Egg bound Cal King: UPDATE

[Tim_Cranwill]

Just for education's and debate's sake, if anyone cares . What I suspect to have contributed to the whole situation was her late shed. She took just over two months after brumation before she had her post-brumation shed. Her mate was nearly at his second shed of the season..... Just a hunch.?.?

Any thoughts or past experiences???

Good luck to the rest of you with snakes full of slugs.

Oh, one more thing. I was surprised at the lack of detailed anatomy information I was able or unable to find on the net. Does anyone know of any good books on the subject? All i found were rudimentary drawings...

[gonesnakee]

Hi Cranwill, I too had some wierd shed activity on the go this year. I had females that came out of burmation & didn't shed until their "prelays". I'm sure glad I didn't wait until their "1rst sheds" prior to breeding efforts, as you read in some books etc. because I would have "missed" on about 3 or 4 snakes. Anyone else experience females not shedding after burmation until they do their prelay shed? Seems weird to me. Mark I.

both mine shed right on schedule after brumation, the female with good eggs did not have a pre-lay shed, she waited until after laying 2 weeks. the one that did pre-lay shed gave all slugs *shrug* beyond my expertise.