To answer jyohe - if a snake drops a couple of infertile eggs or creates follicles and then reabsorbs them, I think it is far less stressful than laying a clutch of fertile eggs (which are larger than infertile eggs).



As for a coastal plains milk triple clutching, have you ever actually had that happen? Triple clutching is extraordinarily uncommon in corn snakes.



I'd also say that laying eggs without mating happens, but I wouldn't consider it the norm. I reckon there's thousands of people with pet female corn snakes that have never been bred and never have never laid eggs.



To answer Misty - I've seen a 50/50 split between females that are ready at two years (which more typically is 18 months, as many corns hatch in the Summer, but breed in the Spring) and those that are too small (in my opinion). It all depends on size, and this depends on the feeding schedule, as well as the individual snake's growth rate.



Tim

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