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help! corn snake wont lay eggs?

My 2 year old corn snake is laying eggs for her first timeall of them are infertile because she has never mated. She passed 2 yesterday but she will not do the rest, we don‘t have any vermiculite, perlite or moss and there aren‘t any stores close that have them, is there anything else i can use that she will want to lay her eggs in? We did call the vet he said to soak her in warm water and to heat an area in her tank to 85, but he said nothing about what to put in there for her to lay them in.and she keeps looking.please help!If nothing works we do plan on taking her to the vet, but i‘m hoping we won‘t have to.

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Not sure what type of bedding you use but I use the ground coconut shell. I filled a larger plastic coffee can (with a hole in the lid) half full with the bedding moistened just enough so that I could barely squeeze any water out. Its the humidity she's looking for. I'd imagine anything would work (even shredded wet newspaper) as long as its not toxic (such as pine shavings). Best of luck
Not sure what type of bedding you use but I use the ground coconut shell. I filled a larger plastic coffee can (with a hole in the lid) half full with the bedding moistened just enough so that I could barely squeeze any water out. Its the humidity she's looking for. I'd imagine anything would work (even shredded wet newspaper) as long as its not toxic (such as pine shavings). Best of luck

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