Terry D was right...





I opened the cage to my gravid Peanut Butter brooksi female to see her chowing down on the last three eggs. I quickly removed them from her mouth but the teeth already did damage to two of them. That leaves me with one good egg. So I palpitated her to see if the rest were in there. Sure enough I could feel the egss in her stomach.



I was very upset. I went into the house to vent to my wife.

Then I made the discision to palpitate the eggs right out of her stomach...much like palpitating an eggbound snake except the opposite way. They had only been in there for 5 minutes. It worked but all the eggs have slits from her teeth and most of the egg yolk ran out. I put them in a hatch box but I am sure they will not make it.



So how was your day?

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• This was a first for me...reabsorbed eggs - bluerosy, Mon Aug 2 17:04:16 2004
• That's Terrible!!?!! - Passport, Mon Aug 2 17:25:33 2004
• Bummer........more - RichH, Mon Aug 2 20:48:46 2004
• RE: Bummer........more - Brandon Osborne, Mon Aug 2 21:19:10 2004
• RE: Bummer........more - Tony D, Tue Aug 3 06:49:31 2004
• RE: This was a first for me...reabsorbed eggs - crimsonking, Mon Aug 2 21:28:17 2004
• How will we recognize those we have not met??? - bluerosy, Mon Aug 2 22:34:39 2004
• Could be a problem every year because some - richh, Tue Aug 3 07:02:25 2004
• RE: Could be a problem every year because some - Brandon Osborne, Tue Aug 3 23:34:08 2004
• So, lets see........ - RichH, Wed Aug 4 11:02:17 2004
• I thought the female went into a trance-like .... - Passport, Mon Aug 2 21:49:22 2004
• RE: I thought the female went into a trance-like .... - bluerosy, Mon Aug 2 22:01:26 2004