Female is way passed her due date.

I have a female that was due to lay on 1/28. Up until a few days ago, she was laying tail in, in egg laying position. Now, she's resting head in as if she weren't gravid. I have access to x-ray equipment and took two views to see what was up. There are 7 eggs that measure 59+ mm in length, and I forgot to get a width and depth measurement.

I'd post the pics but don't remember how. I'm mostly looking for stories on how long your females went before they laid or it became an issue.

When did she ovulate or have her pre-lay shed?

I didn't write that down, but I counted 4 weeks + 2 days to get to 1/28 as the lay date. I've had many successful clutches, but never a female go this long.

Well the average is 45 days to egg from ovulation, but I have had females go as long as 65 days, depends on the female but also tempertures. (It's rare but does happen

One of the important thing with beeedings are date especially ovulation date, pre-lay can be tricky as I have seen female having 2 pre-lay shed (rare too but it happens). So next time write those down.

At this point it's about behaviour make sure the animal is not in distressed, make sure she is not swollen in the last third portion of her body.

How and where is she positionned when at rest?

Head inside the coil. She used to have an obvious bulge in the lower third, now she's almost flat. She isn't acting any different besides laying differently.

How do I upload pictures? I tried to do it in the gallery here to ling, but it said the pics were too big. I don't remember how else to do it.

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How do I upload pictures? I tried to do it in the gallery here to ling, but it said the pics were too big. I don't remember how else to do it.

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Download the Taptalk app to post photos, its the easiest way

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She's going in to a second pre lay shed now.

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She's going in to a second pre lay shed now.

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Any news?

Had her 2nd pre lay shed last Wednesday. She was just laying in a wide circle with her tail inside, so hopefully soon. Thursday I'm going to take more x-rays if she hasn't laid and probably visit my vet.

Good luck. Keep us posted if you don't mind.

I’m glad I’m not the only one seeing this. I have one that was due on 2/29, and she still hasn’t gone. No second pre lay shed though. This is my first season, so I’m still very much learning that they do things on their own time. My girls don’t follow rules very well 😂

Was hoping for eggs today. Still nothing. Sometimes she's laying like she's about to lay, other times she looks like normal. No other behavioral changes.

It can take a few weeks. This isn't the first time I've had them go through a 2nd prelay, but this is the longest it has ever taken for me.

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It can take a few weeks. This isn't the first time I've had them go through a 2nd prelay, but this is the longest it has ever taken for me.

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Any more updates on her?

No. Still nothing. Doesn't even look gravid anymore. Can't get an x-ray because school is on lock and my buddy with an ultrasound machine is always "busy." So, I continue waiting. Still refusing food and won't copulate with a male so idk.

This is the video I learned from;

https://youtu.be/VDPZ1qSpca8


Chis hardwick did one recently if that doesn't work for you guys.

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No. Still nothing. Doesn't even look gravid anymore. Can't get an x-ray because school is on lock and my buddy with an ultrasound machine is always "busy." So, I continue waiting. Still refusing food and won't copulate with a male so idk.

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Has she laid yet?

No. Shes starting to lay with her belly up though. I've been making her swim in the tub for a bit. Someone I trust said that the swimming motion stimulates the same muscles that are used for birthing and it seems to be working. Every time she's in the tub she farts or passes a thin liquid. It's almost 30 days passed the second shed so maybe this will be the time.

I did sell a few other snakes to buy an ultrasound machine. I found a nice one on ebay for extremely cheap so I have money set back too for a surgery if need be.

She finally started laying today. Checked on her this morning and saw an egg or two. It looked like she was still laying so I shut the tub and will check later tonight. She had 7 or 8 that I could see in the x-ray. The ones that I could see are viable.

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She finally started laying today. Checked on her this morning and saw an egg or two. It looked like she was still laying so I shut the tub and will check later tonight. She had 7 or 8 that I could see in the x-ray. The ones that I could see are viable.

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Nice! I've been wondering, but didn't want to keep asking lol .. Congrats!

I appreciated you checking in. There were 8 eggs and they're huge too lol. My rack's heat tape went bad apparently. The stuff that was prewired wasn't done very well. I redid it 3 days ago and all the temps went back to where they're supposed to be.