Roy Munson
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Early last week Brett was due to lay, but for over a day she had her first egg stuck at the vent. So I did a little bath and massage therapy, and she passed a HUGE, nasty slug with all of these horny projections on the ends, and four or five good-looking eggs. I left her alone for a day, but she ended up with another "egg-jam" at the vent. I repeated the bath and massage routine, but the eggs at the vent were turned about 45 degrees. By Friday I knew it was time to call my vet.
The vet jammed a speculum up there and with difficulty removed about six eggs. There were more in her, but the snake was exhausted and stressed, so we decided to see if she'd pass the others herself. But by Saturday, she was jammed up again. I did another round of bath and massage, but to no avail. So I took her back in yesterday, and Dr. Zyra (great name, btw, lol) removed the new egg-jam, and guided all of the remaining eggs out. There was a tiny bit of prolapsed tissue afterward, which she tucked back in. She cleaned the entire area (internal) and gave her a couple of sutures to keep everything in place. She also gave Brett an antibiotic shot. She gets the sutures out next week (when I take my rat-dog in for an appointment with her).
Brett's always been about the mellowest snake you could ask for, and even during all of these rough procedures, she never showed the least hint of aggression. It may sound corny (no pun intended), but I'm proud of her. I'm hoping the few eggs I got out of her initially hatch, and I'm hoping one is a female to replace her in breeding plans, because she's officially retired. I'd thought of giving her another shot next year, but Dr. Zyra said that she appeared to have unusually small openings from her oviducts into her cloaca. So she's done.
The guy I bought her from was actually on the list for her offspring, but he wanted one as a pet only. I may see if he wants her back as a definite non-breeder. If he doesn't want her, I'll probably keep her (even though it's against my evil breeder policies to keep a "pet only" snake). She did her best, and I'll pamper her for the rest of her life if it comes to that. I'm just happy that the vet said that she's relatively undamaged and that she should make a full recovery.
(For the record, the vet said that she seemed to have decent muscle-tone and that she didn't appear to be overweight.)
The vet jammed a speculum up there and with difficulty removed about six eggs. There were more in her, but the snake was exhausted and stressed, so we decided to see if she'd pass the others herself. But by Saturday, she was jammed up again. I did another round of bath and massage, but to no avail. So I took her back in yesterday, and Dr. Zyra (great name, btw, lol) removed the new egg-jam, and guided all of the remaining eggs out. There was a tiny bit of prolapsed tissue afterward, which she tucked back in. She cleaned the entire area (internal) and gave her a couple of sutures to keep everything in place. She also gave Brett an antibiotic shot. She gets the sutures out next week (when I take my rat-dog in for an appointment with her).
Brett's always been about the mellowest snake you could ask for, and even during all of these rough procedures, she never showed the least hint of aggression. It may sound corny (no pun intended), but I'm proud of her. I'm hoping the few eggs I got out of her initially hatch, and I'm hoping one is a female to replace her in breeding plans, because she's officially retired. I'd thought of giving her another shot next year, but Dr. Zyra said that she appeared to have unusually small openings from her oviducts into her cloaca. So she's done.
The guy I bought her from was actually on the list for her offspring, but he wanted one as a pet only. I may see if he wants her back as a definite non-breeder. If he doesn't want her, I'll probably keep her (even though it's against my evil breeder policies to keep a "pet only" snake). She did her best, and I'll pamper her for the rest of her life if it comes to that. I'm just happy that the vet said that she's relatively undamaged and that she should make a full recovery.
(For the record, the vet said that she seemed to have decent muscle-tone and that she didn't appear to be overweight.)
