Caitrin and Earl--a Love Story

[Catherine]

Earl is an old corn snake. I took him as a rehome Dec 2010. He is probably 15 years old now and a grand gentle old snake.

My other corn snakes live as a group and he seemed lonely so I brought Caitrin home on Feb 14, 2011. She was my little valentine gift to Earl.
It was love at first sight.

They are always together, always touching.

They like to keep their faces together.

This is one of my favourite pictures


Snakes don't have hands to touch with so they use their whole bodies.
They are just so close as a couple. Earl just adores her.
They have had clutches of babies together, but Earl is showing his age this year so I figured we might get an egg or two, maybe 5 at the most. NOT EVEN CLOSE!
Caitrin just laid 21 EGGS Earl may be old, but the old man is not done yet. This is my biggest clutch this year and Caitrin's biggest ever. Round about the beginning of June there will be a whole tangle of little Earls.(I call a clutch of newly hatched corn snakes a tangle. When I post pictures you will see why)