Exciting news! Good vibes for healthy babies down the road! 
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Fifteen eggs later she’s in a surprisingly great mood! For some reason I can’t send pics but she did a great job, not a SINGLE slug either. Hopefully this is my sign she’s a happy snake where she’s at
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Excellent! 
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I would say she is extremely happy where she is! 
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Pics work! Here’s the clutch. I have one egg that I don’t see any veins growing in still but I’m still incubating it in case since it looks healthy
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That candle pic is awesome! I like the way the “snowflakes” look. Clutch looks great too.
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Congratulations!! Wishing you the very best of luck during this long wait until you see those pippies.
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Three infertile so far, which she was very sneaky about hiding at the bottom of the pile and are only now going bad lol. Another question though, she’s just now going into shed again, is this normal or should I be making a bit of extra space for a double clutch? She’s also dumped her water bowl at least twice now just to sit in which she normally doesn’t do which makes me think there’s a second set on the way, but I might just be paranoid
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That’s post-lay shed. Not another pre-lay. Very roughly, a second clutch will be laid about the same time the first starts pipping. Just maintain a lay box and she’ll be good.
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Agreed, she going to have a post-lay shed, which is totally normal. Things are going well.
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Day 20 and the eggs still look good, four slugs total! I think these babies will keep me busy while I’m waiting on a ball python clutch or two later in the season
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Fingers crossed for them!
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Yay for making progress!
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since I’m over the halfway point for incubation now, and I’ve seen a few posts mentioning it, what should I look for when trying to ID something in the egg? I’m happy that I’ve got some visible growing embryos in the first place, but I think it would be fun to run predictions while I wait for some actual babies to come out. I believe I saw one amel though since it candled lighter than the rest
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Lots of movement! I’m not sure if it’s just natural variance, but you can see two eggs the babies look a bit redder inside than the one egg, which that pattern seems consistent throughout them of either being red or brownish, I even have an embryo that looks almost light gray compared to the others, so who knows thankfully mom is back up to almost 400g now
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She double clutched suddenly! No prelay shed or anything, about three look fertile. Unfortunately two out of the three fertile eggs look more slug-y and are very rubbery to the touch which makes me a little worried about them, I separated two fertile ones just since I’m extra cautious with this lot. The especially concerning one the embryo spot is on the bottom and was still recently laid? Should I flip it to be right side up or hope for the best?
Edit: since it’s been a few hours, I have no intention of flipping the egg since I don’t want to risk detaching it from the shell or drowning it
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Good luck with the good ones.
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Congrats on the bonus eggs! Hopefully the ones that look good will be fine.
You’re perfectly fine to move the
So you know, there’s zero risk in moving eggs which are under 48 hours old. The safety window is probably longer but it’s certainly that long. In nature, mama snake bumps them about somewhat as she moves during laying. Laying can and sometimes does stretch for a few days. As far as the location of the embryo itself within the egg, it doesn’t really matter. Again, in nature embryos are positioned in various ways. The important thing is that their orientation remains stable later in incubation.
TLDR: It’s true that corn snake eggs shouldn’t be repositioned to avoid disrupting gas exchange later, but there is a window during the immediate period after laying when they can safely be moved.
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Since you’re more knowledgeable than me, I have another question about these little guys,
Here’s a picture of the Eggies, and clearly there’s a separate and one in the pile that look very much like a slug (yellow, they feel rubbery too) but they have very strong veins for just being laid with an embryo spot, is it possible they could go full term or is it more likely the poor little guys won’t make it? I can imagine the lack of calcium to absorb will be an issue along with how viable the shell and fluids are
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I had a weird, greasy, somewhat sluggy looking clutch this year. 5/6 hatched with no issues and were actually my largest hatchlings of the year. The rule is always, “Incubate until there’s no debate” because sometimes a clutch will surprise you.
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