Snake update

[beetiger]

We got Xoco into a vet who knew something about snakes, and after a shot of oxytocin, a boatload of lubricant, and a lot of manipulation, he managed to get the stuck egg out of her.

Rhys was very good while we waited for over an hour in the vet's office for her to get seen, amusing himself by talking to the (dog) patients, watching the 24-hour petcare channel, eating cookies, and filling in a coloring book on how to take care of your new dog. He was good at the restaurant where we did more waiting too, even if he did scream "siu mai! siu mai!" a little loudly at the waitress.

The vet seemed very proud of himself for managing to solve the problem without surgery. He was smirking and practically *glowing*! He wanted me to call the vet who referred me to him and tell them what an excellent job he did.

Xoco's home now, resting in a travel cage until I can get her moved into a new bachlorette pad. No more sharing a cage with Chile for her! I need to decide if I'm going to move the three young ones together into the giant cage, or just let Chile have it solo. Hopefully she'll be okay.

The egg's actually intact, and soft and nice, much better looking than the rest of the clutch, actually. I can see the embryo at the bottom. I'm guessing the lube has probably screwed up the breathing of the egg and it won't live, but for the moment, I've put it in with the other eggs. Who knows, maybe we'll have a miracle baby!

Comments

[beetiger.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the eggs are in their own space, never to see mom and dad again. Corn snakes are the poster children for gentle friendly snakes as far as handling them goes, but they're moderately agressive cannibals. When I used to work with them in the lab, we once had two baby corns fighting over the same pinky, one at the head, and one at the tail. The faster one just...kept going, and ate his brother entirely. (Then he grew really big quickly.)

The "young ones" are the kids of Xoco and Chile, but they're three-year old adults. Ancho and Cumin would probably do okay together in one cage; Mole's kind of agressive, like his dad.

[collie13.livejournal.com]

You have simply wonderful names for your snakes. ;)