Can a gravid female be transported without risking her eggs?

[ChadOwens]

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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[Oxylepy]

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.

[WingedWolfPsion]

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.

[ChadOwens]

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.

[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.

[SlitherinSisters]

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.

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.

[Twisted Reptiles]

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.

[J.Vandegrift]

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?

[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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[wilomn]

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.

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.