Oxytocin is generally used when the turtle stops trying to lay eggs, but you know they're there. Because at that point it means that she won't lay them herself. This is a lot more common in turtles living in captivity, specifically in tanks/tubs rather than a yard where they can lay their eggs...
They really don't know anything about reptiles and they're very blatant about that. It's just one of the very few clinics in town that has an X-ray machine, but all they do is take the X-ray and then ask me something ridiculous, like, "Won't they reabsorb the eggs if they can't lay them?" No...
No, no, I appreciate it. I just don't think that's the answer.
They only gave me the X-rays on a CD. My PC doesn't have a disk drive. I'll maybe try to view them on my mother's work computer later and see if I can transfer them, but I'm not sure yet. There's basically nothing on them though.
It moves, it's not stuck in one spot. In fact, I felt it on one side first, and then later on the other. Which is why egg was my best guess.
I also have palpated her quite a number of times to check for eggs in the past, so I'm fairly familiar with what that feels like. I probably wouldn't...
Thank you for your responses, everyone.
The reason I'm worried is that by the time the problem becomes apparent, it might be too late to fix it.
She has been egg-bound before with no signs of an issue. As in, she carried eggs for over a month with no gravid behavior, refused to lay them inside...
Should I message her, or is it better to just wait for her to maybe see the thread? I don't want to be a nuisance with DMs.
Thank you for answering either way.
Hey, folks!
I don't know if anyone on here might be able to help me, but I'm kind of desperate.
So, my red eared slider laid a clutch of eggs about 2 months ago with the help of oxytocin. It wasn't easy, I had to inject her multiple times, but after the last injection, she laid several in a row...