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I am lloking for a picture of a corn right before she lays her eggs. How obvious are the bumps? Last year I dropped the ball and didn't realize one of the snakes in my class was ready to lay the eggs and all were lost. I have two this year that I think will be laying eggs. I know to look around 28 days after mating and after a shed, but what will she look like?

Thanks!

Brian

If you go under the Care & Husbandry subforum, a little way down is my post entitled "Me being paranoid". Don's response labeled "swelling" has a really good picture of a gravid corn. Plus it's easy to get to

~Katie
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2.4 Cornsnakes (Slink, Shadow, Suzie, Snickers, Selena, Sunshine)
0.1 Columbian Red Tail Boa (Baby)
0.3 Leopard Geckos (Cutie, Lily, and Miss Piggy)
0.1 Savannah Monitor (Sam)
0.2 Pac Man Frogs (Gordito and Spud)
0.1 Suriname Toad (Squishy & the Squishettes)
0.0.2 Giant Millipede (Mega & Mila)
0.0.1 Green Iguana (Iggy)
0.0.1 Red Eared Slider (Tiny)
lots of snails and fish...

Brian,

Sometimes it's not very obvious, especially if the eggs are infertile (infertile eggs are smaller than fertile ones). One indication of a corn snake being gravid is the "tenting" of the spine, where you can see a distinct rooftop-like quality to the back, instead of it being rounded. Pictured is a gravid snow corn in her egg laying box.

Tim

Third Eye