Another note - she was at, or very near, her due date (I didn't see the exact day she had what I though was her post-ovulation shed), so for her to die with a swollen rear end within a few days of her due date seems a little far-fetched if she is indeed gravid (with slugs or young).... The photo does look off though. As of yesterday, she was noticibly swollen about in her back 1/3, and looked a bit skinny in her front 1/3, which is why I was hopeful that she was gravid with live young. She has a large liquidy mass, with a hard small mass near her vent, which is why I think she has slugs, and she has not been fed in more than 1 month (from what I read about withholding food 4 weeks before the due date). She defecated last 2 or 3 weeks ago. She did release a small amount of pasty urates in her cage sometime in the last day.

The necropsy will tell though, and I'll post what they find here.
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