an incubator cuz if they are not good whats to point of spending money on an incubator you dont need? Unless of course you plan on breeding her later on....then you will need it anyways

 

[Jokerswild112]

Heres an attatchment with the best picture i could get of the eggs at the moment.

 

[rosewood]

Yup they look great

 

[Jokerswild112]

My mourice has now become a mourine lol

 

[Jokerswild112]

All eggs safely removed and incubating ready to be put in their real incubator tomorrow 19 eggs in total all healthy!

 

[BigByrd47119]

Very nice looking eggs! And congrats to boot!