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Egg Laying Concerns

onelifetolive45

onelifetolive45

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Ok some of you know that last year was my first successful year breeding. Well like most things I feel like I have hit a snag this season. I'm trying to be patient and relax but I am starting to get a little worried. I breed my bloodreds het hypo together this year at my partners house which is about 45 minutes away. He went away for his daughters graduation in Reno last weekend so I went up to care for the animals(most of all my animals have migrated up there). The first thing I notice walking in is there are a few really bad looking eggs in the males cage. Obviously he had switched the male and female unknowingly. So the first problem was as the male was enjoying his luxorious nest box the female did not have a suitable laying area. After a slight flip out I put a nest box in with the female and tended to the very dried out eggs she had laid(only 4) and put them in some moist vermiculite. Than after looking more closely at the female 1. Realized she is going into her, what I think is prelay shed. 2. She is still chok full of eggs. My partner informed me yesterday she still has not passed the eggs and all of this took place on friday night. Anyone have any thoughts? I may be known for leaning more towards at home treatment rather than seeing a vet, so if anyone has advice please give it, but this is beginning to seem out of my league so a vet visit may be necessary. Please let me know.
 
I've heard that some females can lay slugs up to a couple weeks before laying the rest of the eggs. Now that you have her next box with her, I would just leave her alone and wait a day or two.

oops sorry. I misread part of what you said.

Does she have eggs near the vent? Is your partner handling her?
 
New to the site... but got a concern.

I thought I had two males (Miami and a Snow) but apparently not. I left for vacation last saturday to come home to find that the Miami has laid 14 eggs... here is the dilemma... the eggs are pretty dried out :( I have moved them into a higher humidity and moist nest and I am not sure if they are gonna make it.... any thoughts on how I can tell if they are gonna survive? A few have some pretty distinct veining... this is the very first breed for them both. I feel sick to my stomach that I had no idea this was going to happen. Thanks in advance.
 
Beckers, The eggs are right behind the vent, and I asked him not to mess with her until further notice.

Tuckahoe- You are going to want to move your concern to it's own thread. When you first go into this topic at the top left I believe is a button that says "New Thread" click that and you will have a thread dedicated to your specific concern. By the way welcome
 
I would say if the eggs are that close, giver her another day or two. See if she lays them on her own. If she was ready to lay last week but didn't have the proper place to lay, she may be egg bound. I would go ahead and put a call into a vet and see about getting her in Thursday. They may be able to aspirate the first couple eggs to let her pass them. Maybe that would get her started to pass the rest on her own and avoid surgery. Good luck.
 
Just an update, my female blood has begun laying her eggs again and so far so good. Thanks for your advice and I hope to be able to post a picture or two of what will hopefully be a healthy clutch
 
Ok bad news and more importantly good news. After my last post my partner informed me that she had stopped laying and had retained two right at her vent, and four eggs closer to mid-body. After hearing that I told him I would come meet him to take the snake to the vet. After seeing the vet we decided it would be best to sedate her and try to milk the eggs out of her. Seeing thta it was late on a friday the doctor said he would give me a call tomorrow after the procedure. On the ride home I recieved a call from him saying that he couldn't bare to leave her overnight and had stayed later, sedated her, and successfully milked all of the remaining eggs out of her. I went this morning and picked her and the six, what look like fertile, eggs up and they are now home. Thank God for good vets and lessons learned.
 
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