mesob laid eggs

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

Just a quick offside question about bp eggs. I was watching an Animal Planet thing about nesting croc's and noted when they removed the eggs they marked them as to what side was up as apparently placing the egg in the incubator upside down (to the way it was laid) would potentially kill the developing croc. Are snake eggs also this way?

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As far as I know, all reptile eggs are this way. Turning the egg may cuase the embryo to detach from the egg wall. Basically, if that happens, it dies.

ok so since they are not fertile what should we do. she is still gaurding them?

I'm a complete newcomer so this is only my "instinct" speaking here so pls do take it that way.

If it were me I'd just simply unwind her from the eggs, gently but firmly grasping her behind her head and as far down her body as you can mange and just unwind her slowly from the egg mass. I believe the Markus Jayne site previously posted in this thread shows a good pictorial of this. Have a secure container nearby ready to pop her into and then just remove and dispose of the slugs, clean out her cage good, put in new substrate, provide fresh water and just pop her back in. Then I'd leave her pretty much alone for at least a few days to settle back in and offer food when appropriate. Since she's sitting on slugs she's probably not eating, drinking or tending her own needs so best to get her back to regular routine as soon as possible I would think.

If you are worried about her being aggressive or hard to handle I'd probably have another person nearby to help if you've got your hands full of crabby momma snake. Perhaps an experienced breeder could chime in here as far as how aggressive most female b.p.'s are when being removed from eggs. I know some breeders do it by hand, others use snake hooks.

Again, I'm not a breeder this is just what I'd do instinctively.


~~Joanna~~

thanks for all the great help everyone.