dead snake eggs possibly alive? URGENT

HMS Terrapin · 08-07-17, 09:59 PM

Hi,
For a while I've been posting about my mock viper. Unfortunately she died today right after my last update. It's a real bummer I really liked that snake. I felt bumbs on her body so just to be sure I used a scalpel to cut open from the bottom. I found five eggs. They look like yellow jellybeans. I took them out and paced them in humid soil. Besides that I don't know what to do. Also one seemed enlarged into a sac- a baby mockviper was clearly visible inside. I don't know if this species lays eggs or gives life birth. Is it possible to save the eggs.

Tiny Boidae · 08-07-17, 10:30 PM

Ovoviviparous. Not a lot you can do at this point as far as I'm aware. Sorry you lost her though.

HMS Terrapin · 08-07-17, 10:53 PM

Ok - that's a shame it was a long shot though- i found one that was a sack with a snake that to be honest looked quite fully formed and ready to hatch. Is it worth working to save this one?

Scubadiver59 · 08-08-17, 12:53 PM

Unless it's moving, but if you haven't applied heat...prob not.

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Originally Posted by HMS Terrapin

Ok - that's a shame it was a long shot though- i found one that was a sack with a snake that to be honest looked quite fully formed and ready to hatch. Is it worth working to save this one?