Yeah, I actually do.
In the case of egg binding... one of what I feel is a very important female in my collection became eggbound. A first time breeder, many of you would probably have waited another year, I do not think like that so I put her mate in and they bred.
She was really plump and looking great, and then came the first 2 eggs. One slug, one good looking one, both total banana shaped elongated HUGE eggs. I saw at least 2 left.
I have posted on here many times mentioning first year female being a pain, as sometimes the eggs dont always come out at once. I am also a big fan of "leave them alone" in many aspects of snake keeping. I chose to do just that.
Days passed, she would not eat, and was in and out of the box. Right before I left for my 2 week vacation I found her beneath the nest with another huge egg. One egg was left, and it looked even bigger inside her than the others.
I chose to leave her alone even though I was a bit worried. Towards the end of my trip my snake sitter emailed me to say she had passed the last egg.
No massaging, no forcing, no poking her with needles to drain the yolk, no soaking in water... none of that. I always recommend leaving them alone and many are quick to say how wrong it is. Sure sometimes you may lose and things may go downhill into the toilet... but sometimes time will allow things to work themselves out.
The female is fine, and next year she should do better.
Tom Stevens
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