Hi
Im so distraught as my Gorgeous Rhianna passed away late last night. Ive had her since she was a baby along with her brother Stumpee. They were CH from WC parents that sadly died, my 2 were the only babies that survived. When they were just over a year I decided to mate them they wernt quite fully grown but really healthy. They mated at the first attempt, Stumpee was so gentle with her 40 mins later they parted. Her pregnancy went really well she put on 30grams approx & laid her eggs with no problems after 87 days. She was eating & drinking again straight away I was so relieved my only worry was that she was still rather plump. I thought she may be going to produce another clutch so carried on feeding her well with her food always being dusted with pure calcium dont use too much in the way of other supplements as I know you can have problems with Montanes. She laid 13 eggs but sadly 3 were infertile so I was concerned that she had run out of viable sperm so her next clutch would be all infertile? Just after 5 weeks of her laying she was still looking great so decided to pair them up again as I was so worried that if she laid an infertile clutch she would have problems! Again they mated straight away. this was 26days ago & everthing seemed fine until Saturday when she looked uncomfortable wandering around upside down from the top of her viv she was also really thirsty with her eyes slightly sunken she didnt eat that day. I had to work yesterday & when I got home she looked much worse, kept closing her eyes not doing much I was going to try & take her to the vets today but sadly she passed in the night. I had a look to see if she was gravid ( felt physically sick doing it) she was & had approx 14 partly developed eggs everything else looked healthy I think! Please can anyone help me as to what could have gone wrong I feel terrible that I may have mated her too soon again! I was so proud of her just hope she can live on in her babies the eggs are 10 weeks now & still look good.So sorry for the long post many thanks Heatherxxx
Im so distraught as my Gorgeous Rhianna passed away late last night. Ive had her since she was a baby along with her brother Stumpee. They were CH from WC parents that sadly died, my 2 were the only babies that survived. When they were just over a year I decided to mate them they wernt quite fully grown but really healthy. They mated at the first attempt, Stumpee was so gentle with her 40 mins later they parted. Her pregnancy went really well she put on 30grams approx & laid her eggs with no problems after 87 days. She was eating & drinking again straight away I was so relieved my only worry was that she was still rather plump. I thought she may be going to produce another clutch so carried on feeding her well with her food always being dusted with pure calcium dont use too much in the way of other supplements as I know you can have problems with Montanes. She laid 13 eggs but sadly 3 were infertile so I was concerned that she had run out of viable sperm so her next clutch would be all infertile? Just after 5 weeks of her laying she was still looking great so decided to pair them up again as I was so worried that if she laid an infertile clutch she would have problems! Again they mated straight away. this was 26days ago & everthing seemed fine until Saturday when she looked uncomfortable wandering around upside down from the top of her viv she was also really thirsty with her eyes slightly sunken she didnt eat that day. I had to work yesterday & when I got home she looked much worse, kept closing her eyes not doing much I was going to try & take her to the vets today but sadly she passed in the night. I had a look to see if she was gravid ( felt physically sick doing it) she was & had approx 14 partly developed eggs everything else looked healthy I think! Please can anyone help me as to what could have gone wrong I feel terrible that I may have mated her too soon again! I was so proud of her just hope she can live on in her babies the eggs are 10 weeks now & still look good.So sorry for the long post many thanks Heatherxxx
