Help, egg still attached to female...

[Dave763]

Sounds like he might know a thing or two about it. Hope I never have to go through that.

[mrmertz]

I'm late getting to this thread I know...

But if it were me I'd print out the post by Corey AND rush off to the vet with the printed post in hand. That way you are covered either way and if the vet opts to go the route Corey suggests then you have a vet doing the proceedures and not yourself.

"You are going to jab the female through the belly directly into the stuck egg and drain as much liquid as possible" doesn't sound like something I would want to tackle. Corey's adept to it I'm sure...I'm not.

[muddoc]

Excellent post Corey. That may be some of the best advice given in quite some time.

[bads15]

i'd like to give Corey Woods props for his very informative post.
for those of you that don't know Corey or doubt his methods i can say this.
although i haven't personally dealt with him yet, i have spoken and dealt with many people who have dealt with him and every one of them have told me that he is one of the top breeders north of the border.
john

[SlitherinSisters]

Excellent post Corey. That may be some of the best advice given in quite some time.

I agree! I'm glad Corey is a part of this site!

I also agree with Corey about not even bothering going to the vet because they usually know nothing about reptiles. I went to a "reptile specialist" in our area, specifically in ball pythons, and he told me to sex a ball python you measure the spurs. Needless to say, if I ever run into a problem like that, it's up to me.

Good luck to the OP!

[PigsnPythons]

Any updates?

[SnowAngel]

i'd like to give Corey Woods props for his very informative post.
for those of you that don't know Corey or doubt his methods i can say this.
although i haven't personally dealt with him yet, i have spoken and dealt with many people who have dealt with him and every one of them have told me that he is one of the top breeders north of the border.
john

I would just like to say that all my dealings with Corey Woods in the past have surpassed any and ALL expectations! he is a great guy and Canada is definatly glad to have him! Plus my little pied male is from his stock and has gotten MANY MANY compliments!

I am also interested in hearing updates on the poor girl... I am saving this post incase this ever happens to me.

Britany Bell
Alberta, Canada

[WingedWolfPsion]

My sole objection to this advice is that it amounts to surgery done without anaesthesia, which is a horrifying concept.

[m0esgirl]

about the antibiotics, does one just go to a vet and tell them, "hey look, this happened to one of my snakes, can you prescribe me some of this certain medicine..." or what? i have wondered about that, how one gets antibiotics for their reptiles, and this seems like the perfect place to get the info. and that advice had my jaw dropped. glad corey's on here!!

[Foschi Exotic Serpents]

My sole objection to this advice is that it amounts to surgery done without anaesthesia, which is a horrifying concept.

Maybe so to some, but people like corey have been doing this long enough to know what needs to be done. Even an experienced exotics vet will likely have never seen anything like this before. Like he said, a vet would most likely go about it all wrong. Unless you have a great exotics vet you could take the snake and a printed copy of the instructions to, who would then do exactly that.

Another thing you need to consider is that it is very dangerous to give reptiles any anaesthesia. They often will not come out of it. This is how zoos take care of issue like this as well.

Would you say it was wrong for the breeder here that stitched up the hatchling which had a hole in its belly and the heart was sticking out? That baby lived due to that breeders quick thinking and some great advice gotten right here.