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    Re: Omg. Eggs!

    Quote Originally Posted by Bogertophis View Post
    Keep all eggs in the same position (don't turn them over). In your pic they look like good eggs, but personally I'd describe obvious slugs as feeling like a water
    balloon, not good eggs...then again, I know the difference. Not all show veins right away...if possibly good, I incubate & check again later, it can take a while.
    Slugs can look like slugs to start with, or they can appear to be good eggs that just eventually go bad. Was this snake bred? Good luck...and for sure, don't
    bother a snake while she may be laying...be patient, probably lots more to go. They can get tired & rest a while between eggs...it's hard work!

    BTW, the best way to see veins is in a dark room, with small flashlight up close. You said you can't put your hand in or she'll bite, so that tells me that you
    haven't been close enough to candle & judge these as viable...

    And even IF she has never mated, consider the possibility of parthenogenesis...the eggs still "could" be viable. I had an older un-bred rosy boa that had
    some mid-life inspiration to reproduce ...don't underestimate their urge to have young, whether eggs or live young it's always a remote possibility.
    Snake has never been with another snake, I thought she was a male until a couple of months ago in fact.
    As she hasn't been bred, then obviously we need parthenogenesis to happen for babies, so its a long shot really that they are viable eggs.

    Up to 4 eggs now, bottom 10" above the vent looks chunkier than the the rest of the snake, so I think there could be 5/6 eggs perhaps.

    I haven't seen any veins yet in the couple I've looked at. But it's funny cause they do look like proper eggs, I'll just leave her be anyway and check for veins later.

    Just worried an egg will get stuck that's all, egg bound I think its called.

    I'm relieved somethings happening anyway cause she wasn't eating and she felt squidgy underneath (like the eggs do now), so hopefully should get her appetite back soon.
    Last edited by colin-java; 05-17-2019 at 04:10 PM.

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