I had some of mine eating last year till they layed. And one layed last month that was eating. I just didn't know if she would still eat if she is egg bound. I don't have many vets around here to choose from. I only found 2 that will see snakes and this one will acutally handle them. He is great when it comes to getting meds for URI's but he doesn't have a lot of experience dealing with pregnant possible egg bound ones. I don't know.