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Egg-bind and shed 3 days after laying eggs

shakyhand

shakyhand

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Hi all,

I posted before that my female amel laid 17 eggs last 31st March.... I collected 16 eggs on the night of 30th March... Next morning, she got another egg. This one is smaller compared to others. Thinking that she had finished, I cleaned up the viv and took out the egg nest. Fed her and she ate one mice immediately... (she always take 2 mice every feeding) refused the second mice...

On the 1st April, I notice that there is an obvious bulge and can be felt like round egg. This is my first time with snake laying eggs.... on the 3rd April, I noticed her color change..

Today, she poo a lot and in deep blue... shedding mode.... and the bulging is still there high up almost 1/3 of her body from the tail....

Questions:

1. Why is she shedding? She just shed almost 2 weeks ago. She is not growing...

2. What should I do with the bulging? Should I push it down... she is shedding now..

3. Should I put her back into egg nest?
 
This is why I said you should avoid disturbing her. Do a search for "egg binding". some people suggest swimming, or some other form of exercise to help work the eggs loose.
 
I have had this happen a few times, my theory is that they can be exhausted after egg laying, and it can take a bit of time to build up the strength to push out the last one - moving around and getting a little exercise can help as Drewby said.
The second shed is the post lay shed and perfectly normal. I would let her finish this shed and then give her a small food item, digesting it can help push the egg down. I would not try to push it down manually at this point unless you have experience "massaging" stuck eggs, it is too easy to push too hard and do damage - the egg could rupture inside her. The egg laying box will not hurt.
 
Finally found a vet that can remove her stuck egg

Well here an update. After 3 weeks, the egg still there and not moving even though it is just milimeters from the vent. A friend introduced me to a retired National Zoo vet. He got a great facilities in his beautiful home and this was what we did and she is recuperating nicely...

Surprisingly, the stuck egg looks alive and growing. Too bad Doc managed to slice it unintentionally....

 
WOW.

Consider retiring her from breeding now that she has had surgery. I would think that with her history of binding AND the scar tissue from the operation...I would never attempt that again.

That said, I hope she recovers fully!
 
Yepp... that is the saddest part.... at least she is fine and recuperating now... should I feed her after 3 days surgery??? her last feeding was 9 days ago...
 
I'd give her at least a week? Maybe 2....anything that goes in has to come out....past that incision....
 
shakyhand said:
Well here an update. After 3 weeks, the egg still there and not moving even though it is just milimeters from the vent. A friend introduced me to a retired National Zoo vet. He got a great facilities in his beautiful home and this was what we did and she is recuperating nicely...

Surprisingly, the stuck egg looks alive and growing. Too bad Doc managed to slice it unintentionally....
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Don't waste your time wishing the egg hadn't gotten nicked. It is my experience that eggs that are not laid in a timely manner are not good. They may look fine but they eventually shrivel up. My speculation is that they suffocate if not laid within a given window of time. If some one has the actual reason I'd love to hear it. This is not to say that I don't still make the effort at incubation. I'm an optimist. I can't help it.:rolleyes:
Terri
 
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