>>Dusty:
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>>Did I miss something??? He had an egg laid THE SAME DAY he posted the question about the last two.!!

>>Why would you think she was eggbound???
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>>Lloyd Heilbrunn
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>>Palm Beach Gardens, Fl.

Lloyd, reread his post below. Especially where I boldened and highlighted words...Not to be a smart aleck, but just to show you where I deduced this is a clear dystocia. Of course, the very definition of a dystocia is difficulty in or failure to lay eggs.

>>Kinda new to breeding snakes so thanks in advance for any advice. Our oldest Blond laid 2 eggs in it's hide box early last week. They were possibly duds to begin with but by the time I found them they were toast anyway. I placed her into a "nesting box" ( Igloo with moistened sphagnum ) where she laid another egg two days ago & one today. These eggs look viable. She still retains two eggs.

His post was on Satuday the 2nd of August. "Early last week" means that she laid her first two (in the hide box) as far back as July 20th or 21st, or thereabout. That's a very HUGE, dramatic delay in laying her other eggs, more than ten or twelve days. Even if she would have laid them early the same week would have been a dystocia. A non-bound, healthy female should be done laying her eggs in 24 hours or less, no more than 36 hours for a first-time mother. Any more than that is a dystocia or difficulty in egg laying.

Dusty

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