I have only seen one animal that got egg bound with fertile eggs. The others have all been bound with slugs or a slug. The one that was egg bound with mostly fertile eggs was bound for a different reason. She evidently had a bad shed and this was not noticed by the keeper and she had a "ring" of dried shed right above her cloaca. This created a "pinch" point and she could not pass most of her eggs. Even after removing the dried she there was still a tight spot from the ring of shed skin. I called a friend at the zoo and had my buddy bring the snake to them. I got to assist in the operation and we removed all the eggs. (Two fell to the ground during the extraction). There were a couple of slugs that had hardened and were stuck as well. The good eggs were taken back and incubated. All hatched out no problem. EVEN the two that fell! We used a combination of duct tape and adhesives to close the wound and the snake just shed the duct tape off with her next shed. This animal is still alive and well and even laid a good healthy clutch this past season. (the animal was a blood red corn).

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