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#2076350 Reptileman1 View Profile	Need advice. So, basically my female SHTCTB hasn’t been eating for a week. I found this odd, so i put her in her own enclosure last night. She was originally housed with a 1 year old "female" patternless. About 10 minutes ago, i went to moisten the humid hide. And i found two eggs. I immediately place them into my incubator, just in case they are fertile. Only thing is, I didn’t intentionally breed her. The patternless, does not look like a male, and i was told she is 1 year old. I don’t mind the eggs, My problem is that my female SHTCTB is only 10 months old and 44 grams. So if she’s laying infertile eggs. She has the chance of Egg Bound. Will she be laying eggs as a normal female (7-10 clutches)? Mostly yes, correct?
09/25/09  01:39pm
#2076399 BooByVu View Profile	Message To: Reptileman1   In reference to Message Id: 2076350  Need advice. It is likely that she will continue to lay eggs. What you should do is try waxworms on her and provide plenty of calcium. A 44 gram female breeding is not ideal but not unheard of. Any female above 40 grams will be able to breed with minimal harm but I have personally not tried this. Many big name breeders do breed at 40 grams of certain females due to genetics. At one year old, you should be able to tell if that patternless is indeed a female. Check and see and make sure. Those eggs could just be duds or if the patternless is a male then you might have a few good eggs worth incubating.
09/25/09  03:22pm
#2076415 Reptileman1 View Profile	Message To: BooByVu   In reference to Message Id: 2076399  Need advice. Yup, I already got her on wax worms. I cleaned all the enclosures and replaced old calcium with new calcium. I use to have paper towels in the humid hide, but i switched that to vermiculite (Not a big fan of moss). And yes i did check the patternless, as soon as i put the eggs in the incubator. And she still looks exactly like a female. So im guessing their all slugs. After a week, im gonna check the eggs again for any signs them going bad. But thanks for the info. Hopefully she pushes these eggs out with little to no problems.
09/25/09  03:43pm

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