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help my corn is stuck in a log!!

wade said:
If you are going to try to cut again, try to split the log with the grain of the wood. If you could make a small notch in the center of the log with a razor blade, then you could put a screwdriver in the notch and twist it causing the log to split. You might need 3 or 4 sites in a line down the length of the log. That way you would run the risk of cutting into the snake.
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thats exactly how ive been doing it except im using a hacksaw with a metal blade. smaller teeth give me a bit more precision and last thing i wanna do is have a knife slip and cut into his tail. hes sticking out on both ends of the log. well im going back to work, hopefully i can get him out tonite.
 
If he's cut you can use a tiny bit of non medicated neosporin, but make sure you remove your substrate and use newspaper or paper towels so he doesn't have his aspen all over him.
 
uchi said:
but i really think hes stuck in there.
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And then again, he may be trying to do what cornsnakes do when they feel threatened and stressed, hide. But then again, I don't pretend to know everything, oh who am I kidding, yes I do.

Unless you're sure he's stuck he'd be better off if you tried the less invasive methods of cold or food that were offered to your original request for help. That or use mineral oil to lube him up, I may be wrong but I find it hard to believe he can't be worked loose on his own power.

I've said my piece so I'll butt out now, good luck!
 
i appreciate your input i really do. ill try the ice pack idea right not and ill see how it works for me. im only basing my responses on the fact that im watching him try to wiggle around as if hes trying to get out but he cant. either that or for the last day and a half hes just been randomly doing a dance for me by swaying side to side. thanks again for the input, ill try the ice right now.

ive got a hard time with it aswell, i know how small of a space these buggers can fit through and i dont understand why hes caught up in the log. ice pack time, how long is too long for the ice pack?
 
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Oh my! Maybe you can make him go backwards? It looks like there is a lump in his belly keeping him from going forward.
 
im not sure how id get him to go backwards but its always been my understanding that its not good for the snakes underside to go backwards in a case like this.

im assuming hes more than likely stuck because he was fed not long ago. how long do they usually take to digest their meal?
 
Yeah, he's stuck. It takes three or four days to digest. I'd still be really, really careful.
 
Well, he does look like his belly is still full. It's not usually a good idea to try and back them up in spots like this, but I think I would have to try gently. So you could wait for it to digest enough to come out on it's own, which could be a few days. Or you can see if he will back up some how. I'm worried he's going to stress to the point of trying to regurge that meal and that would be a deadly thing.
 
Check his rear half and tail to make sure they are still in "good working order". I had a corn get stuck in the handle part of a certain style of tupperware container (which I will never use again) and by the time I found him, the circulation had been cut off for too long and he was permanently paralyzed from his mid-section down and I eventually had to euthanize him.
 
Susan said:
Check his rear half and tail to make sure they are still in "good working order". I had a corn get stuck in the handle part of a certain style of tupperware container (which I will never use again) and by the time I found him, the circulation had been cut off for too long and he was permanently paralyzed from his mid-section down and I eventually had to euthanize him.
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tail section is still moving good, the last time i was working on the log about an hour ago he was moving it and even curling his tail around my fingers
 
bekers71 said:
Well, he does look like his belly is still full. It's not usually a good idea to try and back them up in spots like this, but I think I would have to try gently. So you could wait for it to digest enough to come out on it's own, which could be a few days. Or you can see if he will back up some how. I'm worried he's going to stress to the point of trying to regurge that meal and that would be a deadly thing.
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i cant remember the exact date he was fed, but i moved into my new place last sat and he was fed within a week of the moving date.
 
also i keep him right beside the water dish, he has easy access to it. it was the first thing i did for the little guy
 
I had a boa who tried to triple back in a pvc pipe my fil put in a tank she was in the middle and was stuck. I had to saw her out. I sawed with a metal hand saw and I would check after every few passes. I got the pipe to where I could see almost see through the plastic and then used something to pry it apart. At this point I would be sawing away. Check your progress every few passes as you get through the wood. Good LUCK!
 
I guess I would saw all around until you can break it. It would be worth waiting till tomorrow if you don't have a very fine, small saw.
 
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