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Tere Salazar said:
I'd put her back in her room for a bit, offer her some snacks and maybe a nice, warm bath. And don't forget the bubbles this time! :D

Yes, I am joking about the bubbles, but the bath might help move things along a bit. While she's in the bath, you know how they sometimes suck their bellies up? When she does that, feel her belly. You should be able to feel if she's got anything in there or not.
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Well, I put her in a bath a little while ago (bubble free--lol) but she wasn't seeming to enjoy it. Started acting like she normally does when she's ready to get out, except this time she started doing it very soon after I put her in.

When I got her out, to put her back in her enclosure, she started thrashing around and acting like she wanted to bite me (has NEVER shown any aggression to me!) and I was afraid that I had stressed her out. She's back in the lay-box. I already knew that she was full of eggs, but you weren't kidding! It's MUCH easier to feel them when she was flattened out!!!
 
Hehe. See how that bath works? Got things moving so much that she HAD TO GET IN THE BIN RIGHT NOW!!!!! Hopefully that did the trick. We actually had 2 different girls that, as soon as we put them in the bath, they laid their eggs.

I'm glad you could feel her eggs and hopefully she'll get started soon.
 
I'm sorry if I'm butting in on the thread, have quick question. I'm on day 48 of my first beardie clutch, some of my eggs were collapsing a week and a half ago! Is it possible that too much humidity can make them collapse? Temps r 83 to 84 and humidity is at 75%. Any info would b great! I'm freaking out here,! I shined a flash light on them today and did see vein/bloodvesals?
 
I don't mind you asking questions here! It's what we're here for. Unfortunately, I can't offer much help, as I'm just a few days behind you with my first clutch. I, too, have had some eggs go bad, but I never expected all of them to make it. In all honesty, I've not measured my humidity inside the tub itself, but I'm guessing it's over 90%. I did have to add a little water about a week or so ago (being very careful not to get any on the eggs, nor over-water the vermiculite).
 
Well, I'm pretty sure you're not butting in...but try this. They are getting close to hatching, so they will start to collapse a little bit, sweat, and turn more soft and see-through-ish (not sure what to call it). But you may want to try adding some water to the substrate to see if they perk back up, or if it's truly just that they're getting that close to hatching.

I would think too low of humidity would cause early collapse, not too high....but it sounds to me like you're real close to hatch time.
 
Thanks! I'm so use to Live birth with snakes, The eggs seem soo small! Anyway I could email u a pic or u can post it for me? My computer is down, I'm using my phone. Can't upload pics on here, can only email them.
 
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matt,
my yellow girl is filling up again too and starting to dig away. hopefully she will lay in the box this time.:yesnod::yesnod: she should be about 3 days behind yours.
i have a regular cat litter type tub inside a 4ft cage that was not in use.
my orange female will be a week later when she starts dropping again, so i will just change places with them after the first 1 lays her eggs
cliff
 
Good luck with those Cliff. Have you thought of using a bigger tub so that she cannot get out and lay in her enclosure? I just got a 35 gallon Rubbermaid and clamped a lamp to keep her warm while she's in it.

Figured that when I got back in from dinner this evening, I would have lots of buried eggs, but so far only a single infertile one. Looks like a full-size egg, as opposed to a slug, but I could find no veins by candling it. It's soft and squishy, and more yellow than what I got in her first clutch. Hopefully I'll have a good count in the morning!
 
I Have 2 different sizes of those tubs,1 size is about 18" tall and 12" tall 1's. Yellow female don't like them at all,goes nuts trying to get out of them. she is a whole lot calmer in the type she can get in and out easily. She seems to be ok with this setup I have her a hide box in the cage and she has spent most of the day in it digging and scratching then comes and digs in the tub for awhile maybe ready to lay tonite. i will keep tabs on her.
cliff
 
Well, I'm officially getting worried about this girl. When I got home last night, I only had the one slug/infertile egg. Today she dug a lot, but nothing. Once I started to put her in a warm bath and she reacted violently, puffed her face and made her beard dark. After a few minutes of letting her calm down, I attempted again. This time she whipped me with her tail and I chose not to stress her anymore. I'm sure she can't be comfortable being picked up!

