My female (Sobek) a few weeks ago after being moved into a newer bigger cage with a foot or so of dirt (topsoil from nearby woods and creek bank dirt combined with some fine grain sand), swelled with eggs after a period of time in her new home. She made some digs throughout the cage yet would not eat for a week and a half as well as no laying or dropping the eggs. She ate a large jumbo mouse and continued about her normal activities for another week and a half before eating a chicken peep and some chicken meat (tried a mouse but spit it out). She still has remenants of eggs reabsorbing into her system and they dont seem normal in the xray(the vet thought the same). She has been returning to normal size from the eggs but its been too long so this Friday she will get whats left of them removed as well as getting spaid to prevent unusual problems in the future. Shes a great pet and companion so I will take no chances with her life with what appears to the vet as an unusual reproductive system and when I have space to put more monitors I will raise a few together from babies to see if they breed. My male cross was hatched with a lump and divit on his back as well as 2 toes half missing. None of this slows him down even though the funny bone structure in his back is 3 vertebrae that are compacted to the thickness of one then one strangly formed.

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