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Freaking out! My first snake laid an egg- she was a virgin as far as I know!

Wait- if she goes blue she'll refuse to eat! She doesn't eat before or during going blue.
 
They normally eat the day after laying, feed her then and then again after she sheds :)

I had a female that I thought was a male, I put her with another female and she laid 6 eggs, 2 that looked fertile, plump and white and 4 yellow slugs. The two eggs deflated in 2 weeks. She was 170 grams about a month before laying and 130 after. That almost 3 months ago (maybe a little more) and she's already back to 160grams. I fed her two pinks after she laid and then after she shed a rat pink. Then every 5 days I gave her either a fuzzie or a rat pink. She's now eating hoppers/ rat "peach fuzzies" every week.

Just slowly build her back up to her normal meal... I feed rats every once in a while because they have a higher fat content and help with weight gain. You can also get some Reptile Vitamins and Calcium powder and dust the rodent before feeding.
 
I went upstairs to feed her a fuzzy and she's still laying! I'm rather concerned- I could plainly see the egg at her cloaca, yet none of it was out. Do you think I should just check when I get back?
 
Leave her alone to pass the egg in peace. The worst case scenario for an undersized, underage female is that she has egg binding to deal with next. If she goes into shed before she eats, so be it. After she has her postlay shed you can start feeding her up and hope for the best.
 
What would I do if its bound? How long should I wait for her to pass it before becoming worried?
 
Lyion said:
What would I do if its bound? How long should I wait for her to pass it before becoming worried?
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Honestly, and I can't emphasise this enough, my personal advice would be to let her do this with as little intervention as possible. She is underage and undersized, but snakes are remarkably resilient. I have had eggs passed after several weeks, just feeding the females to build them up and letting nature take its course. Personally, I'd say anything such as swimming her, massaging the egg out or aspiration would possibly do more harm than good and cause her more stress. Left alone in her laybox is the best action you can take right now, disturbing a female can stop them laying.
(I did exactly that with the first female I bred, interrupted her laying and was told in very strong terms by people I respected to keep my hands off her and let her be)
 
I echo Janine's advice. Try and set yourself the goal of not checking on her *at all* for the next 12 hours. There's nothing you can do to help the process at the moment and a lot you can do to cause problems.

It's tough advice to follow but she really is best left to her own devices just at the moment.
 
Lindsay darling, PLEASE listen to what everyone is saying.
At this point, you should not even know she laid another egg, unless you checked on her. Please don't check in her at all.
Most likely you checking on her interupted her laying, and she is even more apt to become eggbound.
Seriously, every single time you check in her the chance of her dying increases. So please Stop. Please?

Snakes can poop, shed and lay eggs without any help from us.
Please let her do what she needs to do.
 
Thanks everyone. I do not have much of a choice. I left for the brief roadtrip today. Should I check when I get back. I'll be back in two days or so.
 
I honestly think this is the breathing space she needs. It's going to be very hard on you, I completely understand that, but there's nothing that you can actively do for her just at the moment. Do make sure your brother knows to leave her alone while you're gone as well.

Try and concentrate on whatever it is your roadtrip is for - it'll do you good as well. Bless you for being so caring but nature has to deal with this situation for the moment.
 
I really am trying to listen to everyone but people tell me to feed her the next day and when I try to people say I`m not listening to them. I don't know when I”m supposed to listen. I don't want her to die because of my dumb actions. It feels so hopeless. I don't want anything to happen to her.
 
I told you to feed her the next day if she was done laying. You can't really say the egg is retained until it hasn't moved for 24-48 hours. Since you're going to be gone, and then she'll be blue, it's okay to wait until she sheds for a meal. She is not going to die of starvation by missing the first post-lay meal.
 
Sorry. I`m just so stressed out. I don`t know how to see if she's done to feed her or get out the eggs without stressing her out.
 
If you leave her alone for more than 5 minutes, she'll be done quicker. I know, I know, that sounds harsh, but you really do need to leave her alone. Stop stressing. She'll be fine. And then you'll be fine. And then you'll think yourself silly for worrying so much about something animals have been doing for millions of years.
 
Lyion said:
Sorry. I`m just so stressed out. I don`t know how to see if she's done to feed her or get out the eggs without stressing her out.
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Lindsay, I know it is very stressful. And I know all the questions are not helping. Take a second and take a few deep breaths and find your center for a minute.......good....

I got my first snake in 1995 and my first corn snake in 1996. And when an issue comes up, I get so stressed I forget things that I KNEW before! Things I would have known cold when I was calm.

Yes, your girl is small and really this is not an ideal situation. But first things first...first she must be allowed to finish what she is doing. I know you want to check on her every minute, who can blame you, she's your baby!!! It is good you are going away for 2 days, even though I know she will be on your mind every second.
Hopefully when you get back she will be all done with no more eggs in her.

Then we can talk about getting some food into her.

Please try to stay calm til then.

If there is a problem, update us here.....
If there isn't a problem, please update us here.

And try to not go crazy for the next few days!
 
get out the eggs without stressing her out.
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The eggs aren't really the focus at the moment - your lass is. Leaving the eggs with her so that she isn't disturbed further, will be the best thing for her. You can worry about incubating eggs in a year or two when she's a safer size and you're better prepared.

Now go have a roadtrip - and try to relax for both your sakes!
 
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