Babies Are On the Way!

Came home to 3 pipped eggs. And surprise surprise! I bred a snow female to a male normal. Both have unknown genetic backgrounds as they were pet store purchases. 8 good eggs and so far 3 have pipped. I took a quick peek and this one is in the first egg.

Snow?
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...abysnow001.jpg
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...abysnow002.jpg

The other two eggs have dark babies so they might be normals or they could be anerys. One really looked dark like an anery so I've got my fingers crossed!

well corns are just too small for my liking but those you got there r pretty lookin'.

Congrats as proving your normal out as being het amel and anery!

Thanks. I'm super excited! Pics to come when they come out.

I see snow :gj:.Congrats

The snow is out of the egg! Pictures to come tonight when I get home.

Here is the snow
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...clutch1001.jpg

And an anery (he/she was fiesty. Tried to bite me! Hahaha!)
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...clutch1002.jpg

Waiting on 6 more to hatch. I think 2 of them are anerys and the other 4 are mysteries so far.

Gotta love them killer corn snake babies :rolleyes: :rofl:

So far he's the only one that is trying to bite me. I like it though. He's got some fire and I hope he'll end up being a good feeder.

5 are out. 1 snow, 2 anerys and 2 that look anery-ish but are lighter with redder heads. Normals? The remaining 3 are 1 snow, 1 amel (I think), and the other hasn't slit its egg yet. So so far we have...

0.0.2 Snow
0.0.2 Anery
0.0.2 Normals? (but they really do look like anerys though. The red is just throwing me off)
0.0.1 Amel
0.0.1 Unknown

If there is red, then they aren't anerys. Some anerys can get some browns and pseudo-red color as they age, but as hatchlings, anerys have sliver/gray backgrounds and black saddles. So if they're red, then they're normals - remember normals can have wild variations! Look forward to whole clutch pics.

Congrats on a successful first clutch!

Well, looks like I have 3 normals. One that I thought was anery turns out has some red on his head and little bits on his body. He came out of the egg box covered, and I mean covered in vermiculite, so I couldn't tell at first. But he is a normal. So that is

0.0.2 Snow
0.0.1 Anery
0.0.3 Normal
0.0.1 Amel (poked his head out and is definitely an amel)
0.0.1 mystery (still has not split his egg)

I'll get some pictures of what has hatched out so far. Just have to run downstairs for the camera.

And I wanted to say a thankyou to all of you who have helped me with this.


Oh and how soon can I sex them?

All but 1 baby are out. They are beautiful! I got individual shots of all but the one. The one that was holding out on us is a snow.

Snow -first to hatch out.
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...clutch1007.jpg

Normal het amel & anery
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...clutch1010.jpg

Anery het amel
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...clutch1006.jpg

Normal het amel & anery
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...clutch1008.jpg

Normal het amel & anery
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...clutch1009.jpg

Amel het anery
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...clutch1004.jpg

Snow
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...clutch1003.jpg

Pile O' Babies
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...clutch1005.jpg

Congrats again :gj:.I try to sex them as they hatchout but it can be interesting at times :P

Great clutch! And those normals will color up a lot after a shed or two; I can see why they were throwing you a curve ball at first.

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Congrats again :gj:.I try to sex them as they hatchout but it can be interesting at times :P

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I've found that, at least for me, its easier to wait until after they shed. I used to sex right out of the egg, but always ended up "female" heavy. When I'd resex after their 1st shed, I'd get more normal ratios. I suspect that maybe the skin that's getting ready to shed somehow can make it trickier for the hemipenes to pop out?

Or maybe it's all in my head that it's easier once they've shed. Regardless, I just wait until after they shed before I try to sex them. Just my 2¢.

Awww! They are cute. Congrats!

How do you sex something that tiny? I'm afraid I'm going to hurt them! They are so little! I'm going to wait till after they've had their first shed and their first meal and then I know someone who is going to show me how to pop hatchling corns.


How long does it usually take them to hatch? A week or so? I'm loving these little guys. I can't wait until they take their first pinky! And thanks to everyone!:banana::banana::banana:

They're easy to pop. If you can do bps, then you can do corns. Biggest mistake is starting too close to the cloaca, make sure you start far enough down so you can get them to pop.

And if you're referring to any unhatched eggs, I give them a week, and if they haven't hatched, I cut them open to see what went wrong. Usually its DIE (dead in egg) and/or severely deformed. If they're not pipped within 48 hours, usually not a good sign.

*smacks forehead* sorry I've been going on very little sleep these past few days so my brain is a little fried.

I meant shed, not hatch. Of course, as soon as I ask, I check on them today and a few have blue-ish eyes and are looking like they are going into blue.