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Old 07-02-2017, 03:16 AM   #1
Milesawaygirl
What to do with eggs?

Hi, I'm new here and the snake in question, Hebi, belongs to my son. She was a rescue from the RSPCA in December. She has not had any contact with other snakes since then (& was housed alone at the RSPCA where she had been a couple of months at least).

Early June eggs were suddenly produced, over a week 14 were produced, almost all were certainly slugs but 4 we had enough doubt about to keep.

Hebi became seriously ill and we thought we were going to lose her, thanks to the care of a reptile vet she amazingly recovered. She was our priority, we weren't looking to breed, it seemed so unlikely the eggs were fertile so care of the 4 possible eggs was definitely a secondary concern.

We put the eggs in a plastic box with a loose lid and moist kitchen roll, the box is on the heat pad in the vivarium.

Here we are a month on, Hebi has finished her antibiotics, shed and is eating well so I am now left wondering what to do with the eggs. They still don't seem like the slugs we disposed of - one in particular was plumper from the start & is still a little squishy. They are all discoloured a little, a bit indented and aren't as soft as they were, I would also say they are heavier.

I am not keen to go out and buy specialist equipment and thinking just to let nature take it's course where they are but a bit concerned if any were to hatch that Hebi would eat them - is that likely?

I kind of wish we had frozen them at the start but now if they have Hebi's babies in them I couldn't possibly bring myself to do that as they will be much more developed now.

Just don't know what to do - is there a sure fire way to tell if they are viable eggs?