When to worry? Hognose laying eggs

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Watching youtube videos on pushing eggs out and aspirating them for eggbound snakes, fascinating! I did get another vet recommendation, a little closer too. Going to give them a call.

It is fascinating a little nerve wrecking the first time you ever do it but whether it's BP or Hognose or any other type of snake it can be done very easily.

Anyone that keep Colubrids is usually familiar with it, first time I had to do that was a few years back with a female Honduran Milksnake.

Hopefully your girl will pass it.

[GoingPostal]

Today's update: no eggs

Been soaking twice a day and making her crawl around the room a bit. Massaged and felt around but can't really tell how many eggs are there, it seems like there's either a large one or a couple? She didn't touch the mouse I offered.
Spent more time calling around and getting referred to more and more vets (I had two clinics refer me to each other), none of which seem to have any availability. I did finally manage to get her an appt at a vet for Monday and took the day off for the road trip. Hopefully she will be ok until then.

[ashleymarie]

Good luck, I hope she passes the eggs!! :/

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[GoingPostal]

Well we hit the vet yesterday, very nice guy who usually owns snakes and was a big fan of my little hoggie. One of the techs came in holding and asking about her after xrays too. They did a couple xrays since she was wiggly, there are a bunch of uncalcified eggs (follicles?) and then two by her tail that are causing the problems so he drained quite a bit out of those, gave her a greasy enema and gave me some calcium supplement to give every other day. She passed one on the ride home, nothing on the others yet. I'll add pics and more info once I have time later.

[ashleymarie]

Yay so good to hear that shes gonna be okay!

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[GoingPostal]

My little pea pod lol


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[GoingPostal]

Home and the egg she passed, it's huge!


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[Stewart_Reptiles]

That's great news!

[GoingPostal]

To update more eggs moved down, more eggs got stuck. She went back to the vet today, he drained two more and she laid five. He thinks there's one more inside but couldn't massage it down.

[GoingPostal]

Finally an end to the saga. She still had one egg stuck in the middle not going anywhere, the vet said give it a month in case it reabsorbs or starts to move down before worrying about surgery. Naturally, immediately after I talked to him again since there was no change for weeks, the next day it started moving down. Friday it looked like she was finally ready to lay but again having trouble getting it out, I massaged her on Friday and Saturday and figured we would be headed back to the vet on Monday. Got up this morning and found it in her dirt box! She's been taking food again now which is good since she looks so thin, she was 177 grams after the last appt. So happy we didn't have to do surgery on her.