My Eggs are Here!!!

[Vicki]

Well I now have 21 eggs. 19 of which are perfect, the other 2 there is still hope for.

It took her 24 hours to produce them all, 1 i removed yesterday morning after it had been there all night. 12 I removed last night and a further 8 this morning. I had to remove them last night as it looked like she would squash them if i left them overnight.

I am so made up, just 6 agonising week to wait now!! Hopefully Amber will also be laying in the few days as she had her pre lay shed last week, maybe she will give me a fretile clutch this time, lol.

And John If you still want one when they hatch you will have first pick of the whole bunch ;D

[John Pilling]

:DYeeesss ;D

Good on you girl i know how much it means to you. And yeah i#d love another tiny corn in the house (they grow up to quickley, lol).

Best of luck for you and the egg's, also for the mothers and hope they recover quickey. I'm dead pleased (and proud) of you .

Well done ;D ;D

[mourne]

Thats great news Vicki hope all goes well. Someday i hope to have baby snakes but thats a long way off yet.

[Vicki]

Thanks ;D

Youre right John, it does mean a lot. It also proves that Humbug is fertile, as you know i was a bit worried about that after amber had her infertile clutch.

At last i can now start building my rack. I didnt want to curse myself by starting it too early, lol ;D ;D ;D

[Dave]

;DCongrats!!!!!!!!!!! ;D

[jo]

good luck vicky, a friend of mine is breading her corns im gonna have one from her, but it will be ages yet

[Vicki]

Thanks everyone ;D

This is her last night when i had to remove some of the eggs before going to bed, as you can see she was still laying



And here are all the eggs. One looks like it died and a few are fused together, others clumped but most of them were laid seperate which made it so much easier to remove them!

[lozzer]

Great!i wish all the best of luck and im quite intrested my self on purchase one of your babies when they hatch!

[John Pilling]

18 good eggs, 2 fused that may be ok, and a possible slug (the dinted 1). Well done with the clutch and kant wait to see the offspring.

[mourne]

Vicki thats a lovely sight just think of all those wee babies ahhhh.

[lozzer]

Actualy i think i change my mind about the idea of purchaseing a hatchling off you vicki when they hatch as wirral is like 5 hours away fro me!!!!!!!Darn tooootin!!!!

[jo]

oh wow how cool iv never seen a more clear pic of a corn laying eggs. Iv got a silly Q will the 2 eggs that are joined be twins and the same morphs ? Im a twin, as a fertille egg me and my sis were one egg that split into 2 eggs and so 2 people, that makes us identicall twins, dont no propper science name, but say twins that arnt identical are just to eggs that "got threw". So i think that explains my strang Q, dose this work the same with snakes or is it just a mutation ?, and did the eggs come at the same time?, oh and will it afect the snakes health ? idlove peoples thorts on this, how cool would it be to have identical twin snakes ,Its prob not poss but it would be class

[lee]

well done vicki
all the best with them and hope they do well for you
lee

[Vicki]

Thank you everyone for the lovely replies ;D

Jo, im really not sure about those fused eggs, I am in the process of finding out. I am not sure if the grew that way or if they fused when she was actually laying them. If there is infact 2 snakes in each im not sure what would happen. I will let you know when i find out. Twins would be mad! The whole twin thing really facinates me.

Lozzer, i agree 5 hrs is quite a way. If you do want one and you are going to the csfc show I will be more than happy to bring one for you. Anyway you have plenty of time to decide as im sure you will want to see the offspring first ;D

[andrea]

Congratulations! ;D ;D

Really pleased for you. How exciting! Lovely pics too.

[Vicki]

Well after a bit of research it seems that no one had had any experience with these kind of fused eggs, so it will be iteresting to see the outcome. Here are a few quotes from people regarding them. The first it from Tanya who breeds on a large scale (has about 100 adults)....

'The top ones do look like two separate developing eggs to me but only time will tell. The bottom ones though look as though they've not fully formed. I've never experienced eggs that look like these to comment on them with any experience I'm afraid. I do not know whether they will develop or, indeed, how they will develop and so we will have to play the waiting game on those. '

And from Tanyas mum...
'I have never seen eggs fused together either? I would be most interested in what comes out of those eggs, probably twins but possibly fussed twins, maybe John C or Paul C has seen something similar over the years but I haven't ? good luck though Vicki its going to be interesting to say the least!'

So I will keep you updated on what happens with them ;D

[lozzer]

Sometimes the eggs stick together but they are joined at the shell instead of a sticky substance sticking them together so you never know might be twins or even better a two headed snake!but there is only a 1 in 10,000 chance of getting something like that but who knows!
Im not 100% sure if im going to the show but hopefuly i will be.I consult you later to make sure that i am ok.

[Jared]

Well congrats Vicki and that'd be the coolest thing ever if you got a double headed snake. Would you feed it one mouse or two? Which head would choose which way to slither? who knows. But it'd be sweet! ;D

[Vicki]

lol, I did read about a 2headed snake. They actually fight for the food the same as if they were two seperate snakes.

[blacktegu]

congrats vicki
WOW 21 eggs is quite a large clutch
they look healthy etc with it good
hope they do well for you