This little girl is Hawthorne. She’s under 200 grams, and has never been bred. Today she surprised me by refusing food, something that’s very unusual for her. Whenever a female (non-hatchling, obviously) refuses food for me, I always get a bit suspicious and have to palpate them. Sure enough, she feels very gravid. Hopefully she’ll just reabsorb!
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Oh dear, naughty Hawthorne! She’s certainly beautiful. She just wants to be like the big girls. Hopefully she’ll reabsorb, as you say.
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She’s crazy small so I can imagine it would be nerve wracking if she decided to go for it and carry eggs long-term.
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Even the small ones typically do well when laying, but even still, I’ll be worrying about her!
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Clutch number 3 this year. Mom is not done laying, so just a little sneak peek so as not to disturb her too much. It looks like there might be a fair number of slugs in this clutch, but I see some good looking ones too.
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Clementine’s eggs - the one without veins never did develop any and finally went moldy. The good one beside it has some dew drops on it.
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Yay! Bring on those babies and keep us posted! New life is wonderful and always amazing! 
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I think Sparrow is done laying this morning. 16 eggs, but unfortunately only 3 are good.
Clover, the snake in the initial post of this thread, double clutched this morning. I did not re-pair her. She’s not done laying yet, but so far she’s laid 7 eggs, but only maybe 2 of them look good.
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Pardon my ignorance, but Is it normal for corns to have quite a few slugs? I ask coming from ball pythons where the clutch sizes in general are quite a bit smaller, so I wasn’t sure.
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No, not really. I would say the average clutch size is about 12-20, with maybe a couple slugs. My girls usually have about 16, usually with no slugs. Double clutches, if you haven’t re-paired the female, are usually quite a bit smaller and have more slugs.
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Awwwwww man! I’m sorry for the low good egg count! But those few good eggs will be precious to you I am sure!
I do want to see what comes out of those eggs eventually……
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Hooray for good eggs! This season is a challenging one, it seems. Looking forward to seeing hatchlings from Clover’s first clutch before long!
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I haven’t had nearly the challenges you and Jess have had this year, but it’s been a weird season over here nonetheless. I think because I don’t brumate and we had a really mild spring, my snakes’ schedules are all funky. And most of mine that are breeding this year are first-timers, so that can add a bit of extra challenge as well.
Clover finished laying her eggs, for a total of thirteen. I put seven of them into incubation, but I think only 3 or 4 of them are potentially fertile.
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Glad your session is less distressing, even though it’s a strange one. Hopefully you’ll get beautiful, healthy hatchlings!
I don’t brumate either, and mine were a bit late to start this year. All three males I paired were virgins, as was Aria. Two females were older girls for a last season. One of them is apparently not going to lay, so I think I’m done unless Sunlight lays a double clutch. She won’t be re-paired. Her post-lay shed is the next event here.
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Caught this bit of movement in one of my first clutch’s eggs. They could be pipping any day now, although none have dimpled yet.
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Some girls like to use the lay box like this! (But it’s okay. She’s only 6 days out from pre-lay shed, so she’s still scoping out the best spot.)
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That’s so cool! The little noodle doodle has the squirmes!
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That’s so cool! That movement is always a thrill. Nicely captured.
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