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serious question: how to help a female veiled with broken arm and leg to lay eggs?
rayman167
Dec 11, 2003 10:25 AM
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Carlton
Dec 11, 2003 12:05 PM
You may have to lay her in a bin or trash can with cover, lighting, a pre-dug hole and give her privacy. When did her fractures happen? Are they new or has she been dealing with them for a while? If they are partially healed she may find a way herself. If she can't use the limbs at all you will probably need a vet to help her expel the eggs or remove them surgically.
TylerStewart
Dec 11, 2003 06:27 PM
HELP is exactly what I was gonna say LOL. I would also say get her to a vet. I wouldn't expect her to dig on her own.... You could try a shot of Oxytocin and make her drop the eggs if she's ready to lay or get them removed surgically. Either way is going to be hard on her and wih the Oxytocin you have a risk of an egg or two not getting dropped and with surgery there's obvious risks. Doing nothing she'll die egg bound I'm sure or possibly drop them on her own, but with a very high chance of her keeping one or two inside her. Either way get her to a GOOD vet and get an opinion and analysis. An even better thing to is to not let this situation happen to begin with.
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Tyler Stewart
Las Vegas NV
www.BLUEBEASTREPTILE.com
