Good news, bad news, and good news

[SNIKTTIME]

The good news is my normal female laid 5 healthy eggs from a Pastel-Lesser + Lemonblast pairing.
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She last shed on 3/16/11 and laid on 4/17/11 so I obviously missed the ovulation, and she never prelay shed for me either.[IMG]
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The bad news is that these ticks were found on the same girl 2 days before she layed. I check my snakes very frequently and this girl was purchased last fall at a show as a virgin, captive bred female. I am thinking that this was actually a wild snake and had tick eggs that didn't hatch out until I brought my temps back up 4 weeks ago. PAM to the rescue and will hit it again in 2 weeks along with all other tubs.
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More good news is I am glad to see my 4000 gram normal girl hugging away, hopefully she will lay soon and my female morphs will follow suit.

[Miss Tuniwha]

congrats on the eggs! i hope to see the hatch photos up in a couple months

and hooray for P.A.M.!

[dr del]

Hi,

I've heard (but don't know for certain ) that the ticks can hide inside the vent.


dr del

[SlitherinSisters]

Congrats on the eggs, too weird about the ticks, thank heavens you have some PAM!

[SNIKTTIME]

Hi,

I've heard (but don't know for certain ) that the ticks can hide inside the vent.


dr del

I'm sure it's possible. These ticks are not native to the USA and are full grown adults. Very tiny guys, but adults none the less. I will give her a day or two to rest then scrub her tub down and check her carefully, maybe offer her a meal. Thanks