Egg bound

Cod liver oil has been used for years. I've never had to try it myself but I know it is safe to use in snakes. Try feeding her and see if it helps. Most of the time it does. Good luck.

I would take her to the vet. I had the same think happen last year with a super mojave female. She laid 5 eggs and retained on like your snake way up high.

By forcing the egg down you could cause more damage. If the (not sure this is the right term) ovaduct id twisted then you could cause more damage than good.

The egg needs to be aspirated. Once the pressure is relieved then the duct could open up and let the egg move down. I watched my vet aspirate the egg in my snake. Not difficult to do but it was very intimidating to watch. Don't know if I could do it myself. He also gave a shot of pitocin(or something like that) to help move the egg down.

I ended up having to take her back in for a second aspiration. Also more pitocin.

She finally moved the egg down but unfortunately died before passing it.

I would get her to the vet.

I hope she passes this for you. Good Luck.


Marshall

So I talked to brian Grundy and he told me try some moss in he tub so one more mornin I'm givin her and then vet trip she isn't showin sign of discomfort or anything. Thanks everyone for your responses and concern I hope all goes well

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Originally Posted by marshall

I would take her to the vet. I had the same think happen last year with a super mojave female. She laid 5 eggs and retained on like your snake way up high.

By forcing the egg down you could cause more damage. If the (not sure this is the right term) ovaduct id twisted then you could cause more damage than good.

The egg needs to be aspirated. Once the pressure is relieved then the duct could open up and let the egg move down. I watched my vet aspirate the egg in my snake. Not difficult to do but it was very intimidating to watch. Don't know if I could do it myself. He also gave a shot of pitocin(or something like that) to help move the egg down.

I ended up having to take her back in for a second aspiration. Also more pitocin.

She finally moved the egg down but unfortunately died before passing it.

I would get her to the vet.

I hope she passes this for you. Good Luck.


Marshall

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That's a good point, I didn't even think about something being twisted. That really sucks that you lost her :(

What happened with this thread? My snake has the exact same issue. Please update!

I have had two balls that became egg-bound on the last eggs. I was able to gently push them out. I put them in a warm bath to try to loosen everything up. The eggs in both females were very low. Good luck.