first time eggs and question

[OhhWatALoser]

well she finally laid eggs!

32 days after prelay shed, 3 good looking eggs, 3 slugs, and one that im not 100% sure, but i think its bad.

she ended up prolapsing on the last egg (the one im not sure if its bad or not), it was deformed and i think its funny shape ended up pulling all her insides out with it, I had to finish getting the egg out of her. put down some neosporn on it and put her in a recovery tub, hope she pulls it back in herself, if not im going to have to help her, but im sure shes exhausted from the egg laying, so i doubt shes trying very hard right now. just making sure it stays moist and clean for now.

when my green tree had a prolapse, it was 10 times worse than this, so im trying to not worry, she pulled through, so im sure this girl will also.

ill post pics later after im done getting everything sorted out.

my question is, from what i was reading, they lay eggs usually on day 27 after prelay shed, is this really that good of a countdown? i mean she laid 5 days late, is this common?

also I was wondering, do slugs just happen? or is there something you can do help reduce it? the person I got her from said she laid anywhere from 5-8 perfect eggs (wasn't sure on the exact number) and I only got 3 a year later. just bad luck? or is there something I can do next time? she was well over 1800 grams when I started breeding her.

[Foschi Exotic Serpents]

well she finally laid eggs!

32 days after prelay shed, 3 good looking eggs, 3 slugs, and one that im not 100% sure, but i think its bad.

she ended up prolapsing on the last egg (the one im not sure if its bad or not), it was deformed and i think its funny shape ended up pulling all her insides out with it, I had to finish getting the egg out of her. put down some neosporn on it and put her in a recovery tub, hope she pulls it back in herself, if not im going to have to help her, but im sure shes exhausted from the egg laying, so i doubt shes trying very hard right now. just making sure it stays moist and clean for now.

when my green tree had a prolapse, it was 10 times worse than this, so im trying to not worry, she pulled through, so im sure this girl will also.

ill post pics later after im done getting everything sorted out.

my question is, from what i was reading, they lay eggs usually on day 27 after prelay shed, is this really that good of a countdown? i mean she laid 5 days late, is this common?

also I was wondering, do slugs just happen? or is there something you can do help reduce it? the person I got her from said she laid anywhere from 5-8 perfect eggs (wasn't sure on the exact number) and I only got 3 a year later. just bad luck? or is there something I can do next time? she was well over 1800 grams when I started breeding her.

Actually my experience has been more like 30 days after the PLS. Then again, its never exact. Im still waiting on eggs from a female which should have laid 2 weeks ago. I believe the slugs do just happen sometimes. The only way to reduce the chance of slugs, infertile, bad eggs etc, theoretically, is to be sure the female is the right size and age before first breeding. Any breedings after that should be done only if the female has gained back what she lost and then some, and is healthy enough for breeding. I believe they are just eggs which were not properly fertilized in time. Lazy sperm? LOL..

Its not fool proof though. People have bred 1000 gram females with success. Some wont breed until closer to 2000 grams. Its nature. We cant control very much of it but we can guide its actions and hope for the best.

Good luck with the eggs and with mom. Let us know how she does!

[OhhWatALoser]

well i had to help her get all her insides back in, now she just needs to take it easy so she doesn't push em back out. camera battery is charging right now.

but for now, heres the picture of them starting all of this. lesser x normal, taken 10/9/09

[OhhWatALoser]

[Foschi Exotic Serpents]

We call that a boob-egg. Actually they are sometimes fertile. You should have put that in the bator just to be sure. If it was bad you would know soon enough.

[jjmitchell]

We call that a boob-egg. Actually they are sometimes fertile. You should have put that in the bator just to be sure. If it was bad you would know soon enough.

I agree, could turn out, worth a try