Good news, bad news, and good news

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.

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

and hooray for P.A.M.!

Hi,

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


dr del

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

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Originally Posted by dr del

Hi,

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


dr del

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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