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Female stopped laying w/5 eggs left. Help!

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SNAKEfusion

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Our fully mature corn started laying on the 18th. Between then and early the 20th she laid 18 eggs, all looked good. It appears she has five left that we can see. No activity since early the 20th. she is on heat, keeping it humid, and plenty of water available. Her skin has really dried out and she appears to be going into a shed. Is this semi normal, or what should we do. Thanks!
 
i'd take her to the vets. did you disturb her while she was laying? it could be some dried feces holding the eggs up, thats what happened to mine.
 
Thanks, one problem we have inthis area is no vets! At least none that do anything but kill snakes. Would there be dried feces after the first 18 eggs? Do you know if it is possible they mature for laying at differant times?
 
Once they go into shed, I have only rarely had them lay on their own, although it has happened. I usually start removing, or aspirating, the most distal egg within a week or 10 days of the last ones that were laid. I wait a day or so after each egg to see if the rest will move down to the cloaca on their own. If you wait too long, the eggs will become hard and then your only option may be surgery.

However, if the egg is close enough to the cloaca, you may be able to coax it out with a lubricated snake probe and tweezers. I have never found a fertile egg in an eggbound female in all of the cases in which I was able to extract a whole egg. So don't worry about the eggs.

I cover the whole subject pretty thoroughly in my book. It is too long and involved for a post though. You may not feel comfortable doing the procedure(s) yourself, so you may have to find a vet or at least an experienced keeper to help you the first time.
 
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