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My recently purchased red/brown African House snake graced my home by laying 5 eggs this morning. Two were white, two were stained half brown and one egg was uniformly LIVER COLORED (though perfectly formed). My guess is that it is a slug though I have never seen a slug that looks like this. It looks like the entire egg was dipped in dye.

Any thoughts?

Frank
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"The luxury of not getting involved departed with the last lifeboat Skipper..."

I've never seen a liver-colored egg. All the slugs I've ever seen were that sort of yellowish or brownish color. A liver-colored one would be sort of hard to candle, wouldn't it?

Hmmm...is it the color of liver that's been cooked in butter and onions, fried, or raw?
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We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Definitly! It has dried now and is in the incubator. It is now a perfect uniform Mocca, and very nicely formed.

Frank
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"The luxury of not getting involved departed with the last lifeboat Skipper..."

I actually have had house snakes lay these liver colored slugs on several occassions. I prefer to think of them as mocha colored as it sounds less disgusting, but yes, they are liver colored greasy slugs.

I don't think I can remember any other species laying these little mocha slugs.
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Chris Harrison

And I was thinking of making Pate'...

Thanks Chris.

Frank
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"The luxury of not getting involved departed with the last lifeboat Skipper..."

from my housesnake site...

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Chris Harrison

Yep, that brown egg is just like mine...

Frank
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"The luxury of not getting involved departed with the last lifeboat Skipper..."