This little girl finally produced last night. She has been a very small corn all her life - never a vigorous feeder - at 3 years old she only takes a hopper mouse every couple weeks, but seems to be fit, even though small. She is just over 3 feet long, but when she came out of brumation this spring I decided she had to be more than a pretty face - and breeding her might just be enough to jump start her (or do her in - one way or the other - I decided to know).
She was bred to two males - a creamsicle and a normal striped - to be able to distinguish offspring (unless the normal stripe is het albino!). She has eaten three hopper mice since coming out of brumation but remained active and vigorous and appears healthy even though she is so small.
She laid 15 eggs and one little yellowish 'nubbin' yesterday. I left it attached to the group - it is on the right side of the photo. Though two eggs are smaller than the rest, they look good and I am hopeful I will get some pretty babies from her. She didn't seem to lose much condition from the clutch - expect this may get her appetite going.
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