Retained Egg Aspirated by Vet!

I started this thread a couple weeks ago about a female who retained an egg after laying a bunch of slugs.

After a week and a half it was time to call the vet and have the egg aspirated. Jason Olech of Chicagoland Mobile Veterinary Services performed the procedure and it went really well! She should pass the egg within 48 hours, if not.. surgery might be on the agenda.

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They did an ultrasound to get the exact location of the egg.
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Everybody grab on!
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Thats a lot of egg goo!!


I'll keep you guys updated! This girl will be on a month of antibiotics to make sure she doesn't get an infection. Can't wait to poke her with more needles...

wow! Thanks for the pictures

Great pictures! You rarely see pictures during a vet procedure

great pictures. i always pictured them doing the procedure thru the vent. neat

Thanks for posting this! It's a good learning experience for all breeders. I hope she passes the egg without a problem.

Thank you for sharing! Very interesting and I hope she passes that egg for you soon.

I hope I'm not the only one that noticed the vet is pretty hot. :D

Fingers crossed she passes the remains quickly for you. :) :please:

Thanks for sharing. Hope everything goes well.

Wow that is crazy! And very cool that you got pictures! Thanks for sharing!

It was a really interesting process! I was warned it was "graphic", but it wasn't so bad :). Starbuck (the snake) did very well and actually only hissed for her antibiotic shot.

I was very thankful that the vet allowed us to take pictures :) I thought it would be very beneficial to other BP keepers if they ever needed to get this procedure done.