SLUG REMOVAL-urgent help, maternal incubation

[jienkaira]

my diamond has had a clutch of eggs( was unaware she was gravid, so found them afterr she had laid them in a clutch) upon finding them she had discarded 8 slugs from her coils and she was incubating the rest,(decicded to let her incubate them maternaly as she is a big healthy snake) after a few days we noticed some more slugs but unlike the first ones she discarded these were grey (the first were yellow am thinkin g they were under delveloped eggs) Does anyone know if i should remove these slugs ffrom the clutch?? i can see 2 of them and am worried that as they decompose they will comprimise the clutch, i have heard though that diamond eggs are very resiliant, but i want to be sure. cause if i have to i will pull her off and remove them, or take her off them altogether and incubate them myself. the eggs are 1 week old. do i leave them or do i remove them??

 

[Mudimans]

Either leave them be and possibly risk the clutch.
Remove mum and the slugs and hopes she continues to incubate them herself afterwards. Might be an idea to setup an incubator incase she doesn't.
Or remove the clutch and artificiall incubate

Those are the three options i would be weighing up

 

[ad]

Take her off the clutch, remove the slugs and put the good eggs in an incubator. This will give you the best result on the eggs, give the mum a small feed and clean her enclosure.
Cheers
Adam

 

[wranga]

agree with both of the other posts

 

[bigguy]

Just leave the slugs with the clutch. They normally have no effect on surrounding eggs. Even good eggs that die and rot have little effect on the other eggs. If you try and remove them you could unsettle the female who then may abandon them. If you remove the eggs and place in a incubator you could easily loose the lot as there is little chance you will fluke the same temp she had them at. Changing temps through the incubation term can be dissasterous to say the least

 

[jienkaira]

Either leave them be and possibly risk the clutch.
Remove mum and the slugs and hopes she continues to incubate them herself afterwards. Might be an idea to setup an incubator incase she doesn't.
Or remove the clutch and artificiall incubate

Those are the three options i would be weighing up

thanks hav taken her off them der r only 3 may,b 4 good eggs and theres a bit of mould on dem i cut da slugs nd suckt all da crap out!!! wid suringe!!!! den cut dem from da rest wiped wid damp cloth nd put dem in da incubator with my other cluch nd just hope 4 da best ...will candle in weeks time 2 c if has all been worth it ..it has been a big learning curb 4 me anyway....cheers.......lol..lol...took me 3houers of scrubing 2 get da smell of rotten eggs of me lol...lol...
:lol:

 

[billiemay]

thanks hav taken her off them der r only 3 may,b 4 good eggs and theres a bit of mould on dem i cut da slugs nd suckt all da crap out!!! wid suringe!!!! den cut dem from da rest wiped wid damp cloth nd put dem in da incubator with my other cluch nd just hope 4 da best ...will candle in weeks time 2 c if has all been worth it ..it has been a big learning curb 4 me anyway....cheers.......lol..lol...took me 3houers of scrubing 2 get da smell of rotten eggs of me lol...lol...
:lol:

wow chu iz da gangstaaa

 

[waruikazi]

wow chu iz da gangstaaa

Lol not gangsta. If chu reedz dat outloudz it soundz lyk a deff guy talkin.

 

[jienkaira]

Take her off the clutch, remove the slugs and put the good eggs in an incubator. This will give you the best result on the eggs, give the mum a small feed and clean her enclosure.
Cheers
Adam

thanks heeps....adem have done this she waz still shivering a bit last night but has stoped now ...wonted 2 let her incubate as i hav a nother cluch dats incubating nd she is a big diamond nd thort it would b a gr8 learning curb ..but wen thay startde 2 smell i thort i should try and get a good look at dem and wen did so noticed only da top 3-4 were good nd did not wont her 2 sit on them nd loose condishon 4 so fue eggs........ + da smell waz just unbearabul as thay r in my loungroom...lol....i cut da slugs from da rest nd wiped da good 1s down wid damp cloth ????? should i b 2 worryed about mould as ders a fue spots on them i hav read so much conflicting things im just not confident with any thing i do anymoor????....thanks agen 4 taking da time 2 reply ps...just 1 moor thing !!sorry!! wen cuting slugs out it took about 5-10 mins 2 get done nd get them in2 da incubator do u think dat it has ruined them as i can not find any info on this thanks agen .........jie.......

 

[waruikazi]

thanks heeps....adem have done this she waz still shivering a bit last night but has stoped now ...wonted 2 let her incubate as i hav a nother cluch dats incubating nd she is a big diamond nd thort it would b a gr8 learning curb ..but wen thay startde 2 smell i thort i should try and get a good look at dem and wen did so noticed only da top 3-4 were good nd did not wont her 2 sit on them nd loose condishon 4 so fue eggs........ + da smell waz just unbearabul as thay r in my loungroom...lol....i cut da slugs from da rest nd wiped da good 1s down wid damp cloth ????? should i b 2 worryed about mould as ders a fue spots on them i hav read so much conflicting things im just not confident with any thing i do anymoor????....thanks agen 4 taking da time 2 reply ps...just 1 moor thing !!sorry!! wen cuting slugs out it took about 5-10 mins 2 get done nd get them in2 da incubator do u think dat it has ruined them as i can not find any info on this thanks agen .........jie.......

Eggs are pretty hardy they are designed to hatch, you would be surprised at what they can handle. On a healthy egg i have never found mould to be a problem although i always try to minimise mould i have seen it kill an egg.

But really ur 26 type and spell like an adult for gods sake, it make a post oh so much easier to read.

 

[billiemay]

thanks heaps....adam have done this. She was still shivering a bit last night but has stopped now... wanted to let her incubate as I have another cluch that's incubating and she is a big diamond and I thought it would be a great learning curb, but when they started to smell I thought I should try and get a good look at them and when did so I noticed only the top 3-4 were good and did not want her to sit on them and loose condition for so few eggs........ Plus the smell was just unbearable as they are in my lounge room...lol.... I cut the slugs from the rest and wiped the good ones down with a damp cloth ????? Should I be to worried about mould as there's a few spots on them. I have read so much conflicting info, I'm just not confident with anything i do anymore????....thanks again for taking the time to reply ps...just 1 more thing !!sorry!! when cutting slugs out it took about 5-10 mins to get done and get them into the incubator. Do you think that it has ruined them as i can not find any info on this? thanks again .........jie.......