Short story: I've got a female corn with two eggs still inside just above the vent and she is blue-eyed and grey -- say two-three days before a shed. Does the pre-shed status affect trying to massage them out? Any other advice?
Long story: My busy work schedual and family obligations don't afford me the necessary time for breeding season (three breeding females), so for the past couple of years I lend my breeders to a commercial outfit which handles the breeding and profits off the offspring. Hence, I'm out of practice and don't remember the routine off hand. Last year my "partners" informed me that one female ended up egg-bound and was treated by their vet. Following that she wasn't eating, or ate and regurgitated. At home I got her eating regular but small meals and she remained thin, whipsnake like. Obviously, I opted not to breed her this year. Did I momentarily leave her with a male during a cleaning? I don't know, but surprise, surprise, I just found her under the newspaper with several dry eggs, most looking infertile, and two eggs still inside. Thinking back, I believe I heard her rustling around the last night or two looking (I now realize) for a nesting spot, of which there were none. Now I've got her in a cage with a place to nest in hopes she'll pass the eggs naturally. If not, it's off to the vet. How long is too long to wait. She's alert and vigorous, but this as a rope with a bulge at the end that looks like a baseball in a stocking. Any advice on massaging? What does her going into shed mean? All helpful comments appreciated, thanks.
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Reuben
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• blue-eyed eggbind - reuben, Wed Jul 12 15:54:24 2006
• RE: blue-eyed eggbind - STEVES_KIKI, Tue Jul 18 17:58:53 2006