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I've had 2 different females slug out on me despite me not breeding them. One was a virgin female. The other came to me eggbound and I performed surgery. Unfortunately 2 years after that surgery she decided to make a dud clutch, became eggbound again and died.
While the making of dud clutches doesn't occur all that often, it's definitely a possibility. Becoming eggbound is even less likely BUT... it is something that can indeed happen and you should be prepared for.
Having an eggbound female is scary, because that stuck egg can possibly block their ability to urinate and defecate. It's usually fairly easy to spot an eggbound female, as the egg most often gets stuck near the vent. My girl who died didn't even have a pre-lay shed when she passed away. I don't know exactly what happened or why, but she was full of dud eggs at the time.
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