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DMong
at Sat May 7 21:40:44 2011 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by DMong ]
Good post!....
Yes, I tend to agree with a whole lot of what you said there.
"many people end up pushing BOTH EGG AND OVIDUCT out of the cloaca
Boy!, I hear THAT!. I have seen the outcomes of quite a few people that attempt to palpate eggs out over the years, then ask......"hey!, what's this thin plastic-looking tube of skin that came out with the egg?"...............ARRGH!!..
Like you mentioned, the oviduct is a very thin, delicate membrane that shouldn't be messed with. If the egg didn't slip through it on it's own initially when the female was pushing, the last thing that should be done is to attempt to mash it out manually by some clumsy oaf in my opinion......ESPECIALLY the further up the egg is from the vent!
Sometimes a very QUALIFIED reptile vet can do this assisted with irrigation if it isn't very far up, but other than that, I don't think it is a good idea at all. Giving the female time on her own to do it after she has regained some more strength over time, or aspirating it as a last resort is probably much safer for the female.
Luckily, I have never had to deal with egg-binding personally(knock on wood), but giving the egg(s) time to be passed naturally, or if not, aspiration seems far better than palpating to me any day of the week. You just wouldn't be able to determine if the oviduct was being forced out until it was too late the way I see it.
~Doug
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RE: ovocentesis revisited - DMong, Sat May 7 21:40:44 2011