Slugs (un-bred) again!

[Lolo76]

For the second year in a row, my virgin Western Hognose girl (Charlotte) gave me a bunch of slugs... last year it was 11 of them, and this year she laid 10 rather hard ones. She has never even seen a male, so maybe she's hinting that she needs a boyfriend?

I'm actually hoping to get a male for next season, but don't have the space or money right now - so she'll just have to wait! Anyone else have a girl who laid big & consecutive slug clutches, and is there anything I need to worry about? She seems fine now, actually took a meal within 24 hours, and I can't feel anything stuck in there. Oh, and does the size of her slug clutches indicate she'll have even bigger "live" clutches?

The first time she laid slugs, I thought there were grapes in her tub.


I'll make this her snake-match.com profile pic... "Full-figured gal seeks fertile young male," LOL.

[Jonas@Balls2TheWall]

She will be ok, you don't need to get her a male if you don't want to. Just a thought and maybe it won't work but try running your temps on the higher end of the range and it might keep her from going again next year.

[heathers*bps]

She is dang cute! We have a little snotty one downstairs, but she's a girl so I can't help ya out on that one.

[Jason Bowden]

Get that girl some BF's.

[Lolo76]

Thanks for the replies! She's doing fine, and I'll consider what to do for next season... I hesitate to breed Hognoses because of the feeding issues (I hear the babies are difficult to start), but I do have a local place that would buy them out of the egg if necessary. Another local shop, which breeds their own reptiles, has a beautiful little guy on sale right now - so maybe I'll snatch him up, if I sell the BPs & corns I'm thinking of re-homing.

[Lolo76]

Almost exactly one year since this thread, and guess what? This time she gave me 17 little grapes!! If those were real eggs, I'd be looking at a nice chunk of change.

Still on the fence about getting her a boyfriend, so maybe next year if I can reduce the rest of the collection first. I'm thinking of something fancy, like an albino or anaconda? I dunno, but she obviously wants to make some babies. Here's the "clutch" from this season:

[4theSNAKElady]

That biggest one looks just like a tiny white pear...minus the stem.

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[Lolo76]

That biggest one looks just like a tiny white pear...minus the stem.

LOL. That one is huge, huh? I actually candled it, just because I couldn't believe it was a slug.