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Extra large egg?

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Kel

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My four year old (guesstimated age as she was a rescue) laid her first full clutch on 12th May - 19 normal, fertile eggs. Last Sunday, I found her eggbound and after a lot of KY Jelly application, this morning my vet aspirated and removed another fertile egg that was about twice the size of her others. There was no way she would have been able to lay it without help.

So my questions: Was this just a fluke/bad luck, or can I expect it to happen again? Any ideas what causes this?

Whilst she seems absolutely fine now, I'm a bit nervous as I lost one of my first Corns, years ago, to complications that arose when she had the same trouble. If the problem is likely to recur in its current victim, then I'll make sure that I don't breed her again.

Thanks for any feedback.
 
I'm sorry to hear of your experiences and also glad that the vet was able to correct the issue.

Thankfully I've never had that problem yet. But since it was the first time it happened I'd more than likely treat it was a fluke. As long as you feel she's getting the best care at your home possible, then I'd just take some extra steps next year to make sure that the risk isn't there again.

From what I've read both in the CSM and on here, allowing them a cage with a larger floor space to encourage movement, avoiding over-weight issues, exercising them by allowing them to crawl on you or a safe tree.

But I think most egg bound issues seem to be a combination of things happening at once. Nest site wasn't quite what she wanted, poor muscle tone, overweight problems, coupled with an egg that when left in the oviduct will swell and further inhibit passage.

If it were me, I'd breed her again next year, but I'd also make sure she got the most exercise beforehand and left alone with a variety of nesting options.
 
Thanks Taceas. I have her in a viv thats 4 feet wide x 2.5 feet deep x 3 feet high, with two shelves (one and two feet off the ground respectively) and two large branches. She's an active gal so I don't think it's lack of exercise. Also, she doesn't seem overweight when I compare her to my other adult female.

She also seemed comfortable with the nest box. She'd chosen it over the other one that I put into the viv and had settled into it over a week before she laid the main clutch. She went back into it during the last week, so I think she realised what was going on.

I'm hoping that the length of time between the main clutch (sorry, my original post should have read 12th JUNE not May, but that's still quite a gap) and this last "rogue" egg, means that it was just a fluke. She certainly wasn't eggbound until ten days ago at the earliest, as I check her at least twice a week and would have noticed a lump like that - unexplained lumps are one of the things I'm checking for during the breeding season.

Fingers crossed that it was just a one-off then! Thanks for the ideas.
 
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