Now there's all this blood coming from the umbilical cord....

This is starting to worry me... The snake came out of the egg on its own, and I noticed was still dragging around an umbilical cord, and found a dried up yolk sac that broke off. Problem is I think the umbilical cord area is still bleeding and it's been maybe 7 hours since I've noticed the first drop of blood. That looks like quite a lot of blood for a baby snake.

He definitely was not bleeding when he first came out... This seems like a result from him slithering around everywhere and dragging the umbilical cord around. I looked at where the umbilical cord connects and it is not dried up/still red.

They're on damp paper towels.

Is this worrying? Anything I can do?

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Im not sure, but if it were me i would tie it off with a piece of thread between the bleed and the body, just tight enough to stop the bleeding. But i don't know if that's alot of blood or a little for a hatchling.

Pack it full of corn starch. Works like a coagulant to stop the bleeding


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I agree with either method above...it's concerning to see but will probably be fine. A little blood always looks like "more" than it is because it's not what we want to see at all. ;)

How's it going?

Well I decided to cut off the circulation with floss, in which case it immediately fell off but probably from the weight.... then I realized it's actually the area where the umbilical cord connects to the body that is bleeding.

Now he's just sitting in this one spot, so I have no idea if he's still bleeding.

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Blood spreads thin in water, so the wet paper towels are making it look like there is more blood than there is. If you can't see blood seeping out from beneath him, he is going to be fine. There's a lot more blood in a bebe snek than you might think.

Letting him sit still for a while will also allow time for the bleeding to stop & heal. I know how you feel...baby snakes just seem so fragile, but he's probably fine, & better
off if you let him be still now.

Good news that it's not actively bleeding anymore, though still attached, but now the SECOND hatchling also came out of the egg with umbilical cord and yolk still attached omg. The veins have not broken yet, yolk is still "alive", and I can tell he is still absorbing the yolk.

I wonder what made both of them crawl out of the egg a bit early.

I still just have them both chilling in the incubator at 85 degree ambient, but with some air holes in their tub... on damp paper towel. I figure I should wait until both their umbilical cord areas "close" before moving them to their own tub?

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Good news that it's not actively bleeding anymore, though still attached, but now the SECOND hatchling also came out of the egg with umbilical cord and yolk still attached omg. The veins have not broken yet, yolk is still "alive", and I can tell he is still absorbing the yolk.

I wonder what made both of them crawl out of the egg a bit early.

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Did you cut the egg? Less work too get out means an early birth day.

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Did you cut the egg? Less work too get out means an early birth day.

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Ahh I see, that's probably why then. I did cut them a small triangle flap, because my eggs became very tough due to humidity issues and I got worried they won't be able to pip.

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Originally Posted by redshepherd

I still just have them both chilling in the incubator at 85 degree ambient, but with some air holes in their tub... on damp paper towel. I figure I should wait until both their umbilical cord areas "close" before moving them to their own tub?

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Yeah, I'd want them to stay in very close quarters (& on damp paper towels) for the time being...crawling around too much right now could be disastrous.

FYI, I've rarely ever cut eggs, though years back there was one clutch of bull snake eggs that I feared they couldn't cut their way out of, & it did help some.