I thought I would share this experience with you. On April 24 I had a female lay 4 good eggs and 3 slugs. When I thought she was all done I removed her and upon inspection I discovered a very hard object still inside her. It was very hard and did not feel like an egg. I know what they feel like. This was more like a slug. I put her back and 24 hours later she still had not laid whatever was in her. After setting up the good eggs in the incubator I placed her in a clean compartment and she started feeding 2 days later. She never missed a meal which is unusal for her. Last year she didn't eat until her eggs hatched. Her eggs where being incubated! Go figure!

I checked on the mass inside her regularly and it had not and would not move. I kept feeding her as usual and on May 17th she shed, pooped and finally passed the mystery object. It looks to be an egg, not a slug, but it is in deed rock hard. I've never seen this before so I thought I would share.





Markus


Breeding Pictorial


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• Very late egg! - Markus Jayne, Wed May 18 10:05:48 2005
• RE: Very late egg! - drgrim775, Wed May 18 10:10:49 2005
• RE: New one to me... - Exotics by Nature, Wed May 18 10:30:15 2005
• RE: Very late egg! - LivingArtReptile, Wed May 18 15:46:30 2005
• RE: Very late egg! - jyohe, Wed May 18 19:07:38 2005