s she bright alert responsive? Active?
She is decently BAR, tho QAR would be more appropriate a description for her, LoL. As I had stated below, she is acting decently bright. She is not lethargic or sluggish. She even had no problem trying to bite Cheyenne more than once -- one of my coworkers who helped me with the rads. And she struggles pretty good when I have to give her the oral meds (she doesn't like it). However, she has not been cruising or roaming around her bin AT ALL. And sticking coiled to the warm side, which I would expect her to be as a gravid girl. There's some more details in my post below in my response to Ssnakes message.

Well hydrated?...Calcium & fluids should help in the meantimeShe is decently hydrated, maybe 2% dehydrated per the doctor, maybe only a spits worth. However we never attempted to administer fluids -- it was discussed, but I wanted to make her visit as fast as possible, and turned it down. I was wary about bring her in the first place. I didn't want to stress her out more than necessary, you know? You think fluids would be worth it?? Cuz I could always bring them home and do it SubQ, but I doubt I could do IV on my own.

She is however getting a Calcium Supplement. She weighed in at 2513 grams, and we generalized a 2000 gram mark in attempt to consider some of it egg weight. So she's getting 0.02-0.06 mls Calcium Gluconate BID as needed till she lays.

Any pain management being employed at this point? I'd worry this poor girl is so sore from the fractures she may be averse to "pushing". We did not start her on any pain meds, as she wasn't sensitive to the touch to the area at all. I honestly had NO IDEA she had any broken ribs, and the rads really shocked me. I can definitely start her on some tho, if necessary. Do you know of any ways I would be able to tell if she is pushing? Is there anything obvious I should be looking for?

My concern would be at what point we work on expelling the slugs without causing further harm (i.e. oxytocin, etc.)...Any thoughts on a cloacal approach? (Lubrication?)
Now I feel like a total noob. I never even considered Oxytocin in Reptiles!! I thought that this only helped with vaginal labor, etc. You'd have to tell me more details on that one JUST because I am interested. And do you mean Lubricating the vent in general or lubing for extraction of the poop/slug/whatever-it-is. The other exotic expert comes into tomorrow night, so I'm supposed to talk to them BOTH tomorrow, as the one that hasn't seen her yet has the more years experience with reptiles, and a lot more knowledge on reproduction. I'm sorry if I'm sounding stupid. Feel free to PM me please!! I just wanted to post it on here just in case someone can help from my responses.
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• Chelsea Lynn Gardiner
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