Hatchling with cord attached huge opening

[Dakota11]

I knowopenings now this is ball pythons but hatchlings are hatchlings so I thought I'd ask here. have a hatchling corn that was out of egg but cord attached, as well as egg looks like he pulled a portion of his insides out. I cut near the egg so he wouldnt continue dragging it and making things worse. Put him in small container with wet towel back in incubator. Any suggestions? Is ther a chance he will heal or? First time in a couple hundred hatchlings that I've seen this!

[Anatopism]

Make sure it stays sterile, and very wet. We had an issue similar to this with our entire clutch of weirdo ball python eggs. Crumble up a paper towel into a tight ball, and that's how the eggs looked from day 1. They just got worse as they incubated. Only thing that reminded us that they were alive was that there was no mold. Cut them a couple days early because the shells seemed unusually firm and didn't want anybody getting stuck.

The two larger hatchlings had minimal amounts still attached, the two smaller had a huge mass of yolk. None were attached to the eggs, and the eggs were all dried up otherwise. I used tiny single-sized "really useful box" containers with a single hole for ventilation, distilled water, and a very wet paper towel. Put them all in their own containers so they wouldn't get stuck on each other, or have much space to cruise around and drag their baggage.

All stayed in their artificial eggs for the next 4 days and all detached completely from or absorbed the rest of their yolk, and all are closed up like normal.

So yes, there is a chance he will be fine, but keep a close eye, and make sure he stays plenty damp. Fingers crossed for your little guy.

[Dakota11]

Make sure it stays sterile, and very wet. We had an issue similar to this with our entire clutch of weirdo ball python eggs. Crumble up a paper towel into a tight ball, and that's how the eggs looked from day 1. They just got worse as they incubated. Only thing that reminded us that they were alive was that there was no mold. Cut them a couple days early because the shells seemed unusually firm and didn't want anybody getting stuck.

The two larger hatchlings had minimal amounts still attached, the two smaller had a huge mass of yolk. None were attached to the eggs, and the eggs were all dried up otherwise. I used tiny single-sized "really useful box" containers with a single hole for ventilation, distilled water, and a very wet paper towel. Put them all in their own containers so they wouldn't get stuck on each other, or have much space to cruise around and drag their baggage.

All stayed in their artificial eggs for the next 4 days and all detached completely from or absorbed the rest of their yolk, and all are closed up like normal.

So yes, there is a chance he will be fine, but keep a close eye, and make sure he stays plenty damp. Fingers crossed for your little guy.

Thanks for advice, that's what's really strange there was no yolk that I could see, just the string and big opening. I'll try that and cross my fingers that it will pull thru

[WingedWolfPsion]

Just a big opening, and a bit of tissue? It's possible that this hatchling will require a couple of stitches to close that up.
I had a hatchling one year that had an issue with its umbilicus, and there was a similar result--a couple of stitches, and he healed up and was fine. It would NOT have closed on its own.

[Redneck_Crow]

You might want to go on You Tube and check out Ralph Davis's "Guts" video. It's a video of him sewing one up with a big hole in it's abdomen.

[Homegrownscales]

^that video makes me cringe but he got the job done. Ive had the same issue with a ball hatchling. Just last year actually. There was some of the gut hanging out. I have latex sterile gloves on hand at all times so I snapped one of those on pushed what goes in, in and held the opening closed with a bandage made of medical gauze and medical tape. Worked wonders and it was closed by itself in a couple days.

[WingedWolfPsion]

I tried tape on my guy, but he got it off, so had to go with having stitches. It's a good idea to close it up quickly, of course, as there's a big infection risk there.

[Wyldrose]

Would Vet wrap work better?
it's like a tensor bandage that sticks to it's self. You can buy it at any horse/tack/feed store.

I hope the hole closes and the baby is ok

[WingedWolfPsion]

Wyld--I wouldn't think it would do a good job of holding the edges of the wound together, and the snake would just squeeze through it, wouldn't it?