Oh the white substance is an antibacterial mucus that protects the eggs and lubricate the delivery membrane, its normal that it glues everything after the female died. This substance keeps the female safe from infection long after the eggs go bad, in fact some female lizards can drop bad hardened eggs months after due time, these are known as slugs or products of retention, fairly common in large collections.

I dough these have anything to do with your females death, however the antibacterial properties of the reproductive system in reptiles are negatively affected by most drugs, even after a long time, this is why I refuse to obtain reptiles that where treated in anyway, its actually the very first thing I ask the dealer before obtaining animals. Remember last year when I refused a shipment of rare lizards because the importer treated them? Well none of these lizards are still alive today, even though some went to very experienced keepers.



One of those keepers is my long time friend, for decades we meat at the dealer when new animals arrive, I pick some and he picks some, few months down I get eggs he gets none, though I keep telling him to stop treating new reptiles, he insists on safety quarantine for his collection, I gave up on advising him many years ago, yet I still hatch eggs and he’s still unsuccessful with most of his collections. He blames the animals, how silly!

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