strikedistance
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Just found a batch of eggs in my banded cage all dried up. What do you guys use for your bandeds to lay in?
Thanks,
Bruce
Thanks,
Bruce
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I use perlite to my bandeds but have used vermiculite and damp sand as well. It has all worked fine.
Right now I have a problem with an eggbound female. Don´t know why really. This is the first time it has happened to one of my animals. I don´t think it depends on the laying substrate though.
Right now I have a problem with an eggbound female. Don´t know why really. This is the first time it has happened to one of my animals. I don´t think it depends on the laying substrate though.
It really sucks anyway. Not much you can do about it and it feels VERY frustrating just having to watch an animal dying.
I'm into kind of a last resort now. My wife, being a doctor, will bring home the finest syringes and needles she can find at work and I will try to suck some of the yolk out of the egg while it´s still inside the female. If it works she will probably be able to pass the eggs and survive and if it doesn´t she will die anyway. I think it´s worth a chance if I can save her because she really looks great.
I guess I will have to be, to say the least, very careful while doing it.
I'm into kind of a last resort now. My wife, being a doctor, will bring home the finest syringes and needles she can find at work and I will try to suck some of the yolk out of the egg while it´s still inside the female. If it works she will probably be able to pass the eggs and survive and if it doesn´t she will die anyway. I think it´s worth a chance if I can save her because she really looks great.
I guess I will have to be, to say the least, very careful while doing it.
Hello,
I quote myself from a previous post (http://geckosunlimited.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6426&highlight=karsten+egg)
Another method we mentioned in our book is to take a injection with a not too small canula and stick it through the belly and the shell and suck all of the content out of the shell. Only the shell itself will remain and should go through within the next few days. This is a ultima ratio method when all the others didn`t work and the egg has become too big to go through the hip. For Eublepharis macularius it works much better than other operation methods and oxytocin treatment. But this should only be done by an experienced vet. You can harm big veins, cause severe infections if it isn`t done the right way.
Best wishes for your animal,
Karsten
I quote myself from a previous post (http://geckosunlimited.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6426&highlight=karsten+egg)
Another method we mentioned in our book is to take a injection with a not too small canula and stick it through the belly and the shell and suck all of the content out of the shell. Only the shell itself will remain and should go through within the next few days. This is a ultima ratio method when all the others didn`t work and the egg has become too big to go through the hip. For Eublepharis macularius it works much better than other operation methods and oxytocin treatment. But this should only be done by an experienced vet. You can harm big veins, cause severe infections if it isn`t done the right way.
Best wishes for your animal,
Karsten
Thanks for the advice. I understand that it is what you call ultima ratio and I suspect that I won't have much of a choice as she is going to die if I don't do something.
As I wrote I only think I have two possible choices. Either I let her die and then try to incubate the eggs, OR, I try to empty the eggs while they are still inside her and I just might save her. That way she at least gets a chance for survival event though I´m unexperienced. Finding a vet with reptile experience in my area is like finding the famous needle in the haystack. Almost impossible. If I want it done it means I will have to do it myself even if I´m not looking forward to it.
As I wrote I only think I have two possible choices. Either I let her die and then try to incubate the eggs, OR, I try to empty the eggs while they are still inside her and I just might save her. That way she at least gets a chance for survival event though I´m unexperienced. Finding a vet with reptile experience in my area is like finding the famous needle in the haystack. Almost impossible. If I want it done it means I will have to do it myself even if I´m not looking forward to it.
Thanks Karsten,
Actually I haven´t done anything but kept the laying box damp. I have waited for my wife to bring home syringes and needles which she unfortunately has forgotten but since it seems to have worked anyway I´m quite satisfied.
Now I hope I can feed her up to her former shape but I will have to wait and see.
Actually I haven´t done anything but kept the laying box damp. I have waited for my wife to bring home syringes and needles which she unfortunately has forgotten but since it seems to have worked anyway I´m quite satisfied.
Now I hope I can feed her up to her former shape but I will have to wait and see.