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Very strange

scottsquatch

scottsquatch

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Hello to all of you out there that remember me. I've been away from the sight for a very long time. Anyway, check this out...I've got a really unheard of situation with a female corn. I have a very small (under 100 grams) female bloodred that is 2 years old. She has NOT been with ANY males (or other corns for that matter) for over a year. When I first got her I had her in with a few other random hatchling corns, but as I said she was only a hatchling back then. Anyway, I noticed egg follicles in her a month ago and I got a chuckle out of it. When the "follicles" continued to grow it became very apparent that they were actually eggs. At this point I was a little bummed because I figured she was gonna lay some slugs which can be hard on a very small undersized snake and I didn't want her to be harmed. Well today I found the eggs and they all "look" to be fertile. Now, I have heard of females retaining sperm from a previous years mating, but a corn barely larger than a hatchling? I am very suprised by this and the fact that another hatchling could have even bred her. Strange stuff. Maybe the eggs aren't fertile, but I've been breeding for a few years now and I am pretty confident that the eggs are fertile. White and dry, all stuck together in a clump. Doesn't sound like any slugs I've ever seen. Is it possible that slugs can look fertile but actually be slugs? Anybody with info on this can feel free to share. Thanks.

Scott
 
Most slugs I've found were yellow, and never hardened. I have seen slugs laid in a pile before, but they were definate slugs. I've had large yearling males breed females before, but never hatchlings. That would be cool though.
 
I have had that happen but our female ladi 4 eggs we thought were good and then went bad she wasn't suppose to be able to be bred or lay she was only 10 months old. How old was she when you finally seperated the hatchlings?
 
I had a clutch this year that had eggs that looked absolutely perfect in every way. When they were a couple weeks from expected hatch date, I was playing with my new egg flashlight and happened to candle that clutch. Absolutely nothing inside the eggs. Nada. Zip. No mold, no yellow, no hardening no smooshing and no snake. They were laid May 4 and are just now starting to look bad. I've had some others that looked pretty good but were slugs but none so well disguised as these. So yes, it can happen.
 
OK Marsha. Thats kinda what I figured. I will wait a bit and candle them, but I figured they were just camoflaged slugs. Thanks for the info.

Scott
 
I have had eggs that looked perfect but then when candled had nothing in them and eventually went on to mold.
 
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