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RE: egg bound female

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Posted by: RG at Mon Jun 24 08:58:32 2013  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by RG ]  
   

The year old slugs probably looked something like this:



I'm dealing with an egg bound female (again) this year and there are no easy full proof courses of action.

If you wait, you could get lucky and she will pass them on her own. She might retain them and pass them next year or the year after or die...there are so many factors.

You could aspirate the egg contents and that could make things better by reducing the egg size and allowing her to pass them...or it could make it worse if the egg has already fused to the oviduct, because now you have introduced a leaking egg which could cause an infection and kill her.

If the female is large, over 800 grams, I would lean towards waiting.

Either way, keeping her in high humidity is a REALLY good idea and I believe a high % of the time dehydration is the root cause of egg binding...well along with having slugs (non fertile eggs).

If you want to talk, just shoot me an e-mail and we can discuss more options if you'd like.

Thanks,
Rusty


   

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