Neil A. Meister
Wed, 17 Apr 2002 11:50:46 -0700
Hello,
I have a female Rhacodactylus auriculatus that has been egg bound for almost six weeks, and I am afraid that she is not going to make it. I separated her from the male a few weeks ago in hopes that she would pass the eggs, but that has not helped. She has plenty of suitable egg-laying sites and still accepts small amounts of baby food ( she stopped eating crickets a few weeks ago). I liberally mist the cage every evening, slightly increased the ambient temperature in the enclosure, and I have given her many doses of Oxytocin and drops of Neocalglucon. I am aware that egg bind ing is relatively common with this species, but there has to be something else I can do. Any ideas?
Nathan S. Hall
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