This "searching" and increased activity prior to laying her eggs is normal for corns and you shouldn't be concerned at this point. As others have stated, she'll likely calm down and lay within a few days.

Rather than filling their enclosures with damp moss, I do offer my snakes a "lay box" as shown in the attached pic. This is simply a medium to large size plastic food storage container and I cut a large round hole in the top. My females always lay inside these lay boxes that are filled with damp spaghnum moss. And I position the lay box half on/off the under tank heat so she can choose the right place according to her temperature preference. Filling your enclosure with moss shouldn't be a problem though.

Make sure your incubator is up and running and you have a container "up to temp" for the eggs and good luck! There's not many things cooler and more satisfying than seeing the process through from breeding to hatching

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Ken Roshak
BlackSwampSerpents@toast.net

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• Laying - When should I get worried? - guttersnacks, Fri May 16 06:06:31 2008
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