They Are Hatching!!!

[kernel]

My first clutch of corn snake eggs are hatching! There are 12 eggs and so far 7 have hatched. The pairing was amel motley x anery. There are normals, amels, anerys and snows, so that means the amel motley is het anery and the anery is het amel. I didn't know their genetics because one was a pet store snake and the other was a rescue. I'll post pics once they all hatch out, right they aren't all the way out and keep ducking back into their eggs when I try to get a pic.

[Glasgow Corns]

nice one congrats

[exwizard]

That is great. Definitely gives me something to look forward to in a couple of months. Congratulations!

[GarterPython]

Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kernel]

Thanks guys! I'm so EXCITED!

[Snakefood]

Awesome!! don't you love surprise hets??

[kernel]

I LOVE surprise hets!!!

[kernel]

3 more have pipped making a total of 10 so far, but I can't tell what the 3 are yet.

[Maclyal]

first time around is always so much fun to watch.
must see pics...

[Terranaut]

Yup. We just did this. First time is very exciting.

[GarterPython]

Pictures!!!!!!!!

[kernel]

first time around is always so much fun to watch.
must see pics...

Yup. We just did this. First time is very exciting.

I'm so excited that I can't even express it in a post!

Pictures!!!!!!!!

Looks like I'll be able to post pics tonight or tomorrow morning, they are almost done hatching.

[GarterPython]

Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Snakefood]

wow, that's great, I still have 2 that have not pipped and having problems with one who has actually tied himself in an actual knot!!

[exwizard]

I guess my eggs really are late in tbe season. I have to wait until August. Oh well. I think this is great though and I'm excited right there with you.

[Snakefood]

I think that's normal, my blizzard that I bought last year was born late July

[Fredricks]

Very excited for you. First time ever?

[kernel]

wow, that's great, I still have 2 that have not pipped and having problems with one who has actually tied himself in an actual knot!!

Can you post a pic of that?

I guess my eggs really are late in tbe season. I have to wait until August. Oh well. I think this is great though and I'm excited right there with you.

I think that's normal, my blizzard that I bought last year was born late July

Corns usually hatch May-July, but can hatch as late as August or September.

Very excited for you. First time ever?

Thanks! Yes, my very first time!

[kernel]

OK everyone, here are the hatchlings! All 12 hatched with no kinks and are pretty large hatchlings. I haven't sexed them yet, I'll probably wait till they have eaten several times. There are 6 snows het motley, 3 anerys het amel and motley, 2 amels het anery and motley and 1 normal het snow motley.

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[alessia55]

That's quite a nice batch of hatchlings!!!! Congrats!

[exwizard]

Congratulations! :)

[GarterPython]

They look awesome! Just out of curiosity, when they are little can you keep them together until you sell them or do you need to seperate them right away.

[kernel]

That's quite a nice batch of hatchlings!!!! Congrats!

Congratulations! :)

Thanks!

They look awesome! Just out of curiosity, when they are little can you keep them together until you sell them or do you need to seperate them right away.

I keep them together until their first shed. They have to be on wet paper towel until they have their first shed and keeping them together makes it easier. They typically shed a week after they hatch. You can do this with most colubrids (rat snakes, hognose etc), boas and pythons, but never leave hatchling king snakes or milk snakes together.

[kernel]

Here are a couple more pics!

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/392977_144920162309099_100003733491308_179274_3856 15826_n.jpg

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[bigsnakegirl785]

Congrats! They are a bunch of very good looking snakes. Good job on a perfect hatching the first time around. :)

[GarterPython]

Thanks kernel!

[kernel]

Congrats! They are a bunch of very good looking snakes. Good job on a perfect hatching the first time around. :)

Thanks!

Thanks kernel!

Your very welcome :)

[marvelfreak]

Congrats!
They are a beautiful bunch.

[Gungirl]

They are adorable.. I want a motley so bad. I keep getting teased with these great pics. :(

[GarterPython]

Are you keeping some of them? Or are you going to sell them all.

[jaleely]

cuuute! I love this big baby heads. lol

[kernel]

Congrats!
They are a beautiful bunch.

Thanks!!!

They are adorable.. I want a motley so bad. I keep getting teased with these great pics. :(

Thanks! These aren't motleys, but they are all het motley.

Are you keeping some of them? Or are you going to sell them all.

I might keep a male and female snow, one of the anerys and one of the amels, but I won't know exactly until I sex them and see how their individual colors and patterns develop. At least 8 of them will be for sell.

[shayna]

Congratulations! What a gorgeous looking bunch of snakes.

[kernel]

Thanks! :)

[kernel]

Well, I sexed them today. 0.1 normal, 0.2 amels, 0.3 anerys and 3.3 snows. I will pop each one again in a few weeks just to make sure. Feeding them tomorrow.

[kernel]

All 12 ate! Also, I just realized I made a typo, the normal is a male, not a female.

[Snakefood]

that's awesome!! wish mine hatched closer together, I still have 3 that haven't even shed yet!! the others have shed and eaten though!!