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BP Egg Mystery. Can you help me solve it?

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So I made a post a few days about some surprise eggs a BP I bought online 3 months ago laid. The original owner said it was never paired with a male. I did not have an incubator when the snake laid, so while I awaited parts to build one, I let the mother incubate them. When I went to move them, 1 looked viable and had a few blood vessels. The other three had a blueish color and did not show vessels. I figured I would separate them but keep them a couple more days to make sure something about my tub or maternal incubation wasn't at fault for this.

So today I checked on them again, and the 1 still looks alright. The other three are BLUE! Like robin's egg blue. I have attached 2 pictures, 1 from the first day I pulled them from the tub, and one from today. The first picture has the eggs at about 4 days, and the second at 8. Those three smell horrendous (to the point I want to vomit) and with that color, I voted to pitch them. I took them out to a field in my backyard, and decided to cut one open.

The inside was totally solid. Basically the exact same consistency of a hard boiled egg. The outside of half inch or so of the egg was the same blue as the shell, and progressively became an off white in the middle (picture an Easter egg left in dye to long.

Some quick info so you know my conditions. Mom had the egg laid over the hot spot. This was kept at 89 degrees. Humidity was in the 75-80% range. The substrate was newspaper that was slightly damp. The vermiculite I then put the egg into was properly damp.

So now I have one egg in the incubator, thanks to this surprise clutch. So what is going on here? In doing research I can not find any information to help me solve the various issues here.

A) This snake laid 4 eggs having never had been with a male. All were normal size, none were the size of a typical slug.

B) They turned blue. Hopefully the picture depicts it decently. What is that all about?

C) They were totally solid on the inside, like a hard boiled egg yolk. Same consistency. Is that normal? I don't actually know myself.

If the guy I bought it from is lying, he bred the snake way to soon. 1 week before laying she weighed 1400 grams, full of 4 eggs, come to find out. Does that have anything to do with it?

What has happened here? Does anyone have ANY information or clues?

Thanks in advance!

Christian
 

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I've had leopard gecko eggs turn blue. I've always assumed it was a fungal infection. I'm not sure if it's the cause of death of the embryo or if the embryo died first. I've done dissections and generally the embryo was well developed (about 30 days into incubation), but the surrounding material was like blue pepto bismol. I've also had eggs go full term but then die in the last week after turning blue.
 
I am glad to hear other people thinking this is crazy! It blew me away. These were the first BP eggs I have ever dealt (granted they were a surprise I was not ready for) but I sure thought something was wrong. So what are the chances the 4th egg is the same way and I should just throw it out too??
 
Never throw out an egg until you are *sure* you'd be surprised how healthy snakes can hatch out of ugly eggs!


You should cut one of the blue ones open, see what's in there!
 
phoenix-cry said:
Never throw out an egg until you are *sure* you'd be surprised how healthy snakes can hatch out of ugly eggs!


You should cut one of the blue ones open, see what's in there!
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As I said in the original post--

"I took them out to a field in my backyard, and decided to cut one open.

The inside was totally solid. Basically the exact same consistency of a hard boiled egg. The outside of half inch or so of the egg was the same blue as the shell, and progressively became an off white in the middle (picture an Easter egg left in dye to long."
 
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