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uncalcified spot
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bitsy
Owned by Corns since 1991
Nothing you can do about it, nothing to worry about!
Sometimes I get whole clutches that seem to have "windows" or uneven calcification. They're usually fine. QUite interesting - if you're lucky, you'll be able to watch the blood vessels spread inside and the hatchling growing.
Sometimes I get whole clutches that seem to have "windows" or uneven calcification. They're usually fine. QUite interesting - if you're lucky, you'll be able to watch the blood vessels spread inside and the hatchling growing.
bitsy
Owned by Corns since 1991
Never quite figured it out myself. It seems to appear at random amongst my lot; a snake that produces a perfect clutch for three years at a stretch, can suddenly produce some with patchy calcification.
I've tried adding a vitamin D3+calcium supplement to drinking water from the start of the year, but this has never made any difference - most clutches are fine, the odd one is still patchy.
Some years, I don't have the problem at all; all eggs are perfect, with no change in feeding regime or supplements.
I've given up worrying about it. Patchy/uneven eggs seem to be as successful as the "perfect" ones.
All my breeding females eat adult mice and nothing else, so I don't think a "bad diet" is a factor. If it was genetic, the same snake would produce patchy eggs consistently - this never happens with me.
I've tried adding a vitamin D3+calcium supplement to drinking water from the start of the year, but this has never made any difference - most clutches are fine, the odd one is still patchy.
Some years, I don't have the problem at all; all eggs are perfect, with no change in feeding regime or supplements.
I've given up worrying about it. Patchy/uneven eggs seem to be as successful as the "perfect" ones.
All my breeding females eat adult mice and nothing else, so I don't think a "bad diet" is a factor. If it was genetic, the same snake would produce patchy eggs consistently - this never happens with me.