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I found the female gravid Simus dead yesterday morning?
I will not get into details but I removed her eggs.
She died 14 days after her pre lay shed. I guess she was egg bound?
Here is a photo i took of some of the eggs.
Most are attached with a small cord.
A few are not. The shells are not very white and they seem rubbery? 2 seem to be better than the rest, they were the ones closest to the tail.
After about 24 hours I don't smell anything real bad yet , so I guess I will hope that some make it.
How do they look to you? What should I look for?
Thanks again for your help.
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0.2 Southern Hognose
1.0 Scarlet kingsnake
1.0 Siberian Husky "Blade"
1.0 Son "Kory" 16 years old

The chord means that they're still inside the uterus. You should be able to carefully peel off the near transparent tissue. If left on, it may suffocate the eggs. See if by tugging the chord you can loosen the tissue. I had excellent hatch rates in a couple of full term lizard clutches salvaged from fresh dead females.

-Alice

Those eggs all look bad to me.. i am sorry for your loss.

~ Mike Russo

I have had some pretty ugly eggs hatch. It is only a matter of time to see if they are viable. Either they will rot or they won't.