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    Received snake this morning with one egg in bag

    I had a female delivered this morning that was around 1650 grams to my surprise there was an egg in the bag with her. I have lots of questions I put her in her tub it was ready and waiting for her is there something I should do? Just wait and see what happens do you think she will lay more?

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    Does she look like she has more eggs in her?
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    I'd be asking the source if she was bred (ever?) so you know if these are likely just slugs or not. I'd keep her especially quiet & un-handled, so that she doesn't
    tense up & retain eggs, feeling there's no good place to lay them. I'd ASSUME there's more to come...& just in case it's fertile, don't roll it around...I'd incubate
    it quickly & cross my fingers... At some point you'll want to gently have her crawl thru your hands to feel if there's more, if you don't see any more eggs laid.
    And good luck!
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    She was bred but he said he didn’t see anything to think it took. i’m Leaving her alone for now I’m sure she’s stressed from the flight will get her out in a few days to look at her I’ll check occasionally to see if anymore
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    Simple trick get the female, hold her in front of you so you can see her profile, hold her tail up head down and slowly move her tail down head up still looking at her profile, if there are eggs in her you will see them move.

    Do it now she is stressed anyway so you might want to get this over with now and know, the last thing you want is not know wait and maybe have some eggs left in her and not do anything thinking they will pass.

    Usually if a female lay one egg and there are some left she will lay the rest within 24 to 48 hours if not there could be an issue that need to be addressed.
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    Re: Received snake this morning with one egg in bag

    Ok I done this and can see nothing moving she is very solid, there May be a lump close o her tail but hard to say. I will keep a close eye on her thanks for the replys

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