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visitors. Each daily photograph will be posted at 11:00 am. central (GMT – 5) and replaced in 24 hours. Feel free
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The eggs this Butter corn snake is in the process of laying are all inertile. I did not allow a male to breed her this year,
so this is the result. It is not uncommon for a female corn snake who was not bred to lay a few fertile eggs that were
insemenated from retained sperm along with mostly infertile eggs. The appearance and texture of these eggs
demonstrate the marker for infertility. Usually, eggs that remain damp and shiny for many hours, are infertile, vs.
most fertile eggs drying and losing their sheen within minutes of being laid.