The photo was attached to my first post. If you can't find it, I can send it directly rather than to the whole list. I've seen 2 eggs and a small slug before, but I think this is a bit odder than that. As Keith pointed out, the eggs do not look fully formed, at least in the photo. The owner is taking it back to the vet to see if surgery is necessary. The soaking, and sometimes oral supplements/electrolytes have also worked for me with other species for egg binding.
Neil
I have had a couple of leopards in the past lay 3 eggs all at once. Just this season I have had a leopard who I thought was egg bound. We soaked her several times a day for three days and on the fourth day she laid 3 eggs. Two of the eggs were somewhat fused together and it looked like a huge peanut. None of the eggs were fertile. Would it be possible to see the picture Neil?
Thanks,
Matt
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I have seen something like this in a wc U. sikorae. We found out post mortem that she was developing 6 eggs instead of 2!
Hopefully Shawn will have some success with the vet, it would be nice to know if this is something treatable.
Neil
Interesting and strange.--
My advice - have another visit to the vets. Yep my private practice bretheren do cost some money - but hey, if we take in an animal an make it ours, we have some responsibility, and something that costs a few dollars.
As far as the case goes - if it is multiple eggs developing, there is likely something very wrong with that ovary and it might be a surgical disease.
Keith
Neil Meister wrote:Hi All,
Can anyone else help out with this? It looks like multiple eggs are forming in this leo. I'm at a loss as to what can be done.
Thanks, Neil
Neil,
I have a problem Neil, hopefully you can help me out with this, or send it to someone that will know what is going on with my Leopard. This is the one that is egg bound, we induced it, and myself and the vet didn't really know what to do at that point. 80 dollars later, no eggs, and now I look at her belly and see this. I have no idea what is going on with her, and don't want to take it to the vet without knowing something about what is going on first. Attached is a picture.
Thanks for any help you can provide.
Shawn
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