Didnt know she was pregnant---help!

I bought a corn snake a couple of weeks ago. I was about to feed her and she had laid eggs!! I have never bred before and idk what to do!!!! I think some are slugs but I have no idea!!!!!!! Help!!!

I can't remember what temps corn eggs need because I only have BPs and boas, but if you hold a flash light to the eggs you can do what is called candling. Good eggs will be red/pink and show veins, some maybe yellowish but still have veins and bad eggs (slugs) won't have any veins. Corns don't do maternal incubation so you will need to do it yourself or find someone to incubate them for you.

I believe I saw a few veins in each egg. They don't look perfectly smooth on the surface. Is this normal? They have what looks like little "craters". Now if I purchased an incubator...would I see more veins overtime as they mature?

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Originally Posted by Unstable3lement

I believe I saw a few veins in each egg. They don't look perfectly smooth on the surface. Is this normal? They have what looks like little "craters". Now if I purchased an incubator...would I see more veins overtime as they mature?

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I don't know about seeing more veins, but I know that cornsnake eggs should be around 82 degrees from what I remember.

you dont need an incubator for corn snake eggs. just read a care sheet on incubation medium and puth them in a container with the medium. put a lid on it and place it on a high shelf in a warm room. they will hatch in about 60 days.
by medium i am talking about perlite or vermiculite.
adam jeffery

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Originally Posted by The Hedgehog

I don't know about seeing more veins, but I know that cornsnake eggs should be around 82 degrees from what I remember.

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I don't think they get more veins either, but if they have veins they should be fertile and with proper care will probably hatch.

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Originally Posted by adamjeffery

you dont need an incubator for corn snake eggs. just read a care sheet on incubation medium and puth them in a container with the medium. put a lid on it and place it on a high shelf in a warm room. they will hatch in about 60 days.
by medium i am talking about perlite or vermiculite.
adam jeffery

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The OP would have to have a very warm room to not need an incubator. As The Hedgehog said corn snake eggs should be kept at around 82 degrees.

"They can incubate at anywhere from 76-86 degrees F. 80-84 is an ideal range as too hot or too cold can sometimes cause the hatchlings to develop problems in development." - http://www.reptilespecialists.com/ca...ornsnakes.html

Baby corns can be delicate. You do not HAVE to hatch them if you don't have space for a bunch of babies. Unless you are really into taking care of a bunch of new snakes and trying to find good homes for each, you could just put the eggs in the freezer. You don't have to be forced into keeping them if you aren't prepared to spend a lot of time and money on babies.

I have never ears of putting them in a freezer.