Hi,


So I had a feeling I needed to come home a day earlier than planned from my trip.

I got in at 5pm and immediately went to check on all the snakes and especially on my amel corn who had had her pre-lay shed on the 1'st of June.

I did manage to catch her right in the middle of laying her clutch which I had really wanted to see - but the clutch itself wasn't exactly all I had hoped.








I did try and candle them but can only see tiny thin veins in 4 of the clutch and don't think anything is going to come of any of them if I'm honest - I think she knew as well as they were getting fairly battered about by her when she was laying the last couple.

But she does seem to have held better condition than I was expecting and has already eaten a small half grown mouse so if she bounces back well enough I might think about double clutching her.

But that's a decision for another day - should I keep her on smaller meals for a couple of weeks?

She only missed one weeks feeding during all of this and normally eats fairly large full grown mice with relish but I wasn't sure allowing her to go straight back to that was wise.


dr del