Help for my friend's corn

[gaitedappy]

So two days ago my friend found mystery objects in her corn snake's enclosure I don't know if there was an odor, but she said they were hard.

Besides the objects her snake has t eaten in 2 months, but is still active. No weight yet but I think she's going to get a scale and get that measurement later today.

Any advice would be much appreciated.


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[John1982]

Eggs.

[gaitedappy]

That was my thought too


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[Spiritserpents]

Yep. Those are dud eggs. Hopefully she'll eat soon. If she continues to refuse, your friend is going to need to take her to the vet to make sure this snake isn't eggbound.

[gaitedappy]

Is there any other advice I can give her for the time being until either the snake eats or she takes it to a vet?


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[Soccergidge]

So it been over two months she still won't eat. There have been no more bub eggs. Her normal habits are she only comes out of hiding for food, to shed, or take a dump. Other than that she hides. And she has been very active since this egg thing happened but still refuses to eat and I don't know how long I should give her to keep trying to get her eat before I should take her to the vet. Any advice?

[Warren_Booth]

You should palpate this female to determine if she has retained eggs. If you did not deliberately attempt to breed her, then she have retained eggs due to the lack of availability of a suitable nest site. Normally, this will be a dark, humid box with soil or moss as a substrate and a small opening on the side or top. By taking the corn out then letting her move across your palms, apply slight pressure with your fingertips no her underside, from around half way down her body. Eggs, viable or not, will feel like small bumps about an inch long each. So imagine a string of pearls, but larger. If you feel anything like this, whether one or more, then you should do two things. 1) provide a moist hide box (as described above) in a warm spot in the enclosure, and cover the cage to give her privacy. If she is comfortable, she may lay the eggs within a few days. If not, then 2) take her to a vet. Normally if it was close to the egg laying time they would give her an oxytocin injection to stimulate contractions. In this case however, they would likely recommend surgery to remove the eggs. Without that, they can rot or rupture, resulting in septicemia and death. After she evacuates the eggs, she should resume feeding, likely after shedding her skin.

Warren