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  • 05-27-2010, 01:59 AM
    irishanaconda
    so i took a x ray... can u count the eggs?
    this female and her boyfriend was a mojave and lesser pairing
    she ovulated the day after i took this x ray
    http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k8...s/DSC00695.jpg
    how many eggs can u see?? ( i should have chosen a smaller x ray so i could scan it buuuut i wasnt thinking i was gonna post it lol)
    little before shots
    http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k8...s/IM000338.jpg
    http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k8...s/DSC00520.jpg
    http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k8...s/DSC00521.jpg
    ok so take a guess!!
  • 05-27-2010, 02:19 AM
    stevepoppers
    Re: so i took a x ray... can u count the eggs?
    I think I see five or six lumps, but that's awesome that you can take that.
  • 05-27-2010, 02:23 AM
    irishanaconda
    Re: so i took a x ray... can u count the eggs?
    thanks... working at a vet has its ups and downs lol
  • 05-27-2010, 03:50 AM
    don15681
    Re: so i took a x ray... can u count the eggs?
    I see 7 hopefully she has more that I can't see in the pic. Good luck on a blue eye lucy.
  • 05-27-2010, 03:54 AM
    AndrewGeibel
    Re: so i took a x ray... can u count the eggs?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by irishanaconda View Post
    thanks... working at a vet has its ups and downs lol

    I was gonna ask where you stole the xray machine from but nevermind. Lol. Cool picture though.
  • 05-27-2010, 03:58 AM
    Royal Exotics
    Re: so i took a x ray... can u count the eggs?
    I don't think it was a very smart idea of taking an X-ray of a pregnant female, there is a good reason why they make sure they do not use X-rays on pregnant humans, just saying cool pic none the less.
  • 05-27-2010, 04:08 AM
    AndrewGeibel
    Re: so i took a x ray... can u count the eggs?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Royal Exotics View Post
    I don't think it was a very smart idea of taking an X-ray of a pregnant female, there is a good reason why they make sure they do not use X-rays on pregnant humans, just saying cool pic none the less.

    It's my understanding that reptiles don't show the sensitivity to radiation that humans do. I've heard of iguanas with cancer but not other reptiles. I'm sure now that I said that someone is going to pop in and prove me completely wrong. If I am wrong, someone please feel free to correct me.
  • 05-27-2010, 04:19 AM
    WingedWolfPsion
    Re: so i took a x ray... can u count the eggs?
    Certainly, all reptiles can develop cancer.

    Radiation sensitivity is lower in reptiles than mammals. (The general sensitivity progression is mammals, birds, fish, amphibans and reptiles, insects, etc--some higher plants are in between birds and fish).

    Embryonic and juvenile organisms are always more sensitive to radiation than adults...so, no, I probably wouldn't want to X-ray a pregnant female anything. Just in case. It'll probably be fine, but one wrong particle in the wrong place, and you lose a hatchling, or wind up with a deformity.
  • 05-27-2010, 06:50 AM
    Christine
    Re: so i took a x ray... can u count the eggs?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Royal Exotics View Post
    I don't think it was a very smart idea of taking an X-ray of a pregnant female, there is a good reason why they make sure they do not use X-rays on pregnant humans, just saying cool pic none the less.

    Vets take x rays of pregnant animals all the time. They like to know how many are in there in case they dont come out.
    I am gonna say 6
  • 05-27-2010, 09:33 AM
    PurplePython
    Re: so i took a x ray... can u count the eggs?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by AndrewGeibel View Post
    It's my understanding that reptiles don't show the sensitivity to radiation that humans do. I've heard of iguanas with cancer but not other reptiles. I'm sure now that I said that someone is going to pop in and prove me completely wrong. If I am wrong, someone please feel free to correct me.

    WRONG! Have you ever seen the new godzilla movie? Radiation is what created godzilla!

    To the OP - be careful man. Tomorrow you might wake up and have an 80 foot, 10,000 pound snake curled up around your bed
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