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Yesterday i went to fed my Axies but the female refused to eat and i now know why, woke this morning to a tank full of eggs " please see picture " poor thing looks so stressed, i cant keep any of these eggs as i have no room what so ever, so how do i go about removing them from the tank and how can i stop this from happening again?. I feel bad asking this but the welfare of my two axies as to come first. Thank you
 

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Eggs can be removed by just scraping them off whater they have been laid on. They are attached by a gooey snot-like gel, I find getting a thumbnail in works well.

If you're not intending to raise or sell any eggs you can freeze them before they start to develop - up to day 5 - and it will kill them.

Don't feel guilty about asking - we've all done it with excess eggs, it's normal procedure.

To prevent further breeding you need to separate your axies - they can breed every 3 weeks, and it's not good for the female.
 
auntiejude said:
Eggs can be removed by just scraping them off whater they have been laid on. They are attached by a gooey snot-like gel, I find getting a thumbnail in works well.

If you're not intending to raise or sell any eggs you can freeze them before they start to develop - up to day 5 - and it will kill them.

Don't feel guilty about asking - we've all done it with excess eggs, it's normal procedure.

To prevent further breeding you need to separate your axies - they can breed every 3 weeks, and it's not good for the female.
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Thank you
 
auntiejude said:
Eggs can be removed by just scraping them off whater they have been laid on. They are attached by a gooey snot-like gel, I find getting a thumbnail in works well.

If you're not intending to raise or sell any eggs you can freeze them before they start to develop - up to day 5 - and it will kill them.

Don't feel guilty about asking - we've all done it with excess eggs, it's normal procedure.

To prevent further breeding you need to separate your axies - they can breed every 3 weeks, and it's not good for the female.
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Just curious - why isn't it good for the female? I haven't heard or read this before and since I'm getting two juvies and chances are they could be male + female I'd really like to know. (Of course I won't let their eggs hatch if this is the case, since they'd be brother-sister).
 
Breeding every 3 weeks exhausts a female axie - they tend die young the same as any overbred female animal. Most responsible breeders control breeding so as to avoid this.
 
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