My Leo is Prego! X-ray!

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Good your there to save all the eggs since she didn't dig a nest...
 

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Can the cracked ones be saved or were they to badly cracked? I have seen a couple post where eggs with cracks were incubated and eventually hatched...
 

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Can the cracked ones be saved or were they to badly cracked? I have seen a couple post where eggs with cracks were incubated and eventually hatched...

No saving... she smashed them..
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Okay that's worse than I was picturing in my mind, 15 is still a good number...
 

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Nice 15 laid, not bad. Congratulations.
 

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Tortuga_terrestre said:
SHE STARTED LAYING!!!!!!!! 2 CRACKED AND FOUR LAYED! SHE IS LAYING ON TOP INSTEAD OF DIGGING

That's because of the drug. It relaxes the muscles and makes the eggs come out.
 

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ULTRA COOL! ! ! !! .... congrads too! ..... Thank you so much for the post and awesome photos .... I love to see " the real deal " ... ;)


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I will post pictures of the eggs soon...Im very excited. Im also glad the eggs are out of her . I spoke to the past owner and he explained that she will lay 3 clutches a year! is that possible? And she was indeed imported from south africa and will provide paperwork. Whoa! thats a first. Ill keep you guys updated.
 

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emysemys said:
Tortuga_terrestre said:
SHE STARTED LAYING!!!!!!!! 2 CRACKED AND FOUR LAYED! SHE IS LAYING ON TOP INSTEAD OF DIGGING

That's because of the drug. It relaxes the muscles and makes the eggs come out.

Please pardon me stepping in Yvonne, don't want to step on your toes, but.... Oxytocin does not cause muscle relaxation, actually quite the opposite, it causes very active muscle contractions to help expel the fetus (eggs in this case) during parturition. That's why I initially was asking questions on this thread, because if given at the wrong time it can cause premature parturition. Doc
 

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exoticsdr said:
emysemys said:
Tortuga_terrestre said:
SHE STARTED LAYING!!!!!!!! 2 CRACKED AND FOUR LAYED! SHE IS LAYING ON TOP INSTEAD OF DIGGING

That's because of the drug. It relaxes the muscles and makes the eggs come out.

Please pardon me stepping in Yvonne, don't want to step on your toes, but.... Oxytocin does not cause muscle relaxation, actually quite the opposite, it causes very active muscle contractions to help expel the fetus (eggs in this case) during parturition. That's why I initially was asking questions on this thread, because if given at the wrong time it can cause premature parturition. Doc

Yea Doc! .... glad ya stepped ..never know when ya correct a Mod
( wink) ;)
Like the Doc said ~Oxytocin is a man-made form of a natural hormone. It works by causing the uterus to contract. It is used to increase the strength of contractions of the uterus.
In human medicine it is also used to clear the uterus after an incomplete abortion or miscarriage.
JD~:)
 

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Ummmm. JD I am going to have to jump in here. We already established that tortoises don't have a uterus. So the contractions are happening in some other organ..


N2TORTS said:
exoticsdr said:
emysemys said:
Tortuga_terrestre said:
SHE STARTED LAYING!!!!!!!! 2 CRACKED AND FOUR LAYED! SHE IS LAYING ON TOP INSTEAD OF DIGGING

That's because of the drug. It relaxes the muscles and makes the eggs come out.

Please pardon me stepping in Yvonne, don't want to step on your toes, but.... Oxytocin does not cause muscle relaxation, actually quite the opposite, it causes very active muscle contractions to help expel the fetus (eggs in this case) during parturition. That's why I initially was asking questions on this thread, because if given at the wrong time it can cause premature parturition. Doc

Yea Doc! .... glad ya stepped ..never know when ya correct a Mod
( wink) ;)
Like the Doc said ~Oxytocin is a man-made form of a natural hormone. It works by causing the uterus to contract. It is used to increase the strength of contractions of the uterus.
In human medicine it is also used to clear the uterus after an incomplete abortion or miscarriage.
JD~:)
 
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