This is why this snake needs a vet... The cloaca (where all the urine/urates and feces collects) also has openings from the intestines, the kidneys, and the oviducts. Hence feces, urates, and eggs all come out of the same place. When the oviduct is traumatized/removed you can have an opening from the cloaca that leads straight into the coelom (the internal body cavity of a snake, like your abdomen). This means bacteria from the feces can enter the body/bloodstream. If this happens she will become septic and die very quickly. Since she has made it this long it is possible that the opening has managed to heal itself, or its possible that as her gut is likely empty that she just hasn't gotten septic yet.
At a bare minimum this snake needs broad spectrum antibiotics and preferably some pain meds. This would be cheap and available at any vet. Any keeper who would not spend this minimal amount to give a captive animal basic medical care, has no business keeping animals. Flame me all you want for that statement but I will stand by it. Palliative care, adoption/surrender, or euthanasia are all better options than just seeing what happens while allowing an animal to suffer.
Ideally she should be worked up fully and scoped to assess internal damage. This is all assuming that the only thing injured with this aggressive palpation was the oviduct.
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