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5 month old snake lays an egg?!

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MissMaddieMoo

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My baby corn snake ate last Friday, two small pinkies, and gulped them down with no problem. She had a lump for several days, which is odd for her because she usually passes her food within a day or less, and you usually can't see her food once she's swallowed it anyway.
Today, I went to wash out her water dish and saw this strange looking brownish yellow torpedo like egg think. At first glance I thought it was feces, but then I realized that it didn't look like her normal droppings, and resembled more of an egg...
She's never been cohabbed or even been with or seen another snake since I've gotten her when she was only a week or two old.
She's now deep in blue and the lump is gone.

Here is a picture of the 'thing' she passed.
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And here's a picture of Luna. She's a little bigger now, but not by much.
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That is a regurgitated pinkie. It's not recommended to feed snakes when they are blue, because of the risk of regurgitation.

Have you been feeding double pinks for long? What is her weight?

So to treat this, wait until after she sheds before feeding again, and try _very_ hard to never feed her in blue again.

The next time feed only one pink, and cut several slits in the back of the pink, and obtain Nutribac probiotics and put that on all her mice for several months.

Depending on her weight, I'd feed single pinks, and just gradually increase the size, rather than feeding doubles. If her weight is heavy enough, and you insist on feeding double pinks, then start with one, then one and 1/3, then one and 1/3 again, then one and a half, then one and a half, then one and 2/3, one and 2/3, then two. I'd go very slowly while increasing.
 
It was close enough to the time. Definitely a regurge. Follow Nanci's protocol TO A T and hopefully this will help save her. You need to get a scale in grams and follow the Munson Plan, give or take a few grams.

But the most important part is getting the Nutribac and getting her on it immediately.
 
Nanci said:
That is a regurgitated pinkie. It's not recommended to feed snakes when they are blue, because of the risk of regurgitation.

Have you been feeding double pinks for long? What is her weight?

So to treat this, wait until after she sheds before feeding again, and try _very_ hard to never feed her in blue again.

The next time feed only one pink, and cut several slits in the back of the pink, and obtain Nutribac probiotics and put that on all her mice for several months.

Depending on her weight, I'd feed single pinks, and just gradually increase the size, rather than feeding doubles. If her weight is heavy enough, and you insist on feeding double pinks, then start with one, then one and 1/3, then one and 1/3 again, then one and a half, then one and a half, then one and 2/3, one and 2/3, then two. I'd go very slowly while increasing.
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It says on the Nutribac that you can also put it in the water?
Is this still okay? I am a bit iffy about cutting open the mouse...
I'm fine with feeding the f/t mice but cutting it open is something that I'm a bit iffy about...
Of course I'll do if it's needed, but if the water option is just as good, I'd much rather do that..
 
I would be cutting the mouse, regardless of the Nutribac, to help with digestion. What I have done, though, is use a toothpick to poke holes in the mouse's back and sides once it's thawed, and then dip the now wet toothpick in the Nutribac and stick it in the holes. (I sprinkle a little Nutribac out to use for dipping the toothpick, so I'm not contaminating the container).

If you don't cut, I would dip the butt end of the F/T wet mouse in some Nutribac. Sometimes the snake won't want to eat if it tastes the Nutribac first thing.

It's a little bit gross the slit the mice, but it really is for the good of your snake. I am so used to dealing with frozen mice now that I don't even think of them as anything but meat.
 
It's no big deal to slit the mice. Just get a little sewing or fingernail scissors and snip through the back and skull. They don't bleed.
 
Nanci said:
It's no big deal to slit the mice. Just get a little sewing or fingernail scissors and snip through the back and skull. They don't bleed.
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Man, I just always pinch their skin on their backs with both hands and pull them open o.e
 
I have ordered my nutribac from amazon.com and they seem to have the best price or I could be wrong I think I paid $10.00 for the product its self and then of course the shipping cost. hope this helps.
 
I also want to point out that you don't NEED the nutribac, though it does help. I have treated regurges without it before with success. If you can't get it then don't stress too much about it. Just follow everything else in the protocol.
 
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