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Marica

Marica

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I'll try to keep this as short and to the point as possible...

My female was last with my male in early March of this year (4 months ago). She showed signs of being gravid and I offered a lay box. She has continued to feed, poop and shed, and seems very alert and active. However, the eggs have remained high and do not appear to be heading towards the cloaca anytime soon. She has had two x-rays, the first of which showed small, round objects in the oviduct, the second, from this past weekend, showed small, malformed objects. Blood work was also done this weekend. While I am not familiar with all the terms from the results, they did indicate that there is something askew in her system.

My options are to put her on antibiotics to help fight any infection and hope that she stays healthy and eventually passes the slugs which seems unlikely at this point, or get her on the antibiotics and have the oviduct and anything that's in there removed surgically. We're assuming that the eggs will not be fully reabsorbed, which could eventually cause more health issues.

Naomi is more of a pet then a breeding animal. I love her dearly and while I am disappointed that I will not have the opportunity to see this process through, I want nothing more than for her to be healthy. I can always live vicariously through everyone else's pipping and hateling threads.

This is mainly just a rant, as my boyfriend and I have some serious questions to answer and decisions to make. However, if anyone has any input or suggestions to offer, they will be appreciated. Thank you for listening.
 
My female had a slug stuck for a LONG time this spring. Months. It was very difficult, but I waited her out, and she finally passed it. She never appeared to be distressed and never went off her feed. I was afraid she wouldn't survive surgery.
 
What does the vet recommend? Does he/she think they are eggs or slugs versus masses? Would they be willing to do surgery if the animal has an infection or do you need to give antibiotics first? Unless there is an infection in the oviduct there is no need to remove it with the eggs. Eggbound females can have eggs removed from one or more small incisions and go on to live a happy productive life. Surgery in expensive and not a guaranteed success. Be warned that the longer the eggs are in her the more chance of adhesion and infection, so time matters. It's a good sign that she is still eating and active. I'd ask more questions of your vet and then weigh the benefit vs downside of each choice. Good luck and keep us posted.
Terri
 
The eggs did feel as though they were forming and she was gaining weight up until a couple of weeks ago. The vet is not pushing surgery as she is still very active, however, she did caution that surgery on a healthy snake is much more successful than on an unhealthy one. The reason the suggestion was made to remove the entire oviduct was because it is not just a couple of bound eggs, but an entire clutch and that it would be less invasive then the multitude of incisions that would be required. She had also mentioned the possibility of adhesion.

I think, for now, that we will treat her with the antibiotics and give her some more time. As the vet recommends antibiotics prior and post surgery, should we go ahead with it at a later date we'll go through that again at that time.
 
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