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Escapee
Mar 14, 2005 16:55:30 GMT -8
Post by doomgerbiluk on Mar 14, 2005 16:55:30 GMT -8
more news on my 'returnee' today she laid 14 eggs!!!!!!!!!! WOW thats lilly, bottom with her partner, kellogs curled up on top I also have a new litter (my 1st) of winter white hamsters wonderful eh?
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Escapee
Mar 14, 2005 19:19:19 GMT -8
Post by callimico on Mar 14, 2005 19:19:19 GMT -8
oh wow!! ;D ;D That's a great pic! I don't want to sound incredibly ignorant, but I always wondered how snakes reproduced (besides the females suddenly having eggs). Do the males typically stay with the females even after the eggs are laid? Are the babies independent immediately, when do you put them in their own habitat? Are 14 eggs large for a cornsnake to have? lol, sorry, I've never had a chance to ask about it before, and don't know anyone else who has snakes, yours are really beautiful!
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Escapee
Mar 14, 2005 19:33:04 GMT -8
Post by pooky on Mar 14, 2005 19:33:04 GMT -8
glad to hear about all the happy returns. doomgerbil, could you post pics of the baby snakes when they hatch? it would be cool to see what they look like, because ive never seen a baby snake before.
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Escapee
Mar 15, 2005 1:59:06 GMT -8
Post by doomgerbiluk on Mar 15, 2005 1:59:06 GMT -8
heeh thanks Call Actually it depends on the species Corn snakes are probably the easiest snakes to keep as pets. They have been in captivity for generations and in the UK at least you are unlikely to find a wild corn snake for sale. There genetics make gerbil genetics look like learnign your alphabet!! Since I have no idea of the ancestry of my snakes (both are rescues) II have ni diea what they will produce (it depends whether they are het etc) I put them together because of space but they appear to enjoy each others company and in fact Kellogs moped when hi mate was missing.
No they don't care for the eggs and will happily cannibalise the hatchlings. In the wild corn snakes hibernate in huge no's and their is a mating frenzy when they emmerge in the spring, resulting in nestfulls of hatchlings which have to be independant from day 1 and will happily cannibalise each other. TBH I doubt an adult cornsnake would even know a baby cornsnake is one of its own species so we must be careful not to anthropomorphise these types of animals.
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