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My corn snake Fiji had her surgery to correct her dystocia this morning, and the vet rang me back in the afternoon to tell me how it went. Apparently she is doing very well and has recovered from the anasthetic quickly and without incident, all went well and she should be coming home tomorrow evening. However of the two "eggs", only one turned out to be an egg, and a bit of a mangled one at that. The vet used words such as "mummified" and "stone/rock-like" to describe the egg, and the other lump was a calcified ovary.
I know a calcified ovary is due to excess calcium deposits as she tried to harden and eject this egg, but how serious are calcified ovaries? Do they heal on their own or need removal? The vet said he was surprised as to how calcified the ovary was as it was the most heavily deposited ovary he had seen, and doubly surprised because she seems really well on the surface, feisty and of a good weight and musculature.
I know a calcified ovary is due to excess calcium deposits as she tried to harden and eject this egg, but how serious are calcified ovaries? Do they heal on their own or need removal? The vet said he was surprised as to how calcified the ovary was as it was the most heavily deposited ovary he had seen, and doubly surprised because she seems really well on the surface, feisty and of a good weight and musculature.