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Unexpected egg
One of my corn snakes (Asherra) had been acting odd - she was cruising around the tank agitatedly, not eating, totally distracted. Not like her usual self at all (which is to lie inert under her rock cave and come out every 3 days or so to ask for dinner). She shed, so I thought that was the cause of her agitation, but the odd behavior persisted for a few days. Finally she ate, but when I came back to her feeding station to check her, I found a strange, white, oblong object beside her. My first thought was, "What is *that*". I'd never seen a corn snake egg before, and Asherra is not mature, so I wasn't expecting a corn snake egg.
After that, she immediately returned to normal behavior, crawled back under her rock, and became normal (inert), so I guess that was the problem. There was only one egg so far (not expecting any more, since she's not mature). But it was good sized and healthy looking - and she has been living in a tank with my other corn snake Seraphim. I put the egg in a container of moist vermiculite in a warm spot. In a week or so I'll know if the egg is alive...
Meanwhile, I think they'll each be getting their own tanks... I've heard that the second clutch often contains up to 16 or more eggs...
After that, she immediately returned to normal behavior, crawled back under her rock, and became normal (inert), so I guess that was the problem. There was only one egg so far (not expecting any more, since she's not mature). But it was good sized and healthy looking - and she has been living in a tank with my other corn snake Seraphim. I put the egg in a container of moist vermiculite in a warm spot. In a week or so I'll know if the egg is alive...
Meanwhile, I think they'll each be getting their own tanks... I've heard that the second clutch often contains up to 16 or more eggs...