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a female a rescued is laying eggs right now but they are vrey long, twice the size of my other corn eggs. Any one have an idea why? Should i keep them and see what happens? Thanks.

I have one snake that makes eggs like that, the babies are just bigger then the normal ones, she laid 18 eggs on her first clutch, which is 8-10 eggs less then most of the other snakes her size, but her babies are always bigger then the rest. the eggs should be fine as long as you care for them.
Thanks
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Jim Hopkins "Hoppy"
Hopkins Holesale Herps
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I've had females lay eggs that were longer than expected. Usually no problem. I say usually because I did have a bad experience with a young female. One egg was unusually long and narrow with a small crease in the center but it was also thick shelled. As it grew during incubation the center area around the crease kind of bulged out but the rest of the egg stayed narrow. The shell was very thick and did not stretch out evenly. The baby hatched out with the last couple of inches turned around and joined to the body. It did not survive. I was willing to give it a chance and accept the responsibility of keeping it as a pet. Never to be sold or bred. The spine did a sharp 180 degree turn and it move around ok but I believe there were internal organ problems.
I would suggest you watch the eggs and if they grow and expand normal, no problem.

>>a female a rescued is laying eggs right now but they are vrey long, twice the size of my other corn eggs. Any one have an idea why? Should i keep them and see what happens? Thanks.

One of my females only laid nine eggs and these were more elongated and larger then any of the eggs my other females laid.
Hopefully they will produce some large, healthy hatchlings.
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Jimmy (draybar)