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Herman layed an egg

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Mash

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help! my 3 year old corn snake "herman" just layed 6 eggs!!!!!! I guess Ill have to rename her, I only have the one snake so they are not fertilized. should I take them from her?? and what a bout a feeding..she did not eat sunday , this was strange because she always eats.....I guess I know now?
Mike
 
Give her another day to make sure she's laid them all, and then take them. Offer smaller meals for a little while.
 
Yeah Herman is Herma now. lol I would leave her be for the next 12 to 24 hours to make sure that she passes all the eggs. If you bother her she could become egg bound. After you are sure she has passed them yes you can take them away from her and offer her food.
 
I would offer a smaller meal right after you are sure she has finished laying- say 24 hours from the first egg. Something like two hoppers. Then her normal prey every 5-7 days until she regains her weight. Expect her to go blue for her post-lay shed almost immediately. And in a couple months, be watchful for another clutch. And next year she will most likely lay again. I would suggest preparing a real lay box for her and treating her like a gravid female- slightly increase her meal frequency, plenty of exercise, etc.
 
Herman becomes Hermione!

Hopefully she won't take long to recover. Like Nanci, I usually offer a smaller item for the first feed after a lay. Once I know that's gone down OK I switch back to the usual sized food and increase feeding frequency until pre-lay bodyweight has been regained.
 
Do all females do this or only some? Would a pet, unbred female snake always lay slugs or only some do? Thanks.
 
Very few. Actually, I don't know how many females I have, and only Cherry laid slugs, two clutches in the same year. Azaria always goes through a false gravidity, and gets huge with "eggs," and stops eating, and sits in her lay box, but never lays; she reabsorbs them. Some other females feel "lumpy," but never stop eating.
 
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