GRAPHIC !!! Removing babies after Mom died
Posted: Thu May 28, 2015 8:00 pm
Oh well, poor momma . IJ-F3 was taking too long to give birth , and stopped eating a while ago.
It's been over 5.5 months from last breeding, she was looking stressed , and stopped the heavy breathing days ago
from being too weak.
I came home from work today ,checked her and she was still breathing. I did my rounds checking the rest of the crew.
Went back to see her an hour later, and she passed away while I was away.
Fast forward a bit , about three hours later (I waited too long) I figured I should see what was inside her.
So I tried the Trans illumination thing while it was already dark outside, and the room was black.
So I broke out the flashlight to see what was up, Yup there were babies, you can see all the lumps through her body
with the light. Well I cut her open , she was loaded, but there was one baby blocking her vent sideways .
I guess she was so weak she couldn't push, so they stayed there , and it ended up killing her .
Poor thing, she was born here in 07.
I took them all out one by one , popping each sack removing the membrane and trying to get each one to breath.
No luck at all.
There were 12 babies all perfectly formed , two were runts.
I made this long so the pics don't jump up right away, and freak people out.
I tried to save them .
Here we go !!
If this happens to anyone else ever, and has to open up a Skink or any Reptile , I think
you might have a chance if you do it as soon as she passes, the babies might still be alive if you work fast.
This was the first time I ever did anything like this, hope I never have to again .
It's been over 5.5 months from last breeding, she was looking stressed , and stopped the heavy breathing days ago
from being too weak.
I came home from work today ,checked her and she was still breathing. I did my rounds checking the rest of the crew.
Went back to see her an hour later, and she passed away while I was away.
Fast forward a bit , about three hours later (I waited too long) I figured I should see what was inside her.
So I tried the Trans illumination thing while it was already dark outside, and the room was black.
So I broke out the flashlight to see what was up, Yup there were babies, you can see all the lumps through her body
with the light. Well I cut her open , she was loaded, but there was one baby blocking her vent sideways .
I guess she was so weak she couldn't push, so they stayed there , and it ended up killing her .
Poor thing, she was born here in 07.
I took them all out one by one , popping each sack removing the membrane and trying to get each one to breath.
No luck at all.
There were 12 babies all perfectly formed , two were runts.
I made this long so the pics don't jump up right away, and freak people out.
I tried to save them .
Here we go !!
If this happens to anyone else ever, and has to open up a Skink or any Reptile , I think
you might have a chance if you do it as soon as she passes, the babies might still be alive if you work fast.
This was the first time I ever did anything like this, hope I never have to again .