On April 4 we got our first clutch of eggs. Nyota laid 7 fertile eggs and no slugs for her first clutch. She was over 2100g when we bred her and everything seemed to proceed normally. This morning when my husband did his normal rounds of checking on the snakes, he found her dead. She hadn't been gone long since she was just starting to go into rigor. She didn't have any eggs left in her - I palpated her after she laid and again once she was dead and there were definitely none. The male we paired her with (who's been with us for more than a year), and every other snake in the rack is fine. She was eating right up until the beginning of December and other than looking deflated, her body condition appeared good.
Since it has only been 4 days since she laid, I'm assuming it was a complication from laying. Maybe despite her size it was just too much strain on her? I know no one can tell me for certain what happened to her, but just wondering if anyone else has encountered a seemingly healthy female passing within days of laying eggs?
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