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Adult Shedding twice in fairly quick succession

Alli_Draggy

Alli_Draggy

Wadjet's family
Wadjet looks for all the world like she's going blue again (her eyes are still clear, but she looks very cloudy and is in her irritable, don't bother me mode-she also is due for a mouse, but isn't out and hunting, and usually she only does that when she's close to a shed)-but she just shed in late March. Is it reasonable for her to be shedding again already? She's a 5-6 year old female (as far as we know-that's what we were told when we adopted her).

--Donna
 
Is there anything special I should do if she might be laying? We don't have any male snakes, so I don't think there's any possibility she might have fertile eggs.
 
If you can feel egg bumps in her, I'd go ahead and prepare a lay box for her. There are instructions down in my personal forum. While she can and will lay them about her viv, I think there is less chance of complications from being unsettled and disturbed while laying if you treat it as a "real" event.
 
I'm not going to get close enough to try to feel for bumps-she pretty obviously wants to be left alone (she rattled at me when I changed her water today-and usually she's a very, very calm snake).

Stupid question-is there any chance she could lay fertile eggs? I know there's been no male corn in her life since September-but I don't know her prior history.
 
Although parthenogenesis is a remote possibility, and retained sperm producing fertile eggs is an unlikely possibility, I would think if she is going to lay, the eggs will be infertile. If she does lay, and you choose not to incubate, remember to freeze the eggs for 24 hours before disposing of them. Just in case.
 
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