Interesting ....

[ConcinusMan]

Well they sure as heck aren't going to crawl out on their own.

[ConcinusMan]

so pretty much what they do no matter if they are alive or not.

[gregmonsta]

so pretty much what they do no matter if they are alive or not.

Zigzacktly, from the videos I've seen

[ConcinusMan]

Reminds me of squeezing toothpaste or frosting through a tube.

[gregmonsta]

She just took a small meal ... I may wait and let her digest this for an extra day me thinks ... poor girl looked like she needed it.

[gregmonsta]

Fawn

29/12/2010 164g
08/01/2011 165g
16/01/2011 196g
25/01/2011 204g
02/02/2011 211g
10/02/2011 229g stopped feeding
14/02/2011 220g shed + back on food from the 18th
23/02/2011 216g
03/03/2011 223g
11/03/2011 229g
19/03/2011 253g

and still munching.

Suzy update - she hates water. I can't be sure if these bumps I'm feeling are actually retained slugs. Gentle massaging the bump near the cloaca has yielded no results leading me to believe I'm just feeling swollen tissue from the birthing process.
At any rate, for lack of someone experienced close by, she'll be making a vet visit next week.

[ConcinusMan]

She just took a small meal ... I may wait and let her digest this for an extra day me thinks ... poor girl looked like she needed it.

I read about controlled studies done on T. radix and T. s. parietalis which concluded that the food intake after fertilization has no effect on the health and mass offspring but it has a direct effect on the mother's mass once she has her babies. This seems to support what I have observed. Last year, two of my girls ate very little and fasted for the last 3 weeks of pregnancy. Those two were all "caved in" after they had their babies. The girl that continued to eat vigorously during all but the last 5 days of her pregnancy didn't look so bad after she had them, and bounced back very quickly.

Did your girl not eat well during pregnancy?

[gregmonsta]

Did your girl not eat well during pregnancy?

Ate like a champion at the start and then refused food for the last 6 weeks of pregnancy.

[Stefan-A]

Hoping for the best. It should be rock solid if it's retained eggs.

I expect my tetrataenia to throw her yearly slugs soon and she had a bit of trouble last year. I'm also checking my vagrans every few days, just in case she retained some, but so far so good.

[gregmonsta]

Cheers crossing fingers.