Hi Alan,

Thanks for the posts on this - the pics show an important process in the determination of what the underlying problem is from a physiological standpoint.

Your girl was lucky that she belonged to you when this happened, she would not have been as lucky with someone else as the owner.

I would like to encourage anyone that owns a desert female that is or may be gravid now to think about one thing - contributing to the scientific exploration of the physiological problems that these girls have.

If you own a gravid female and she dies - please contribute her body to science. Dr. Shane Whitaker is working on a project to test some theories on this but preservation of the animal is key. Please go to the other site and find his contact info. If one passes, please preserve the girl and ship her to him for histological analysis. We can find out if the oviducts are blocked (like Alan's girl) if ovaries are developed properly, or if there are problems with other parts of the body that contribute to this problem.

Let's put science to work.

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