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Has anyone had to spay a female because of impaction with "dud" eggs? Any info is appreciated.

Years ago I did. A very costly surgery I might add. This
particular mali was egg bound. She was a young adult and
large egg bulges were easily seen from most angles of her
torso. Warm soaks with gentle belly massages were tried.
X-rays were taken. A series of calcium/oxytocin injections
were given so as to induce labor/contractions but no eggs
were passed.

The fallopian tube membranes are thin and most delicate
and proved nearly impossible to suture with much success
so a hysterectomy was preformed after the egg removal.

The eggs appeared to be workable and were immediately
incubated but all failed within a week.

The good news after all this is that the female recovered
nicely and quickly. She was now a non productive pet.
I ended up giving her to a nice lady in the mid west who
gave her a great home.

John

I had to have one of Philbyi females operated on last year spring also. She started laying eggs that were incredibly huge and stopped after 3 but still had 11 inside. The surgery ended up being around $700 and by the time the surgery was done the rest of the eggs were bad. We also tried several oxytocin injections before the surgery but no luck either.

She had some healing issues after the surgery but she is great now and fat as hell again. She is one of my pets and has her own tank. She has now decided she doesn't like any other Uros since her surgery though.

The real key is to get her to the vet if she seems to be having issues. Also check and make sure the vet you are going to has done other surgeries on lizards.

Here is a photo of her staples at the time.