Please help! FREAKING out right now...

So sorry for your loss. I hope the eggs make it.

I had a mom Pass 2 weeks after laying and Her clutch is due anyday, I know it's not the same But I feel your pain. You did the right thing in trying to rescue the clutch and you have my Prayers on your side!!!

P.S. I would have gotten a blistering drunk on too!!!

Wow, what a terrible chain of events for you. :( I am so sorry for your loss, and I really hope your eggs make it. :tears:

Wow, im so sorry to hear about your loss and the following events. How incredibly unfortunate. I suppose its just one of those issues we should all keep in mind can happen when dealing with live animals.

I appreciate your willingness to document this issue though. Itll be a learning experience for us all.

Again, my sincerest condolences.

Did you take pics?

Yes, I took pictures of the egg recovery process. I'm getting ready to offload them from the camera so I can convert them, upload and post. I'm going to start a new thread with the pics, but I'll put a link to that thread here.

I'm sorry to hear what happened. I really hope the eggs will turn out and hatch alright.

I just read this and I am so very sorry for your loss! How devastating... My thoughts are with you. I also deeply appreciate your willingness to document this process. Her death will not be in vain if this episode can help another. I hope you find some peace in all this. Best wishes for a healthy clutch! :please:

Here is a link to the thread documenting the extraction process. WARNING: GRAPHIC PICS...

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...GRAPHIC-PICS**

Thread was already 6 pages deep when I found it. Started poorly, then took a quick positive cheerful turn, then page 2...

So sorry to hear of the loss. Keep your head up, it happens to all breeders eventually, it is part of the gig. The hard part.

Fascinating thread though, and along with your egg extraction follow thread (and egg progress) will be a learning experience for many.

Best of luck to you and those eggs.

I'm so sorry for your loss :tears: I'm with everyone else when I say I'm hoping for that clutch.

Wow, so sorry for your loss. I hope the eggs make it for you.

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Oh Kevin, I'm so sorry for your loss! Keeping my fingers crossed that you get healthy babies.

I'm glad you got the eggs out and you're going to try. I'll be keeping an eye on this thread for sure!

Take care to keep things very clean--it's possible the eggs won't have a proper 'bloom' to protect them from bacteria and fungal invasions. Be ready to be generous with anti-fungal powder if necessary, too.

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Take care to keep things very clean--it's possible the eggs won't have a proper 'bloom' to protect them from bacteria and fungal invasions. Be ready to be generous with anti-fungal powder if necessary, too.

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That's a good point. I'm wondering if that rubber cement looking stuff on the egg is from laying. One of my females "egg cement" looks neon green, but it's usually clear and you can sometimes see it dried and hard on the end of the egg that was last to be pushed out. You can see a clear film over the eggs as they are being laid and it dries very quickly and gets hard. It will be interesting to see what happens with these eggs. Definitely keep a close eye on them and have some foot powder handy.

Hopefully people know what I'm talking about some what. I don't have a great picture of what it looks like, but it looks like there is a little dollop of hot glue/rubber cement on the ends of these eggs. This female's eggs always have a noticeable film/glue over top the entire egg and are messy on the end that was last to be pushed out.
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...eeding/009.jpg

What a heart wrenching tragedy. I am brought to tears from your story and hope with all my heart these eggs make it...

Any news?


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Unfortunately nothing good. I don't think any of the eggs are going to make it, if any are still even alive. Between not getting the gooey rubber cement looking coating that Deborah posted, the egg box getting dropped and the eggs getting wet, I didn't like the chances to begin with. At this point, the eggs are discolored, some starting to look like they may be starting to rot from the inside out. I'm going to try to candle tomorrow to see if any are still good and to get rid of the bad ones. I'll update again when I know more...

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Unfortunately nothing good. I don't think any of the eggs are going to make it, if any are still even alive. Between not getting the gooey rubber cement looking coating that Deborah posted, the egg box getting dropped and the eggs getting wet, I didn't like the chances to begin with. At this point, the eggs are discolored, some starting to look like they may be starting to rot from the inside out. I'm going to try to candle tomorrow to see if any are still good and to get rid of the bad ones. I'll update again when I know more...

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I'm so sorry...


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How did they end up looking after candling?

Sorry I haven't been around to update everyone on this situation. Unfortunately, none of the eggs survived. I have a couple more - bigger - females I picked up recently so I will be trying again this fall...

I want to thank everyone who has followed this post. The support of the people on this forum was very much felt and appreciated as I went through this and has kept me inspired to not just give up on this hobby and to keep moving forward with my other plans... Hopefully next season I'll be posting at least two (possibly more) healthy clutch posts...