As of now, she is still in her lay box, but just going to sleep (it's that time anyway, but I'm also sure that she's worn out). I know snakes can become eggbound. How likely is it for beardies?? Of course I'm asking this on Friday night; my vet won't be back 'til Monday! :(
 
Oh, gosh, Matt. I'm sorry she's not feeling right/acting right. Sometimes, if they have infertile eggs, they'll drop them way before they drop the fertile ones. Just try her again late tomorrow afternoon, and see what happens.

As for being eggbound, I've heard about that, but haven't experienced it (knocking on wood). Just keep an eye on her, and keep offering her the lay bin. She knows what she's supposed to do there and she'll do it when she's ready. If she's getting stressed in the bath, it may just be because she's so close and doesn't want to lay in the water.

I've got my fingers crossed for both your sakes that tomorrow's the day.
 
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Matt,
Anything new with your girl! about an hr after i posted last night, mine was digging away in the tub, then she stopped and went into her hiding box, got real quiet for a while and when i checked on her 1/2 hr later she was in the process of laying there. i just put a scoop of vermiculite in the box and when she finished she covered them with that, . got 22 this time . :thumbsup::thumbsup: She seems to be back to normal today,
cliff






Matt2979 said:
Well, I'm officially getting worried about this girl. When I got home last night, I only had the one slug/infertile egg. Today she dug a lot, but nothing. Once I started to put her in a warm bath and she reacted violently, puffed her face and made her beard dark. After a few minutes of letting her calm down, I attempted again. This time she whipped me with her tail and I chose not to stress her anymore. I'm sure she can't be comfortable being picked up!

As of now, she is still in her lay box, but just going to sleep (it's that time anyway, but I'm also sure that she's worn out). I know snakes can become eggbound. How likely is it for beardies?? Of course I'm asking this on Friday night; my vet won't be back 'til Monday! :(
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cahac said:
Matt,
Anything new with your girl! about an hr after i posted last night, mine was digging away in the tub, then she stopped and went into her hiding box, got real quiet for a while and when i checked on her 1/2 hr later she was in the process of laying there. i just put a scoop of vermiculite in the box and when she finished she covered them with that, . got 22 this time . :thumbsup::thumbsup: She seems to be back to normal today,
cliff
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Just got home (spent all day visiting mine, and my wife's, mothers) and still nothing. She let me pick her up without getting so irritable and is now back in her enclosure. I'm about to offer a little food and see if she'll eat.

She spent a solid 48 hours in her lay box, digging away most of the time (at least while I've been home) so I think she needs to be out of it for awhile. Maybe I'll give her a warm bath in the morning. I'm just trying not to add any stress to her right now. Hopefully I have some good news to update y'all with soon!
 
cahac said:
Matt,
Anything new with your girl! about an hr after i posted last night, mine was digging away in the tub, then she stopped and went into her hiding box, got real quiet for a while and when i checked on her 1/2 hr later she was in the process of laying there. i just put a scoop of vermiculite in the box and when she finished she covered them with that, . got 22 this time . :thumbsup::thumbsup: She seems to be back to normal today,
cliff
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Congrats on your clutch!! Hopefully I can compare numbers with you tomorrow!! :D
 
Agreed, congratulations on the new clutch!

And Matt, I don't know why I didn't think of that. Maybe she's waiting for Mother's Day? Very smart girl. :D

Good luck!
 
FINALLY!!!!! :D She's laying her 2nd clutch now so I'll update with new pics soon!!!! :D
 
Tere Salazar said:
Yaaaaaaayyyyy! Go Sunshine!!!!! :dancer01:
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LOL...she WENT alright...to SLEEP!! Poor girl. I reached in and kicked some medium over the exposed eggs so that the light would not dry them out. She opened her eyes and looked at me, as if to say, "What the :censored: are you doing??" (She doesn't usually use that kind of language, but c'mon...poor thing has been in labor for a solid four days!!)

I've got the vermiculite and water mixed up, and sitting ready in the incubator for when she's really done.

I also managed to capture about 1 1/2 minutes of video while she laid a few eggs, but I'm not sure if I can put that on here like I would a pic. If anyone can help me out there, I'll be glad to post it.
 
Hey, labor will do that to you...trust me. :D

I'm just glad she's finally getting them out. You think she's done, or just resting for the next big push(es)?

On the video, I'm totally clueless. Hopefully someone else knows how to do that.
 
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