Can a gravid female be transported without risking her eggs?

Just wondering how sensitive the eggs are to temperature fluctuations while they are still in the female.

Can a gravid female be transported lengthy distances or shipped without damaging the eggs?


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Avoid it. I have no idea if she'll be okay, but just as a general guideline this is the kind of thing you avoid having happen.

Also the reason you're doing it may help this thread get responses.

If absolutely necessary, but try to make her trip as short as possible, and make sure that her temperatures stay within tolerance. The main issue is the stress on her--she could become ill as a result, since she is already stressed from being gravid.

Gravid females are imported from Africa all the time, and they lay clutches that hatch, so I imagine you can do it.

I am a student and return home for a month during both x-max and summer. I should be able to get someone local to hold them for me while I leave but If for some reason that doesn't work out I may have to transport either gravid females or eggs. I am trying to think about the best time to start paring to minimize potential transport.

I suggest picking up a small tabletop incubator for the eggs, and an inverter for your car, so you can keep them plugged in during the trip.

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Originally Posted by WingedWolfPsion

I suggest picking up a small tabletop incubator for the eggs, and an inverter for your car, so you can keep them plugged in during the trip.

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I agree!

A friend of mine got a normal female that went through two houses (moved twice) in 2 weeks and next thing he knew he had eggs! I think he was lucky, but it can be done. BTW he didn't even know she was gravid.

I had a female shipped to me earlier this year from across the country that was in fact gravid. She had her pre-lay shed 3 days after arriving.

5 Eggs
1 Viable
4 Slugs

The one did in fact hatch out, but I have little doubt the travel is what doomed the others.

I think you are unlikely to have a female that is gravid by christmas. Your bigger worry will probably be if she re-absorbs her follicles due to all of the moving. How far of a trip are you talking about?

About a 6 hour drive.

I might just wait till January to start pairing. That way I should get eggs before I would have to potentially move them.

Is it safer to transport eggs than gravid females?

Yes, I would set up an incubator in the car for the trip.


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Originally Posted by xscorpio

I had a female shipped to me earlier this year from across the country that was in fact gravid. She had her pre-lay shed 3 days after arriving.

5 Eggs
1 Viable
4 Slugs

The one did in fact hatch out, but I have little doubt the travel is what doomed the others.

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A slug is an infertile egg.

An infertile egg will not hatch no matter what is done to it.

I have little doubt that were they truly slugs, travel had nothing to do with their not hatching.

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Originally Posted by ChadOwens

About a 6 hour drive.

I might just wait till January to start pairing. That way I should get eggs before I would have to potentially move them.

Is it safer to transport eggs than gravid females?

Yes, I would set up an incubator in the car for the trip.


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IMO, you don't have to really worry about moving a female as much after she ovulates. It is before she ovulates when she is building follicles that would be my concern but I don't think a 6 hr trip will make all that much difference.

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Originally Posted by wilomn

A slug is an infertile egg.

An infertile egg will not hatch no matter what is done to it.

I have little doubt that were they truly slugs, travel had nothing to do with their not hatching.

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I stand corrected then.

3 of the 4 slugs were boob eggs. They appeared half good, half slug, but there were no veins when candled.

Thanks for the feedback.