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Only 1 egg - a slug. What to do?

Skotos

Skotos

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My gravid corn laid her first egg yesterday (7 days after her prelay shed) and it is an obvious slug. This morning I looked in her laying box and there were no additional eggs.:shrugs: Has anyone had a similar experience? Is this normal? Does it normally take this long to lay the rest of the eggs? I could not find any answers to this question in Kathy Love's book so I thought I'd ask here. Thanks!
 
they can drop slugs a week before laying fertile eggs, chances are she has more but it might be a few days or even a week before she drops the rest.

does it look like there are any more eggs near her vent?
unless you notice a bulge that doesn't move for a long time, just leave her be, she will drop them when she is ready.
 
Mysfitz said:
they can drop slugs a week before laying fertile eggs, chances are she has more but it might be a few days or even a week before she drops the rest.

does it look like there are any more eggs near her vent?
unless you notice a bulge that doesn't move for a long time, just leave her be, she will drop them when she is ready.
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Thanks for the advice. I didn't know they could drop a slug that long before they laid. No eggs appear to be near her vent. I'll just let her be until she lays the rest.
 
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