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Diamond finally laid her eggs!

wildlifephotographer

wildlifephotographer

Corn snakes rule!
My oldest female finally layed her eggs this morning when I was still sleeping. Feels like I was waiting forever for her to do this. And looks like most of them are good.... Yepeeeee!
 

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Thank you Vicky! Most seem to be good eggs, a few iffy ones and she seems to still have more inside even though she hasn't layed any for a couple of hours now. I'm hoping she is still okay!
 
I've tried counting all Diamond's eggs today and I've counted 22 good looking eggs, 4 slugs and I think she has one- two, more still to lay.
 
Lennycorn, I don't have a clue what I am going to get with these eggs! The daddy is a Silver Queen ghost and is het amel. I don't know what mommy is. I'm pretty concerned with her right now. She lost quite a bit of weight so much that when you pick her up her underside-belly caves inward. She looks so thin compared to what she had been even before becoming gravid. I really hope she will recover. I tried giving her a couple of mice but she refused.
 
Congratulations on the clutch. Mommy and Daddy are gorgeous. Hope momma is OK and fills back up for you.
 
wildlifephotographer said:
I really hope she will recover. I tried giving her a couple of mice but she refused.
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The first 50 or so clutches seem to take forever.
Beautiful anery. Really. Enviously beautiful.
Most females go thru a rest period after laying ( I leave mine in the moss box, cool, humid, quiet) until they go thru the post-lay shed, then they start feeding ravenously again. I usually toss a couple (fatty) rats at them so they can regain some reserves quickly. hth, looking forward to baby pics. Cheers, dp
 
Thanks I love Diamond too, she is gorgeous-and I got her from a pet store in my mall here go figure. Anyhow, she's a sweetheart and means the world to me. I did finally get her too eat 2 fuzzie mice for me on March 31, so that's good. I take her out of her log hide a couple of times a day to check on her and to let her drink her water in her dish. Otherwise, I am afraid she won't come out on her own to get a drink. She's not moved on her own since she laid those eggs but moves fine when I pick her up and let her slither around on my arms and stuff or inside her enclosure after I put her back in for a second or two.
 
So I went and did the corn calc with this pairing and this is what it says I will get...ofcourse I don't know if Diamond has any hets..so I could have a suprise or two...

Male: Ghost ( Anery, Hypo ) het Amel

Female: Anery

Phenotype:

100.0% Anery het Hypo 50% poss het. Amel


Genotype:

50.0% Anery het Hypo

50.0% Anery het Amel, Hypo
 
Diamond is currently in post lay shed mode...but hasn't moved on her since she laid her eggs 3/29/2012. So I always check on her once or twice a day and make sure she gets water drink. She is currently 574 grams and normally 750grams on her own without being gravid. She did lose some weight.
 
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