Ok, I HAVE seen Oxytocin work, on a Malayan pit viper, and the results were dramatic, but it was 20 years ago.

Mike, I was gonna email you, but since we had talked about the problem, I've had a bit of the same problem. My Carpondro laid her eggs, but one small slug was retained just in front of the cloaca. I did nothing, and she passed it about 3 days later on her own. However, there seems to be something else much further up that has not passed. She laid on the 8th, but I'm going to the vet with her on Monday to see if we can either do an x-ray or sonogram to see if they are indeed, eggs. She was still "shivering" as of 2 days ago, but seems to have stopped now. My vet is a very good snake vet, so I'll keep you posted.
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1.0 Blackheaded pythons
2.4 Woma
3.2 Aussie Olives
1.1 Timors
1.3 Bloods
2.2 IJ Carpets
2.0 Coastal Carpets
1.3 Macklotts
1.2 F2 Carpondros
2.1 Jungle Carpet
1.0 Jag IJCP
0.1 Carpondro
1.1 Brazilian Rainbow boas
1.1 Striped Bolivian Boas
0.1 Madagascar Tree Boa
0.1 child, CB
0.1 wife, WC

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• Egg impaction: Advice sought - captnemo, Thu Mar 12 23:06:31 2009
• RE: Egg impaction: Advice sought - zach_whitman, Fri Mar 13 13:40:06 2009
• RE: Egg impaction: Advice sought - captnemo, Fri Mar 13 14:52:28 2009
• RE: Egg impaction: Advice sought - zach_whitman, Fri Mar 13 14:56:05 2009
• RE: Egg impaction: Advice sought - captnemo, Fri Mar 13 15:38:59 2009
• RE: Egg impaction: Advice sought - EricIvins, Fri Mar 13 15:49:21 2009
• RE: Egg impaction: Advice sought - jaykis, Fri Mar 13 19:18:08 2009
• RE: Egg impaction: Advice sought - captnemo, Sat Mar 14 12:57:55 2009
• RE: Egg impaction: Advice sought - Kelly_Haller, Sat Mar 14 00:29:44 2009
• RE: Egg impaction: Advice sought - jaykis, Sat Mar 14 14:22:12 2009
• Pitocin is just brand name for oxytocin. - Kelly_Haller, Sun Mar 15 00:37:47 2009
• RE: Pitocin is just brand name for oxytocin. - jaykis, Sun Mar 15 11:24:43 2009
• oviparity vs. viviparity - Kelly_Haller, Sun Mar 15 12:59:27 2009