She apparently also contemplated Offing the Offspring but

Elizabeth Kerner’s Tales of Kolmar universe has the Kantri go into what’s called a “Weh sleep” when they’re seriously injured and need to heal, or when they’re due to grow, as they grow in stages throughout their lengthy lives. In the latter case they have between a day’s and an hour’s warning, and then they start to tear away their own armored scales before falling asleep.

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