(kobra_wizzard)
hi all
i've not been on ofr a while but now i'm in need of urgent help
one of my corns has laid about 12 eggs i've set up a second tank to move the eggs to when she has finished laying and set it to same temp as my original (80) i've put some moist kitchen towel into a nest shape is this ok to put the eggs into and is there anything else i need to do
thanks
kobra wizzard
Corns don't just normally lay eggs when either not brumated or not with a male. While many females will ovulate without either of those two being present, most females will absorb the eggs if they are not fertilized.
So, if you happen to be cohabitating a male and a female, you need to get the male out of that tank. Egg laying takes a lot out of a female, and the male will try to re-breed her in a few weeks if she happens to ovulate again for a second clutch. You really don't want that to happen, so I'd strongly suggest separating the snakes before anymore harm is done.
You can use paper towels as an incubation medium, but you need to keep a close eye on humidity levels as well as any mold that might start to grow on the towels. However, setting up another tank, whether that be 10, 20 gallon, etc, is not an efficient place to be incubating eggs----and your medium will dry out every day or two. You can pick up a rectangular ziploc container from Target or Walmart and place the eggs and paper towels inside that and you'll be much better off. Make sure you don't put any air holes into the container---all that does is dry out the medium.
If you don't want to use paper towels, you can use perlite, vermiculite, or orchid moss. Just make sure whatever you use is not too wet or you can literally drown the eggs.