I read that it usually takes 5-6 weeks between mating and laying. But this year, two of our corns laid 2 months after being with a male. Our third female is laying right now, but she fits into the 5-6 window between breeding.
My husband's bred for the last 3 or 4 years, but always allowed the snakes to cohab. We just broke cohabbing 2-2.5 months ago for the corns. So he's never observed the time period between breeding and laying until this year.
We bought a pair (amel female, green snow male) and two months after we purchased them, the female laid. We seperated them a few days after purchase. The second female- a normal stripe- was mis-sexed two years ago and was co-habbing w/ a male this year when we seperated them. He prolapsed, and we thought it was because he tried to breed with a male. A little over two months later, "he" laid 8 eggs- half were infertile and half would have been good if we'd been prepared. She's now laid 8 more, but has 3 left to lay. About half are still infertile.
Should we expect the eggs not to hatch since they were laid late? Or is it sometimes normal?
My husband's bred for the last 3 or 4 years, but always allowed the snakes to cohab. We just broke cohabbing 2-2.5 months ago for the corns. So he's never observed the time period between breeding and laying until this year.
We bought a pair (amel female, green snow male) and two months after we purchased them, the female laid. We seperated them a few days after purchase. The second female- a normal stripe- was mis-sexed two years ago and was co-habbing w/ a male this year when we seperated them. He prolapsed, and we thought it was because he tried to breed with a male. A little over two months later, "he" laid 8 eggs- half were infertile and half would have been good if we'd been prepared. She's now laid 8 more, but has 3 left to lay. About half are still infertile.
Should we expect the eggs not to hatch since they were laid late? Or is it sometimes normal?
