WTH?! Surprise slug eggs...

[Lolo76]

Wow, today has been quite a day... first one of my BPs laid 5 beautiful eggs, and then I found a surprise clutch of infertile slugs in my Hognose's tub! I don't even have a male, and got her as a baby, so that was obviously quite unexpected.

She'd been looking really fat lately, but I just chalked it up to her increased prey size (from 2 hoppers to 1-2 adult mice), and the fact that she hadn't pooped in a while. Then when I checked on her tonight, she'd pushed all of the bedding into one corner, and it smelled kinda funny... so I pulled her out to clean the tub (noticing she felt really light), and found what looked like GRAPES under the piled bedding. I was like "How the heck did she get grapes in her tub?!" Upon closer inspection, it was obvious these were little slug eggs - 10 of 'em in total.

She's a little under two years old now, but rather large, so is this normal for them to do? And will she do it every year if I don't breed her? Also curious about the bedding pile, and if that's how Hognoses typically lay eggs (when they're fertile). It was a weird discovery, to say the least, but at least I know she's ready & willing if I do get a male. Here are some pics...



All together... doesn't the far left one look JUST like a grape? LOL


Candled them for kicks, and of course they're yellow/vein-less inside.