Safe or Not?

[Daisy_Mai]

Hi All,

I've been lurking and reading for a while, but have a question that I hope some of you may be able to help me with!!

I have a pair of 05 het albino's, the female prolapsed whilst being shipped to me (Aug 05) - I was never given a reason for it happening, but the vet put it back and stitched it to keep it in place!

Since then, she's had no more problems, eats and sheds fine and is now at a reasonable weight (1700g)... the vet says it will be fine to breed her, but I'm a worrier!! Has anyone had a female prolapse and successfully breed at a later date??

[Gloryhound]

While I don't have experience with this if you do not believe your Vet is giving you the correct answer you can always go to another Vet. I think we may have a couple people floating around that are Vets, but I don't think they come on all to often or if they do I'm not sure where they would go here.

I don't think the case you are dealing with is a common enough one that a lot of people will be able to honestly respond without it being a third party, he/she said, response.

[Daisy_Mai]

Hi and thank you for your reply!!

It's not that I mistrust my vet, he just hasn't ever had experience of a female prolapse so his advice is based on what he 'thinks' is ok - which has been the extent of all the advice I've received so far.

I'd rather try and find someone that has experienced it or at the very least has a decent knowledge of BP's because whilst I would love the chance to breed her, I won't if it's going to harm her in any way!

[Drew87]

I would send a email to a large breeder, that would in the past had this happen. Just a idea best of luck

[Daisy_Mai]

Thanks... someone actually PM'd me the names of people they thought may be able to offer advice and I've sent PM's, so fingers crossed I may get a few opinions!!

[Blue Apple Herps]

I have no experience with bps, but with cornsnakes, I had a prolapsed female, and the vet stitched her up, but told me that it would be an unnecessary risk to breed her and that she should be a pet only. Now that's a cornsnake, maybe bps can recover better from it or something, but I would be very wary of it.

[Gloryhound]

I have no experience with bps, but with cornsnakes, I had a prolapsed female, and the vet stitched her up, but told me that it would be an unnecessary risk to breed her and that she should be a pet only. Now that's a cornsnake, maybe bps can recover better from it or something, but I would be very wary of it.

Not sure, but corn snakes come out alive and not in an egg. Not sure if it would make a difference and I could see an egg being a little harder to deal with! Definate differences exist though!

[PythonWallace]

Not sure, but corn snakes come out alive and not in an egg. Not sure if it would make a difference and I could see an egg being a little harder to deal with! Definate differences exist though!

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Corns lay eggs.

[Gloryhound]

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Corns lay eggs.

Sorry about that but I do not keep up on any snakes other than Ball Pythons. I know one of the snakes we looked at during the last show we went to was a live birth snake and we had looked at Corns, kings, boas, and other pythons. I just couldn't remember which and that is why I said I wasn't sure. Must have been the boa.

Thanks for the correction!

[LadyOhh]

Corns, kings, boas, and other pythons.

Boas are live births, all the rest on your list lay eggs.