Corn snake gravid?

Hello! 20 days ago I paired 2 aneries, with objectives of getting tessera snows and ghosts (she is a false motley haha). Would like to know what is your guys opinions wether she is gravidnor not! She certainly looks different, flattened area and wider!




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She does appear gravid to me, it would help to have some older photos of her to compare though.

Also to know how often and how large the meals are she eats.

(Edit) Sorry to be nosy too but whats going on with the lack of substrate lol?

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It’s hard to judge without seeing before/ after pics, but the thickening near her vent does indicate gravid. Do you know what her weight is doing?

Here’s are a couple of things to try. Hold her body up horizontally, supported of course, and look at her belly. If she’s gravid you can see a difference between her front third and her middle/back third. The ventral scales nearer her front will look like they always have, basically flat on the bottom. If she’s gravid, the ventral scales will be rounded out on the back part of her body. You can compare her belly to that of your male, too.

You can also try putting a thin sheet, scarf, etc. over your relaxed fingers, palm up. Let her crawl over it. You’ll feel any eggs pass across your fingers as rounded bumps.

I’m also curious about the lack of substrate.

I assume your Aneries must be het Amel, Hypo. I take it the sire is Anery Tessera?

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She was 410 grams at the pairing, I will check tomorrow how much she weights! the lack of substrate is due to a delay in shipping :frowning: A month ago i shipped some substrate and bought new terrariums because the one she had was too small for pairing stuff, but the substrate was heavily delayed due to lack of stock and I still didnt have it when I took the photo, I only had one bag left, so yeah. But now she has a nice cozy bedding haha

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Thanks, to my eyes she looks very different, very flattened the last third of her body, I will try those techniques once I can, thanks for the help guys!
And yeah, pairing an Anery Het Amel Het Hypo with Tessera Anery Het Amel Het Hypo

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