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CornSnakeBreeder

CornSnakeBreeder

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Last year i gave one of my females a break from breeding. I didnt brumate her, i fed her regularly, everything was fine. However she started producing egg follicles and they kept getting bigger. I brushed it off and figured she would either lay a bunch of duds or the eggs would just disolve away after some time. Instead, she just kept getting bigger and bigger and they never went away! It has now been a full year and she is still huge. She is almost 700 grams when normally she is around 500 grams. She just feels like a big long fat snake and I dont know what to do. Any suggestions would be great please!

Also, i have a two year old female corn snake who i am planning on breeding next year when she is big enough and old enough. Last week when i was feeding my corns, when i went to feed her, she refused, which is VERY unusual for her. I kept trying and nothing happened. I gave up and told myself she was probably going to be shedding soon or something. Tried again today, still nothing. I noticed she has been packing on the pounds, so i palpated her due to my suspision. To my surprise, I could feel about 5 eggs in her and i was shocked because she is still too small to breed and im worried about her getting egg bound when she tries to lay the eggs. She is between 3-4 feet and weighs almost 300 pounds, i kno the 3 foot in length 300 grams rule for breeding females, but im convinced she is still too small to lay the eggs. Any advice or suggestions on what i should do?

Sorry for such a long message! Thank you so much anyone who helps:)
 
The first female you mentioned NEEDS to be taken to the vet, and may need to have radiographs taken. Is she still eating and defecating well?

As to the second, snakes significantly smaller than that have successfully laid eggs. The best thing you can do to give *her* the best chance to join their ranks is to keep her as stress-free as possible.
 
I agree the first Needs to go to the Vet ASAP.

With the second female... If she was never placed with a male then she'll most likely lay duds. Give her an egg box and try to leave her alone, just peek in twice a day to see if anything has happen but try to keep her as stress free as possible.
 
With the first snake, what is the feeding regime she's been on? When you say that you stuck to her regular feeding, did that take account of the fact that she wasn't going to burn a lot of it off forming and laying eggs? If she's had her usual feeding routine for a breeding year, then she may just be packing the pounds. If you've only just noticed the lumps, then it could be that she's just ovulating again. One of mine goes through a massive ovulation each year - she feels and acts as though she's carrying a full clutch of eggs.

If she has fully-formed but unabsorbed follicles from last year (which could be an additional problem rather than the main one), then I'm not sure what a vet could do other than remove them surgically.

Females can retain sperm or might form a full clutch of unfertilised eggs, so it's possible that she's long-term eggbound from last season. I'm sure I've heard of females which have been left in that state and continued to eat/behave normally otherwise. Again, not sure what the answer would be other than surgical removal of the eggs (fertilised or unfertilised), which would be rock hard by now.

I think you really need someone with more experience to see the snake in person. If you have a decent reptile vet near you, that's the way I'd go. Beware that if she's a big lass anyway, anaesthesia is going to be a risk for her. Sounds like her heart will already be under stress.

As for the second snake, it sounds like she's ovulating. Although we advise starting out using the 300g/3 feet/ 3 years old guide, nobody's told Mother Nature! If you're certain that she's never been with a male, then you just have to let nature take its course with her, and trust that either the follicles will be reabsorbed, or she'll lay an infertile clutch. I think if you treat her as you would a gravid female, with little disturbance or handling and a nice lay box, then this is the best you can do at the moment. If she gets any additional health problems or symptoms, then you can think about next steps at that point.

Sounds like you have your hands full there. Good luck and keep us posted on how the situation develops.
 
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