911! Need help!

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Originally Posted by RobNJ

That's great so far Adriane! Hopefully the last one will come out soon.

Just out of curiosity, did it cross your mind to cut into the eggs?

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No, because I would have found it harder to work the egg out if it was deflated. After having them out I dont think it would have deflated much anyways. They were quite solid.
To get them out I used gravity and kept her tail end in the water and gently was able to work them out over time. They sure popped out with quite some pressure. The second egg was much easier to get out after that first one.

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Originally Posted by Mike41793

The two eggs that came out look healthy? Or are they completely solid. So far shes done pretty well it looks like. If she passes that third egg and then seems to go back to normal i would say a trip to the vet isnt necesarily needed but only you can really be the judge of that.

Keep us updated!

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No they were not viable eggs, they were solid, I suppose how I would describe them is what I think a snake egg would feel if hard boiled.
Shes done well so far but she has not passed that last egg on her own.
Shes still acting ok, shes not lethargic in any way but looks painful.

An update..
Its been a NIGHTMARE to try and get into a vet, the soonest I can get her in is tomorrow afternoon. And this may be something that requires surgury. I dont know the exotic vets, I havnt had to take any snakes to the vet expect once. I dont know who to trust, I have the option of two different vets. The first one (the one I've used before) has only a small appointment available and wouldnt be able to perform surgury that day. The other is a brand new vet practice so theres not much to read about them but they have an exotics vet and they can open the afternoon for me incase of surgury. As I mentioned before I live 2 1/2 hours away from the nearest exotics vet and its hard to work this all out.

I'm a VERY worried snake mama right now. Eagan was my first ever ball python and shes my precious girl. I'm so frusterated right now.

I might take my chances with the new one. If they can get you in and get whatever is necessary done right then and there. Hope she's ok! Good luck, and keep us posted.

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Originally Posted by DrDooLittle

I might take my chances with the new one. If they can get you in and get whatever is necessary done right then and there. Hope she's ok! Good luck, and keep us posted.

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That's what I was thinking. I have an appointment with them tomorrow.I'm just glad they are able to open up their afternoon for me.

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Sounds like your doing all the right things so try to stay calm,
When you called the vet did they have any suggestions on what to do until you get her in?
I would take her to the vet who can open the time to operate if they have to, even if they are new they are exotic veterinarians and hopefully can help .
Thankfully I haven't had to deal with this type of issue before but you never know what the future holds so keep calm and keep everyone here updated.
Good luck to you an your girl!

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Originally Posted by DrDooLittle

I might take my chances with the new one. If they can get you in and get whatever is necessary done right then and there. Hope she's ok! Good luck, and keep us posted.

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x2 x2 x2!!!
I would take the risk. Especially if she does end up needing surgery!

Thanks guys, I'm just freaking out about the whole situation.
makes me feel better to have fellow snake keepers giving me support.
I'll have an update tomorrow afternoon.

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Well we were able to get the last egg out the morning of the appointment but we felt another egg very far up her body, and she had a little scale rot going on by her cloaca. So were trying out some treatments and hopefully she'll pass it. Here's her egg inside of her! very cool picture.
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Thank you so much for updating us! I hope that last egg comes out ok for you.

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Cool x-ray picture of her. I hope she is fine by now. :)

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Originally Posted by DrDooLittle

Thank you so much for updating us! I hope that last egg comes out ok for you.

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:) your welcome! Thanks for your interest!
I hope it comes out ok too...were giving her a few days to relax and try and get her cloaca back to semi normalcy before we try to extract the last egg. Hopefully she moves it further down her body by then. Its so far up, this one would be hard to remove by hand.

I'm so glad we took a chance with this new vet because I'm very impressed! Much better attitude about the snake and she was very imfortmative and explained everything in detail. I'm relieved it went so well. I just hope she pulls out of this ok.

Has anyone ever had this happen to them? Lay a clutch of eggs then a few weeks later lay more?

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Originally Posted by Blubb

Cool x-ray picture of her. I hope she is fine by now. :)

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Thanks! I LOVE xray pictures of snakes, they are such amazing animals!