My biggest gripe with the various books out there is the snakes never seem to have read them. :P
05-03-2016, 07:50 PM
Stewart_Reptiles
Re: Past her due date!
Quote:
Originally Posted by mwolf
Not to hijack this thread, but I have a female that is currently 46 days POS and hasn't laid yet. What exactly are you looking for when judging how far the first egg is from the cloaca and determining if they are egg bound? My female is laying in a perfect coil with the tail on the outside and has been doing so for at least a month. The first egg doesn't appear too close to the cloaca (maybe a couple inches away and she is ~1500 grams).
What I am looking for is restlessness obvious sign of discomfort, unusual swelling, first egg that is near the vent ready to be laid but that doesn’t.
05-04-2016, 01:10 PM
hfritchy
Re: Past her due date!
My girl seems hungry, and I fed some of my others the other night and she was all over the place expecting food. If she's overdue to lay and still has the eggs would it be a bad plan to feed her? I'd give her a small rat probably instead of the normal size. If it would be fine I want to feed her, but if it could make things worse I obviously don't want to do that.
05-04-2016, 01:53 PM
eveningdahlia
Re: Past her due date!
Mine was acting like she was starving probably three nights before she finally laid. I offered her a rat and she wouldn't take it.
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05-04-2016, 02:00 PM
JodanOrNoDan
Re: Past her due date!
Quote:
Originally Posted by hfritchy
My girl seems hungry, and I fed some of my others the other night and she was all over the place expecting food. If she's overdue to lay and still has the eggs would it be a bad plan to feed her? I'd give her a small rat probably instead of the normal size. If it would be fine I want to feed her, but if it could make things worse I obviously don't want to do that.
You can try but I really doubt she will eat. This is most likely the restlessness that was mentioned above.
05-04-2016, 03:01 PM
stickyalvinroll
when palpating my female I feel 3 little bumps right next to the vent and her tail is on the inside of the coil. Does that mean she's ready to lay?
05-04-2016, 03:03 PM
JodanOrNoDan
Re: Past her due date!
Sounds like it, leave her alone for a bit, she should go soon.
