Graphic pics from clutch 3

Very cool to save the snake. :gj: Are these issues genetic? Will you make sure that if the snake survives it ends up in a great pet home? I'm entirely curious what people do with animals like this. :confused:

Regards,

B

Wow thats amazing i always wondered if there could be birth defects but you fixed it thats awesome. When she pulls threw will she eventually heal over multi sheds and loose her scar? and will she still be able to eat ok?

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Originally Posted by Simple Man

Very cool to save the snake. :gj: Are these issues genetic? Will you make sure that if the snake survives it ends up in a great pet home? I'm entirely curious what people do with animals like this. :confused:

Regards,

B

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No, the issue isn't genetic. She just didn't develop properly for what ever reason. We did have a couple heat spikes during the incubation period which may have caused the issue. She will more than likely stay here with us but who knows.

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Originally Posted by Akren_905

Wow thats amazing i always wondered if there could be birth defects but you fixed it thats awesome. When she pulls threw will she eventually heal over multi sheds and loose her scar? and will she still be able to eat ok?

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Things like this do happen at times. There are birth defects in humans that happen quite often that we just don't hear about or see. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) says that 3 out of every 100 babies born in the United States have some kind of major birth defect.

She will always have a scar now, but of course it will only be viewable if you turn her over and look, but it shouldn't be too noticable. Hopefully she lives and functions just like any other normal female ball python. She should have no problems eating or anything else.

Major props to you! I want to get into breeding at some point but stories like this make me wonder if I would have had the presence of mind and the ability to know what to do and do it correctly. I don't know if I could have kept my cool in a situation like that.

Kudos man for giving her a chance!

I love seeing this. It's more common than people think. One of my hatchlings this year needed some assistance too. His umbilical area didn't close enough out of the egg and an inch long portion of his (stomach?) had come out. I had to gently put it back in and since it was such a small area, a bandaid wrapped around it held it in until it closed and the bandaid slipped off a couple days later.

Wow!!! Great job and good luck!

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way to go it's amazing to see what a little common sense can do to improve her quality of life congrats on the help and clutch

Great work. :gj: She looks much better.

Great work! Just in case I ever have a problem, what type of thread did you use to sew her up?